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Oblong-ovate, less convex than the last, slightly pubescent, above blue-black 

 or blue, or violet: the legs dusky, with the anterior tibia? paler. 



Probably a variety of the foregoing ; from which it chiefly differs in the duski- 

 ness of its legs. 



Common in flowers, in May and June, throughout the metro- 

 politan district. " Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Netley." — 

 Rev. F. W. Hope. " Not unfrequent (near Swansea). 11 — L. W. 

 Dlllwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 6. Urticae. Oblongn-ovatus, obscure virescente-ceneus, pedibus rufescentibus, 



femoribus piceis. (Long, corp 1 lin.) 

 Ni. Urticae. Samouelle.—Me. Urticae. Steph. Catal. 81. No. 859. 



Oblong-ovate, dull greenish-brass, with the legs rufescent and the femora 



pitchy. 

 Very similar to the last, but with the upper surface of an aeneous tinge, the 



femora pitchy, and the tibiae and tarsi rufescent :— I conceive it to be a mere 



variety of Me. viridescens or caeruleus. 



Found in hedges where flowers abound, near London : also in 

 Norfolk. " Bottisham."— Rev. L. Jenyns. " Netley." — Rev. F. 

 W. Hope. 



Sp. 7. nigrescens. Oblongo-ovatus, subconvexus, subpubescens, nigro-fuscus, an~ 



tennis pedibuscjue nigricantibus. (Long. corp. 1 — 1^ lin.) 

 Me. nigrescens. Steph. Catal. 81. No. 860. 



Oblong-ovate, slightly convex and pubescent; above of a deep fuscous-black, 



with the antennae and legs entirely dusky. 

 The dusky antennae and legs, with the deep fuscous upper surface of the head, 



thorax, and elytra, distinguish this from all the foregoing species of this 



gtnus. 



Taken in flowers near London ; at Ripley, Hertford, &c. 



Sp. 8. Pedicularius. Brevis, ovatus, convexus, niger, nitidus, thorace pulvinato 

 antice parum emarginato, tibiis compressis angulatis. (Long. corp. f— 1 

 lin.) 



Si. Pedicularia. Linne.—Me. Pedicularius. Steph. Catal. 81. No. 861. 



Short, ovate, convex, glossy-black, punctate : antennae dull-ferruginous at the 

 base, the club obtuse, black; thorax very slightly emarginate anteriorly: 

 elytra black, obscurely glossed with aeneous : legs either pitchy or dull-tes- 

 taceous, short, stout, compressed, the tibiae dilated towards the apex, out- 

 wardly ciliato-denticulate, the posterior in the middle obtusely angulated. 



Common throughout the metropolitan district in flowers during 

 May and June. " Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " On flowers 



