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line: legs black, the anterior tibiae dilated, with four short teeth ; the posterior 



thickly furnished with acute ferruginous spines. 

 Var. /3. His. maragdulus. Steph. Catal 102. No. 1073.— With the upper surface 



of a rich green, or violaceous. 

 The four abbreviated equidistant stria? on the elytra of this species, combined 



with its small size, metallic tinge, and quadridentate anterior tibia?, are its 



most evident characters. 



Apparently rare; my specimens occurred in Norfolk, near 

 " South Creek."— Rev. T. SkrimMre. " Southend."— Rev. F. W. 

 Hope. " On the Crwmlyn sand-hills." — L. W. D'rflwy?i, Esq. 



Sp. 30. violaceus. Violaceus, thorace toto punctato, elytris basi striis quinque 



recurvis apice punctatis. (Long. corp. 2g lin.) 

 Hi. violaceus. Mar sham.— Steph. Catal. 102. No. 1074. 



Ovate, violaceous ; thorax with the entire disc punctate, not glabrous : elytra 



with five recurved striae at the base, the apex punctate. 

 From the following species, which has also the entire disc of the thorax punctate, 



this may be known by its superior size, and by having the striae at the base of 



the elytra more distinct: — it may possibly be merely a large and dark variety 



of that species. 



Found in Suffolk. " Taken in sheep carrion on Crwmlyn 

 Burrows, by Mr. Jeffreys." — L. W. Dillzvyn, Esq. 



Sp. 31. virescens. Ovatus, virescens thoracis superficie totd elytr orumque Umbo 

 punctatissimis, stria suturali Integra, humeral/bus abbreviatis. (Long. corp. 

 If— 2 lin.) 



Hi. virescens. Paykul.— Steph. Catal. 102. No. 1075. 



Ovate, entirely of a rich shining green : forehead convex, punctate : thorax with 

 the disc entirely and finely punctate: elytra convex, thickly punctate through- 

 out, excepting a small ovate space near the scutellum, which is bounded by a 

 stria parallel with the suture, recurved at the base, and descending obliquely 

 on the disc, and beyond this three very short punctate striae at the base : body 

 beneath dull green ; tibiae and tarsi piceous. 



The totally punctate thorax and bright-green colour of this species are sufficient 

 characters to discriminate it from its allies. 



Not very common : found occasionally in the neighbourhood of 

 London ; in Copenhagen-fields, Coombe-wood, &c. " Battersea 

 and Norwich." — Dr. Leach. " In dung (near Swansea), not un- 

 common." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " On Newmarket-heath, in dead 

 hares." — Rev. L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 32. rotundatus. Ovatus, niger, subdepressus undique punctatus, elytris striis 



(juatuor abbreuialis, suturali nulla. (Long. corp. 1 j lin.) 



