no MANDIBULATA. — CQLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 3. cupreus. Capite, thoraceque infra punchdatis, antennarum articulis duobus 



hasalibus toto rufis, pedibus nigris. (Long. corp. 5 — 6^ lin.) 

 Ca. cupreus. Linne. — Pee. cupreus. Steph. Catal. p. 23. No. 181. 



Above various shades of green, blackj feneous, or coppery, with all the inter- 

 mediate hues : head thickly and minutely punctate throughout, with a fovea 

 on each side between the antennae, and a smooth transverse impression : thorax 

 nearly smooth, anteriorly convex, with a moderate dorsal channel, posteriorly 

 minutely punctate, with two longitudinal punctate fovese at each angle, the 

 inner longest: elytra slightly convex, regularly striated, the strise usually 

 punctulated, with three or four impressed dots between the second and third 

 from the suture, and an interrupted series on the second marginal stria : body 

 beneath greenish metallic black ; thorax laterally impunctate, internally and 

 breast thickly punctate : legs black : labrum, mouth, and palpi pitchy-black : 

 antennae fuscous, with the two basal joints entirely rufous. 



Of all the Harpalidse this species is probably the most abundant 

 in Britain, occurring in every field, pathway, and road, during the 

 spring and summer. 



Sp. 4. rufifemoratus. Capite, thoraceque infra punctulatis,femorihus rujis, tibiis 



tarsisque piceis. (Long. corp. 6 lin.) 

 Pee. rufifemoratus mihi. — Steph. Catal. p. 23. No. 182. 



Above of various colours, like its congeners ; beneath black or brassy, with the 

 breast and thorax green, and thickly punctate : the thighs rufous, the tibiae 

 and tarsi piceous ; in other respects similar to Poe. cupreus, but resembling 

 Pee. lepidus in lustre and texture. 



My reasons for separating this species are, that among many hundreds of Poecili 

 which I have examined, and which were captured near London, not one of 

 Pee. rufifemoratus has occurred ; whereas Mr. Haliday informs us, in the Zoo- 

 logical Journal, that the latter is in plenty near Belfast in Ireland, and Gyl- 

 lenhal notices it as a native of Finland alone. 



I have recently obtained one specimen from Scotland and two 

 from the north of England; one of the latter is of a rich blue above. 



Sp. 5. versicolor. Capite, thoraceque infra Icevissimis, antenTia7^um articulis 

 duobus basalibus riifis supra lined elevate nigrc'i, elytris striatis, sti'iis punc- 

 tidatis. (Long. corp. 3^— T)]; lin.) 



PcE. versicolor. Zieg'er. — Steph. Catal. p. 23. N'o. 183. 



Above brilliantly glossy green, blue, violet, black, aeneous, or copper, of every 

 conceivable shade, frequently with splendid iridescent tints : head smooth, 

 impunctate, with the usual fovea on each side between the eyes, and a slender 

 transverse impression : thorax rather convex, with a slight dorsal line ; the 

 base impunctate, with two rugose impressions on each side towards the angles, 

 the disc transversely wrinkled : elytra slightly convex, striated, the striiK more 

 or less punctate, the interstices smooth, the third from the suture with from 

 two to six impressed dots, and the second from the margin with a continuous 



