HAIIPALIU.!-:. — AMAUA. 129 



Sp. 6. ovata. Brevis nigra, untennis, palpis, pedibusque piceo-ferrugineis , 

 thorace postice utrinque striold unicA obliqud impressd. (Long. corp. 3^ lin.) 

 Ca. ovatus. Fabricius? — Steph. Catal. p. 26. No. 218. 



Broader and more ovate than the last ; with the antennsse, palpi^ and legs enturely 

 pitchy-rust colour: above brassy: head impunctate: thorax rather convex, 

 with a deep dorsal channel ; the base irapunctate, with an oblique impressed 

 line on each side : elytra green-bronze, slightly convex, striated, the strite 

 impunctate, the margin with a continuous series of impressions: body beneath 

 pitchy-ferruginous. 



I have seen one specimen only, which was taken near London. 



Sp. 7. trivialis. Nigra, supra viridi-anea, antennarum hasi tibiisque testaceis, 



thorace foveola utrinque unicd. (Long. corp. 3^ — 4 lin.) 

 Ca. trivialis. Duftschmid. — Am. trivialis. Steph. Catal. p. 27. No. 219. 



Oblong, above greenish-brass, or bluish-black : head smooth, glossy : thorax 

 slightly convex, obsoletely wrinkled transversely, with a dehcate line down 

 the centre; and an abbreviated obsolete transverse impression, terminating 

 on each side in a deep impunctate fovea : elytra rather convex, striated, the 

 striae obsoletely punctulated, with a subinterrupted series of impressions on 

 the margin : body beneath pitchy-black ; legs pitchy, with the tibiae testa- 

 ceous: antennte testaceous at the base. Varies much in colour above; some 

 specimens are of a deep blue or greenish-black, with the margin of the elytra 

 of a rich metallic blue. 



More oblong than the preceding insects, and distinguished from the first five 

 by having one impression alone on each side of the thorax, and from the last 

 by its form and colours. I am not certain of its being the Ca. trivialis of 

 Duftschmid, Sturm's figure representing a larger insect than this as the 

 Ca. triviaUs of that author. 



Very common throughout Britain. 



Sp. 8. nitida. Nigra, nitida, supra virescenti-cenea, antennarum basi, palpis, 

 tibiis tarsisque ferrugineis, thorace postice striold unicd margine attingente 

 utrinque. (Long. corp. 3^ lin.) 



Am. nitida. Sturm?— Steph. Catal. p. 27. iVo. 220. 



Oblong, above brilliant glossy green : head impunctate : thorax rather convex : 

 impunctate, with a slender dorsal channel, and an impressed line on each side 

 at the base, reaching to the base itself: elytra somewhat depressed, delicately 

 striated, the striae rather obsoletely punctulate, with an interrupted series of 

 impressions on the margin : body beneath bronzed-black ; thighs the same ; 

 tibiae and tarsi ferrugineous : palpi and three basal joints of the antennae 

 the same. 



Near London, and in Norfolk: not very common. 



