236 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Bu. rutilans. Fabricius. — Steph. Catal. 119. No. 1206. 



Brilliant blue- or golden-green ; elytra of a fine metallic green, with the margins 

 rich gold, and the disc sprinkled with violaceous-black spots. 



A single example taken in June, 1817, near Matlock, in Derby- 

 shire; and another " found near Westerham, in Kent, by Mr. 

 Plastead.' 1 — Marsham MSS. 



b. With the apex of the elytra two- or three-toothed. 



tSp. 3. renea. Fusco-asnea, subtiis cuprea, capite thoracecpie rugoso-variolosis, 



elytris striatis rugosis, apice attenuatis. (Long. corp. 9 lin.) 

 Bu. senea. Linne.— Steph. Catal 119. No. 1207. 



Brassy-brown above ; rich copper colour beneath ; with the head and thorax 

 ruggedly shagreened; the elytra striated, with the apex attenuated and 

 bidentate ; legs dusky cupreous, punctate. 



I have seen but one indigenous example of this fine species, 

 which was taken " near Ebberley-house, Devonshire." — H. Hole, 

 Esq. 



Sp. 4>. rustica. JEnea-nitida, thorace anteriiis angustato, elytris striatis, apice 



truncatis, bidentatis. (Long. corp. 8 lin.) 

 Bu. rustica. Linne?— Steph. Catal. 119. No. 1208. 



Brilliant seneous, slightly tinted with green or bluish : head and thorax punctate, 

 the latter narrowed anteriorly: elytra rather deeply striated aeneous, or of a 

 bronzed green : legs bronzed: 



Three or four specimens only of this rare species have hitherto 

 been captured in England. " At the entrance of a chapel, Old 

 Brompton." — Mr. G. Waterhouse. 



•j Sp. 5. tarda. Ovata, subdepressa, casrnleo-virescens, creberrime punctulata, 



elytris cyaneis, apice rotundatis, clypeojlavescente. (Long. corp. (j lin.) 

 Bu. tarda. Herbst. Col. xi. pi. Ul.f. 3. 



Ovate, subdepressed, above bluish metallic green, thickly punctured, beneath 

 dusky bronze: elytra blue, with the apex rounded: the clypeus yellowish : 

 legs green or bluish. 



Bu. chrysostigma. Linne. — Berkenhout (/)-- Steph. Catal. 119. No. 1205. 



Above bronzed-purple ; beneath brilliant copper-colour : thorax rugose : . elytra 

 obscure, with three elevated longitudinal lines, with the margins and two im- 

 pressed spots on the disc of each golden-red. 



Berkenhout gives this fine species as indigenous; but 1 have never seen a 

 British specimen. 



