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elegant insect, which he finds somewhat plentifully in Plaistow- 

 inarslies. I had previously taken a single specimen in Battersea- 

 fields ; and the Rev. F. W. Hope has several from Shropshire. 



Sp. 15. atratum. Nigrum, thoi-ace breviore angustiore, clytris cupreo-atris, 

 tenue striatis, I'unctis trihus disci minutis, strid marginali punctis approxi- 

 ?naiis notatd. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



Ca. atratus. Dakl?^Ag. atratum. Steph. Catal. No. 136. 



Rather larger than the last^, and more elongate than the two following : head 

 glossy black : thorax narrow, glossy bkck, very obsoletely strigose, with a 

 smooth impression on each side at the base: elytra oblong-ovate, slightly 

 striated with three or more impressed dots on the second and third from the 

 suture ; and a continuous series on the margin, deep black obscurely tinged, 

 in some specimens, with copper : body beneath, legs, antennse, palpi, and 

 mandibles deep black. 



Found occasionally near London. 



Sp. 16. cursitor. JE)ieo-piceu?n, antennis fuscis hasi piceis, thorace breviore, 

 elytris (Eneo-Juscis tenue striatis, striis immiinihus, pedibus testaceis. (Long, 

 corp. 3 lin.) 



Ag. cursitor. Kirbi/ MSS. Steph. Catal. No. 137. 



AUied to the next, of which it may prove to be merely an immature variety : it 

 differs in being of a deeper metallic tinge above, and in having the legs and 

 antennae of a paler colour, the former especially, which are sometimes pale 

 testaceous : the thorax appears to have a deeper longitudinal channel : the 

 elytra broader and shorter, and the marginal series of impressed dots is inter- 

 rupted in the middle. 



Taken near Ipswich and London, but rarely. 



Sp. 17. micans. Ohscurc-wneum, subtus nigrum, antennis pedibusque piceis, 

 thorace Icevi, elytris strintis, strid marginali punctis mqjusculis distantibus 

 notatd. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



Ag. micans. Nicolai. — Steph. Catal. No. 138. 



Head smooth, dull brassy : antennae piceous : thorax smooth, but very finely and 

 transversely ^vrinkled in the middle, with a slight dorsal channel, and a lon- 

 gitudinal impression on each side near the posterior angle, which is obtuse : 

 scutellum smooth obscure teneous : elytra oblong-ovate, rather convex, dull 

 seneous, simply striated, with large distant impressed dots on the marginal 

 stria, which approximate at the apex : body beneath pitchy, shining : legs 

 slender, piceous. 



I have one specimen of this insect, captured by myself in the 

 neighbourhood of London, and another taken near Swansea. 



Sp. 18. piceum. N^igrum, clytris convexis, nitidis, subsfriafisfusco-piccis latc- 

 ?'ibus dilutioribus, pedibus rtifo-piceis. (Long. corp. 3;j hn.) 



