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A specimen is in the collection of Mr. J. H. Griesbach, I believe 

 taken in the vicinity of Windsor. 



Sp. 6. flavomaculata. Obscure nigro-amea, fronte Jlavomaculala, elytris striatis 



maculis quatuorjlavis, abdomine subtiisfulvo maculatis. (Long. corp. 8 lin.) 

 Bu. flavomaculata. Fabricius. — Steph. Catal. 119. No. 1209. 



Dull black-bronze above, with the head punctate, spotted with yellow in front ; 

 the antenna? black : thorax thickly and deeply punctate, with a slender reddish- 

 yellow streak within the margin on both sides : elytra striated, each with four 

 yellow spots, of variable form : body beneath slightly pubescent, with each 

 segment of the abdomen having a triangular fulvous-yellow spot on each side, 

 some smaller ones in the middle, and some lines and spots of similar hue on 

 the breast and pleurae : legs black-brass. 



Two examples (one of which I possess) taken about forty years 

 since on a Lombardy poplar in St. George's Fields. 



B. With the elytra entire, unarmed. 

 a. With the body somewhat convex. 



f Sp. 8. splendens. Oblongo-ovata, viridi-aurea, elytris lineis subquinis elevatis 

 disco cceruleo-viridibus, suturu margineque cupreo-aureis. (Long. corp. 8 lin.) 



Bu. splendens. Fabricius. — Marsham in Linnwan Transactions, x. 399. pi. 

 xxxii./. 1, 2.— Steph. Catal. 119. No. 1212, note. 



Oblong-ovate, golden green ; head rugose, cupreous ; thorax trilobed behind, 

 punctate, with a smooth golden-red medial line : elytra with the disc bluish- 



. green, with the suture and margin golden-cupreous ; each with five elevated 

 lines, the one nearest the suture, and the two outer ones considerably abbre- 

 viated. 



I have seen but one example, which was taken " in the Wands- 

 worth road." — W. Plimpton, Esq. 



In the Linnsean Transactions, quoted above, Marsham relates 

 that a specimen of this beautiful species was taken out of the top 



X Sp. 7. octoguttata. Nigro-ccerulea nitida, thorace lined laterali, elytris maculis 



quinque abdomine plurimis quadrifariisjlavo-albidis. (Long. corp. 6 lin.) 

 Bu. octoguttata. Linne.—Turton (!) — Steph. Catal. 119. No. 1210, note. 



Shining blue-black: head punctate, with some yellow dots on the forehead; 

 thorax with a yellow lateral line, elytra striated, with five yellow spots on 

 each; the abdomen with four rows of yellowish spots, and the breast and 

 pleurae with spots and lines of the same. 



Said by Turton to inhabit Britain ; but I presume without sufficient authority. 



