240 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



posteriorly ; elytra very finely wrinkled transversely, immaculate : body rich 

 glossy-bronze beneath: legs and antennae dull bronze, the latter acutely 

 serrated. 

 Variable in colour; being of various tints of green and bluish: in some instances 

 the head and thorax are of one tint, and the elytra are of another, but they 

 are mostly concolorous. 



The most abundant species of this family in Britain ; found very 

 commonly in oaks in Darenth-wood, and also in Kensington- 

 gardens in June and July. " Netley." — Rev. F. W. Hope. " Fros- 

 tenden, Suffolk, and once near York." — W. C. Hewitson, Esq. 

 " Hornsey-wood." — A. Cooper, Esq. 



1"Sp. 3. chryseis. Cupreo-purpureus,fronte subcanaliculata, thorace trifoveolato, 

 antennis pedibusque asneo-nigris. (Long. corp. 3^ lin.) 



Ag. chryseis. Zeigler.— Curtis, ii. pi. 67.—Steph. Catal. 120. No. 1218. 



" Golden purple above, beneath metallic, with a blackish tinge, pubescent : head 

 finely and irregularly channelled longitudinally on the crown : thorax finely 

 and irregularly punctured and channelled transversely, the anterior margin 

 slightly elevated, a fovea in the centre near the posterior margin, and an im- 

 pression on each side: elytra thickly and minutely punctured, having a 

 scabrous appearance, with a few short bristles at the apex : antennae and legs 

 aeneous-black, eyes brownish-black." — Curtis, I. c. 



I have hitherto seen but two specimens of this insect, one of which 

 was captured in the New Forest, near Brokenhurst, towards the 

 end of September : the other was taken, about the same time, " in 

 Windsor Forest." — J. H. Griesbach, Esq. 



Sp. 4. amethystinus. Violaceo-purpureus, antennis pedibusque nigris. (Long. 



corp. 3 lin.) 

 Bu. amethystina. Olivier. E. ii. pi. xi.f. 128. a. b. 



Rich purple-violet: forehead excavated: thorax slightly dilated on the sides, 

 the disc a little unequal, with two foveas behind : elytra with a rounded fovea 

 at the base, the surface very obscurely granulated, violaceous-purple : body be- 

 neath brassy- violet : antennae and legs black. 



One indigenous example of this species has hitherto come beneath 

 my inspection : it was taken near London, in the spring of 1828. 



B. With the body cylindric. 

 Sp. 5. novem-maculatus. Plate xix. f. 2. — Cceruleo-niger,J route puncto unico 



thorace duabus, elytris tribusjlavis. (Long. corp. 7 lin.) 

 Bu. 9-maculata. Linne.—Ag. 9-maculata. Steph. Catal. 120. No. 1220. 

 Shining blue-black ; forehead with a single round yellow spot : thorax gibbous 



anteriorly, thickly punctured, with a faint longitudinal impression, and near 



