78 MANI>1BULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Bluish-black : head shining green-brasSj or bluish, dehcately punctulate ; thdrax 

 short transverse, depressed above, very glossy coppery-brass, thickly punctate, 

 with a slight channel down the centre, and an oblong impression on each 

 side near the hinder angle : elytra ovate, above a little convex, deep green, 

 greenish or cupreous, sometimes tinted with violaceous, obsoletely punctate- 

 striate, the interstices closely granulated; the marginal stria with a series of 

 bluish impressions : body beneath pitchy-black, tinged with violaceous : legs, 

 palpi, labrum, and antennae pitchy-black, the basal joint of the latter reddish. 



Var. /S. With the legs and basal joint of the antennae rufo-ferruginous. 



Abundant towards the autumn, and in the spring, in Battersea 

 and Copenhagen Fields, near London ; also on the borders of Whit- 

 tlesea Mere, and in the fens of Cambridgeshire. 



Sp. 4). melanocornis. Capite sublcevi, thorace punciatissimo cupreo-ceneo, elytris 

 ■viridibus punctato-striatis , interstitiis coriJertissiTns granulatis, anfennarum 

 articulo prima pedibusque rufo-ferrugineis. (Long corp. 5^ Un.) 



Ch. melanocornis. Ziegler. Steph. Catal. No. 108. 



Greenish-black : head shining green or copper bronze, slightly punctate : thorax 

 rather broader than in Ch. nigricornis, thickly punctate, cupreous, with a 

 deep longitudinal impression, and an obsolete one on each side at the base : 

 elytra green-blue, aval-oblong: obsoletely punctate-striate, the interstices 

 shghtly granulated: pubescence yellowish; body beneath greenish-black; 

 abdomen dull black : legs ferruginous ; tarsi, with the tip of each joint, dusky: 

 labrum and palpi reddish: antennse with the basal joint ferruginous, the 

 two following reddish, with the tip brown ; the rest obscure brown, and 

 pubescent. 



Known from the last by its superior size, greater proportionate 

 width, the lively ferruginous colour of its legs, the rufescenee of its 

 labrum, and its obtuse elytra, exclusively of slight differences in 

 granulation. I have seen one specimen only, which was found at 

 Whittlesea Mere, and is in my own cabinet. 



Sp. 5. fulgidus. Plate V. f. 5. — Splendid} cyaneo-viridis, capite IcEvi, thorace 

 punctulato, elytris striatis, interstitiis suhtilissime granulatis, apice producto; 

 antennarum articulo primo, pedibusquejlavo-ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 5Un.) 



Ch. fulgidus mihi. Steph. Catal. No. 109. 



The most splendidly beautiful of the British Harpahdae, above brilhant green, 

 elegantly tinted with ultramarine blue : head glossy smooth blue-green ; 

 thorax the same, the green predominant, thickly punctate ; with a deep 

 channel down the middle, and another on each side near the hinder angle ; 

 all these have a deep blue ground : elytra blue-green, beautifully iridescent, , 

 with the pubescence golden; they are obsoletely striated; the interstices 

 depressed and transversely granulated : the apex much produced and punctu- 

 lated : body beneath blue-black, pubescent : legs pale ferruginous, with the 



