I'28 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTEIIA. 



Deep brassy-black : head impunctate, with a very obsolete impression on each 

 side between the eyes : thorax slightly convex, smooth, shining, with a mo- 

 derate dorsal channel; and at the base on each side with two impunctate 

 foveolte, of which the inner is remote from the base, narrow and deeply im- 

 • pressed, the outer being near the angles, small, and sometimes nearly obsolete : 

 . elytra slightly convex, rather glossy, delicately striated, with a continuous 

 series of impressions on the margin : body beneath impunctate : legs black, 

 with rufous cilite and claws : antenna with the three basal joints and base of 

 the fourth entirely rufous, the rest black ; colour of the upper surface various, 

 generally virescent. 

 Usually considered as the Ca. acuminatus of Paykul, but I presume his insect 

 is synonymous with Am. serata. 



Taken near London, at Southend, and near Bottisham in Cam- 

 bridgeshire. " Kimpton, near Andover." — Rev. G. T. Rudd. 



Sp.- 4. similata. Nigra, supra Jusco-ainea, antennarum hasi rufescente thorace 



Jbveolis obsoletis subpunctatis , tibiis ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 3| — 4j lin.) 

 Ha. similatus. Gyllenhal. — Am. similata. Steph. Catal. p. 26. iVo. 216. 



More oblong than the preceding: deep brownish-brass, or greenish: head 

 impunctate : thorax smooth, with two obsolete, slightly punctate foveae at 

 the base on each side, the inner deepest : elytra slightly convex, rather deli- 

 cately striated, the strise thickly punctulatc at the bottom ; the interstices 

 somewhat coriaceous, with a few impressions on the margin, a little distant 

 towards the apex : body beneath black : femora glossy-black, tibias and tarsi 

 dull rust-colour : antennae with the three basal joints rufous. 



Frequent near London, " Bottisham." Rev. L. Jemjns. — 

 « Kimpton." Rev. G. T. Rudd. 



Sp. 5. vulgaris. Oblongo-ovata nigra, supra virescenti-cenea, tliorace foveolis 

 duabus suMwvibvs utrinque, antennis pedibusque nigris. (Long. corp. 4 — 4^ 

 Un.) 



Ca. vulgaris. Linne. — Mart. Col. pi. 37.''— Am. ^iilgaris. Steph. Catal. p. 26. 

 No. 217. 



Consideraljly less than the last : above bright coppery, or greenish-brass : head 

 with an obsolete foveola on each side between the eyes : t];iorax more convex 

 than in Am. similata, very obsoletely wrinkled, with two deep, scarcely punc- 

 tate, simple foveolae on each side of the base, the interior oblong and deepest, 

 the outer oblique and rather obsolete : elytra a little convex, slightly striated, 

 the striae obsoletely punctulate, with an interrupted series of impressions on 

 the margin: legs black, with ferruginous cilia and claws: antennce black, 

 with the basal joint more or less pitchy. 



Tolerably frequent near London, Bottisham, Kimpton, South- 

 end, &c. 



