CURCULI0NID;E.— NEBYUS. 29 



Known from the other minute species of this genus by its pretty shining blue 

 or greenish, deeply punctate elytra. 



Abundant in A^arious places within the metropolitan district. 

 " l<let\ey"—Kev. F. W. Hope. " Not uncommon (near Swansea) 

 among herbage and on tetradynamous plants in June."— Z,. W. 

 Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 5. chloropterus. JEneo-niger, lostro pedibusqne nigris, elytris virescentibus 



■tenuepunctato-striatis,humeris suhprominulis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Cr. chloropterus. Kirby MSS.—l<ie. Qhloxo^iexm. Steph. Catal \5A^. No. 1548. 



Brassy-black, with the rostrum and legs deep black, the former glossy : thorax 

 obsoletely channelled down the back, the sides with an acute tubercle : e/ytra 

 greenish, shimng, faintly punctate-striate, with the shoulders somewhat pro- 

 minent. 



Smaller than the foregoing: of a more bronzed hue, with the elytra more faintly 

 striated in proportion, and of a more or less bright glossy green: — it is how- 

 ever probable that it may be merely a variety. 



Found near London, and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 6. contractus. Niger, subnitidus, elytris nigro-cwrulescentibus profundi^ 

 punctato-striatis, humeris prominulis, thorace obsolete canaliculaio. (Long, 

 corp. 1 lin.) 



Cu. contractus. Mar sham, — Ne. contractus. Steph. Catal. 154. No. 1549. 



Black, rather glossy : the thorax with an obsolete dorsal channel, its sides bituber- 

 culate: elytra bluish, deeply punctate-striated, the interstices coriaceous, some- 

 what tuberculated at the apex: the shoulders prominent. 



Considerably smaller than the foregoing, which it slightly resembles by its bluish 

 elytra ; but differs in having the thorax obsoletely channelled, and the shoulders 

 very prominent, and in its minute size. 



Inhabits grassy places within the metropolitan district. " New- 

 castle-on-Tyne."" — G. Walks, Esq. 



Sp. 7. Cochlearia;. Niger, cinereo-subpubescens , suturoe hasi pectoreque albido- 

 squamosis, thorace canaliculato, disco convexo, elytris profundi punctato- 

 striatis, humeris rotundatis. (Long. corp. 1 — l^ lin.) 



Rh. Cochleariae. GyllenhaL—Ne. Cochleariie. Steph. Catal. 154. No. 1550. 



Black, clothed with a cinereous pile, with the base of the suture and the breast 

 densely clothed with ivhite scales : the thorax bituberculate, its disc convex, 

 with a dorsal sulcus: elytra deeply punctate-striate, the interstices a little 

 rugose ; the shoulders rounded. 



The size of the last-mentioned, but differs in being totally black, clothed with a 



