328 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Deep blue; pilose: thorax finely punctured : elytra delicately shagreened : legs 

 totally rufous: antenna black, with the base rufous. 



Rare : a few specimens only having been captured within the 

 metropolitan district, though in certain years it has been rather 

 abundant. " At the bottom of Maiden-lane, Copenhagen-fields, 

 in plenty, October, 1816."— J. E. Gray, Esq. " Epping."— Mr. 

 Doubleday. 



Genus CCXLIX. — Corynetes, Paykul? 



Antennae rather long ; the basal joint elongate, incrassated, and slightly bent ; 

 the second subconic ; third and fourth elongate, a little tumid ; four fol- 

 lowing short ; the remainder forming a rather slender club, of which the two 

 basal joints are longest, and the terminal one is rounded, and slightly produced 

 within at the apex. Palpi with the terminal joint obconic: head broad, trans- 

 verse : thorax with the sides emarginated, longer than broad. 



Known from Necrobia — with which genus it has been apparently 

 confounded by all continental writers — by having the antennae 

 elongate, the terminal joint subglobose and shorter than the two 

 preceding, which are broader than it, the second joint subconic, 

 and the third and fourth longer than the four following : the only 

 species chiefly inhabits hedges and flowers, but whether for the 

 purpose of preying upon other insects I am not aware. 



Sp. 1. violaceus. Violaceo-suh-virescens,nitidus, fusco-villosus, antennis nigris, 

 pedihusfusco-virescentibus, elytris sub-striato-punctatis. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2^ 

 lin.) 



De. violaceus. Linne. — Martyn, E. pi. 6.f. 7. ? — Co. violaceus. Steph. Catal. 

 138. No. 1409. 



Glossy blue or greenish; clothed with a fuscous pile: antemue black, the base 

 fuscous : thorax slightly punctured : elytra obsoletely punctate-striate : body 

 beneath dark-bluish, or greenish : legs greenish-brown. 



Very variable in size and colour. 



Extremely abundant in hedges near Ripley, in June, and also 

 at Hertford, at the same time : it likewise is common in houses at 

 the latter place. " Epping. 11 — Mr. Doubleday. " Glanville's 

 Wootton."— /. C. Dale, Esq. « Swansea."— L. W. Dilhvyiu 

 Esq. 



