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district, especially on wastes in the vicinity of woods. " Ar- 

 mathwaite." — T. C. Hesyham, Esq. " Heaths near Nottingham, 

 in July and August." — Dr. Hoxvitt. " Epping.'" — Mr. Doubleday. 



Sp. 4. niger. Suhhemispharicus , supra ohscurus, niger, Icevis, suhtus atro-viola~ 



ceus, pedibus ceneis, elytris obsolete striatis. (Long. corp. 7—9 lin.) 

 Sc. niger. Marsham.—Ge. niger. Steph. Catal. 107. No. 1108. 



Subhemispheric : above dull-black, smooth, beneath deep violet; clypeus with 

 an obtuse tubercle ; thorax very obsoletely punctate on the disc, the punctures 

 remote, except towards the lateral margins, where they become confluent, 

 with a slightly impressed fovea towards the edge; elytra very obsoletely 

 striated, between the striae some obscure strigose lines ; legs greenish-brass, 

 or violet. 



The most doubtful species of the genus : I suspect it may only prove a variety 

 of Ge. sylvaticus. 



Found within the metropolitan district, but not common : also 

 in Norfolk and Suffolk. " Near Nottingham." — J. Marhw, Esq. 



Sp. 5. foveatus. Subovalis, niger, thorace subpvnctato utrinque punctis duabus 

 excavato, laterilms rugulosis, elytris sulcatis. (Long. corp. 7 — 9 lin.) 



Sc. foveatus. Marsham.—Sowerby, i. pi. 55. f. 2. — Ge. foveatus. Steph. Catal. 

 107. No. 1109. 



Suboval ; black, with the margins of the thorax and of the elytra deep-bluish ; 

 clypeus with an acute tubercle on the vertex ; thorax smooth, with a few 

 scattered punctures on the disc, two fovea on each side, and the lateral margins 

 rugosely-punctate ; scutellum violet; elytra sulcate ; the interstices smooth ; 

 tarsi piceous; posterior femora with one or more denticulations on the inner 

 edge. 



Distinguished by having two fovea? on the lateral margins of the thorax, which 

 is subpunctate, and the elytra sulcate. 



Found occasionally within the metropolitan district and in 

 Suffolk. 



Sp. 6. punctato-striatus. Oblongo-ovatus, violaceo-niger, vertice tuberculo mi- 



nuto, thorace l&vi, elytris profundi: punctato-striatis. (Long. corp. 6 — S lin.) 

 Ge. punctato-striatus. Kirby MSS— Steph. Catal. 107. No. 1110. 



Oblong-ovate, above deep violaceous-black, beneath rich violet or purplish : 

 clypeus with an obtuse minute tubercle : thorax with the disc impunctate, a 

 few confluent punctures and a fovea on the lateral margins : elytra rather 

 deeply punctate-striate, the stride equidistant, the interstices slightly convex 

 and a little strigose, especially towards the apex : legs violaceous : tarsi 

 piceous : club of the antennae ferruginous. 



The oblong form and equidistant punctate striae of this species, combined with the 

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