46 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



golden hue, in certain positions: mouth pitchy-red: antennae ferruginous, 

 with the club black : thorax broad, slightly emarginate anteriorly, the sides 

 rounded, the margin a little reflexed, ferruginous; the disc very convex: 

 elytra thickly and distinctly punctured, slightly pubescent, the apex obtuse, 

 sublunate : legs short, stout, rufo-testaceous. 

 Varies slightly in the colour of the legs, being sometimes pitchy-brown, with 

 the tarsi and anterior tibiss paler. 



Extremely abundant in flowers throughout the metropolitan 

 district. " Netley." — Rev. F, W. Hope. " Very common on 

 flowers (near Swansea)." — L. W. DiUzoyn, Esq. 



Sp. 3. fiavimanus. Brevis ovatus, convexus, obscure niger, subpubescens, thorace 



antics emarginato, pedibus anticis rufo-testaceis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Me. fiavimanus. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 80. No. 856. 



Short ovate, convex, dull black, slightly pubescent, the thorax anteriorly 

 somewhat emarginate ; the anterior legs rufo-testaceous. 



The rufo-testaceous anterior legs distinguish this from the preceding insect, of 

 which I suspect that it is merely a variety; as that species is prone to vary, 

 and the above is the onlymaterial character of distinction between the two. 



Found in Suffolk : from the Marshamian collection. " Not un- 

 common on flowers (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 4. viridescens. Oblongo-ovatus, convexior, fere glaber, viridi-cceruleus 

 nitidus, antennarum basi pedibusque riifo-testaceis, tibiis anticis muticis- 

 (Long. corp. 1— 1-| lin.) 



Ni. viridescens. Fabricius.—Me, viridescens. Steph. Catal. 80. No. 857. 



Oblong-ovate, convex, nearly smooth, above of a brilliant glossy-green or black- 

 blue; head thickly punctured; antennae with the base rufo-testaceous, the 

 club large, fusco-ferruginous : thorax thickly punctate, with the disc glabrous 

 and the margins slightly pilose: elytra rather deeply but sparingly punctate, 

 glabrous : legs stout, rufo-testaceous, the joints sometimes dusky, the an- 

 terior tibice arcuated, not spinulose on the external edge, but with two or 

 three minute denticulations sometimes at the apex. 



Variable in the colour of its upper surface; from different shades of green to 

 intense deep black-blue. 



" Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Netley." — Rev. F. W. Hope. 

 " Near Swansea, not uncommon." — L. W. Dillioyn, Esq. 



f$p. 5. caeruleus. Oblongo-ovatvs, minus convexus, tenui pubescens, suprd, aut 

 cwrulesceiiti-niger, aut cwruleus, aut violaceus, pedibus nigricantibus. (Long, 

 corp. 1— ly lin.) 



Ni. cicTiilca. Marsham.— Me. crerulcus. Steph. Catal. 81. No. 858. 



