182 MANDIBULATA.— COLEOPTERA. 



within the metropolitan district : — -in plenty on Wimbledon common ; 

 also near Ripley, Hertford, Croydon, in the New Forest, in 

 Devonshire, and abundantly in Suffolk, near Woodbridge. " Baron 

 Wood." — T. C. Hey sham., Esq. " Epping." — Mr. Doubleday. 



Sp. 2. laevis. Subhemispharicus , airo-violaceus, nitidus, thorace coiifertissim? 



punctulato, elytris laevissimis, irregulariter obsolete punctato-striatis. (Long. 



corp. 6—9 lin.) 

 Sc. laevis. Haworth.- — Ge. laevis. Steph. Catal. 107. No. 1106. Curtis, vii. 



pi. 266. 



Subhemispheric, deep violet or black, shining ; vertex slightly prominent ; 

 clypeus rugose ; thorax very thickly and rather deeply punctured throughout, 

 with a fovea on each side near the lateral margin ; elytra very smooth and 

 glossy, with several obsolete irregular faintly punctured strife ; body beneath 

 pubescent, violet, sometimes greenish ; posterior femora serrated on the inner 

 margin in the males ; club of the antennae black, with its apex sometimes 

 ferruginous. 



Variable both in size and colour, like its congeners. 



Not very uncommon on heaths near London, but more abundant 

 in the mountainous districts of Wales and Cumberland; also found 

 in the New Forest. " Barmouth and North Wales." — Rev. F. 

 W. Hope and C. Darwin, Esq. " In abundance on the moun- 

 tains near Wast Water in Cumberland, and in Borrowdale." — 

 W. C. Hewitso?i, Esq. " Common on heaths in the neighbourhood 

 of Nottingham, from March to October." — Dr. Howitt. 



Sp. 3. sylvaticus. Subhemisphcericus, supra niger, violaceo marginatus, infra 

 violaceus aut aurato-viridis, vertice tuberculo acuto, thoracis disco punctis 

 sparsis, elytris striatis, interstitiis transversim strigosis. (Long. corp. 6 — 10 

 lin.) 



Sc. sylvaticus. Paykul.—Don. xvi. pi. 547. J*. 2.— Ge. sylvaticus. Steph. Catal. 

 107. No. 1107. 



Subhemispheric ; above blue-black, margined , with violaceous ; beneath vio- 

 laceous or golden green ; clypeus rugose, with an acute tubercle on the vertex ; 

 thorax sprinkled with distinct, somewhat remote punctures on the disc, 

 somewhat rugose on the lateral margins, with a punctate fovea towards the 

 edge : elytra rather faintly striated, the interstices transversely strigose ; 

 antennas somewhat piceous, with the club fuscous ; tarsi piceous ; posterior 

 femora in the male with a single denticulation on the inner edge. 



Extremely variable in size, and in colour; some examples being of a rich 

 purplish violet above, and others nearly black; and the under surface being 

 occasionally of a rich coppery-purple, or golden-green. 



The most abundant species of this genus within the metropolitan 



