312 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Brassy-green, pilose: head anteriorly pale rufous-yellow; eyes brown: thorax 

 transverse ovate, smooth, with the anterior angles obliquely sanguineous; 

 scutellum aeneous : elytra pale sanguineous, with the basal half of the suture 

 brassy-green: the lateral vesicles sanguineous, the margins of the abdominal 

 segments the same : legs brassy-green ; antennae black ; the second and third 

 joints produced in the males. 



Very abundant throughout the metropolitan district, frequenting 

 gardens and flowery banks. " Southend and Netley." — Rev. F. 

 W. Hope. " Epping." — Mr. Doubleday. " Glanville's Wootton." 

 — J. C. Dale, Esq. " Occasionally found on Crwmlyn and Sketty 

 Burrows. - " — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Thistles in the lane leading 

 to Caen-wood.' 1 - — Mr. Ingpen. 



Sp. 2. bipustulatus. Viridi-wneus aut caruleus, hirtus, ore pallido, elytris apice 

 rubris, antennarum articulo iertio brevi. (Long. corp. 2^- — 3jj lin.) 



Ca. bipustulata. Linne. — Don. xv. pi. 528. J*. 2.— Ma. bipustulatus. Steph. 

 Catal. 134. No. 1371. 



Green- or blue-brass ; pilose; mouth broadly pale yellowish- white : thorax im- 

 maculate, or with a minute sanguineous spot on the anterior angle : elytra 

 with an ovate blood-red spot on the inner angle of the apex : antennae black, 

 with the second and third joints short, simple in the females ; the males with 

 the basal joints more or less dilated. 



The short third joint of the antennae and greater bulk of the insect distinguish 

 this species from the following, which it greatly resembles. 



Found most abundantly throughout the metropolitan district, 

 and I believe equally common in other parts. " Aiket Gate." — 

 T. C. Heysham, Esq. " Epping. 11 — Mr. Doubleday. " Glanville's 

 Wootton." — J. C. Dale, Esq. " Very common on Crwmlyn 

 Burrows about midsummer." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Southend." 

 —Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 3. viridis. Caeruleo-virescens , hirtus, ore flavo, antennarum articulo se- 



cundo brevi, tertio longiori obconico. (Long. corp. if — 2^ lin.) 

 Ma. viridis. Fabricius.— Steph. Catal. 135. No. 1372. 



Blue-green, pilose, slightly aeneous, sometimes violaceous : mouth yellowish or 

 rufescent: thorax immaculate: elytra immaculate, or with a minute rufous 

 spot at the apex within : antennae black, with the first joint stout; the second 

 very short; the third long, obconic; the basal joint considerably dilated in 

 the male. 



The elongate third joint of the antennae, and nearly, or quite, immaculate elytra 

 of this small species, exclusively of its dissimilar taint of colour, sufficiently 

 characterize it as a species. 



