98 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



tint: body beneath black ; femora dark piceous ; tibise and tarsi rather pale 

 piceous; anlennce dull ferruginous. 

 The back has sometimes a longitudinal somewhat denuded patch at the base of 

 the elytra. 



Found within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 1 6. raurina. Nigra, dense griseo-squamosa, antennis tibiisque ferrugineis, 

 thorace subdepresso roiundato, elytris striis albidis nigro punctatis. (Long. 

 Corp. 2i— 3^ lin.) 



Cu. murinus. Fabricius.—Hy- murina. Steph. Catal. 168. No. 1722. 



Black, densely clothed with griseous scales : head finely punctured, pilose between 

 the eyes : thorax a little depressed, the sides rounded, with a broad ashy- white 

 line, the disc with a very glossy, but slender, silvery-green one; the space 

 between sparingly covered with rather dull scales : elytra punctate- striate, 

 the interstices coriaceous, with a common broad patch on the back rather 

 fuscescent : the third, Jifth, and seventh interstices rather paler than the rest, 

 and somewhat spotted with fuscous, and on the shoulder is frequently an abbre- 

 viated striga of the same hue : body beneath and femora black, clothed with 

 metallic scales : tibice and tarsi Jerruginous or testaceous : antennae ferruginous. 



Not common ; found near London and Bristol. " Common on 

 the sand-hills (near Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 17. nigrirostris. Nigro-picea, antennis pedibusque rufo-testaceis, rostro 

 mediocri glabra, thorace longiori, lineis tribus viridibus, elytris viridi-squa- 

 mosis. (Long. corp. if — 2^ lin.) 



Cu. nigrirostris. Fabricius. — Hy. nigrirostris. Steph. Catal. 169. No, 1723. 



Pitchy-black, clothed with green scales : rostrum black, rather short, glabrous 

 and slender : head finely punctured : thorax slightly elongate, the sides 

 rounded, adorned with three green stripes, of which the central one is nar- 

 rowest : elytra punctate-striate, entirely clothed with clear rich green scales, 

 sometimes a little spotted with fuscous : legs and antennae rufo-testaceous. 



Variable : in some examples the ground colour is testaceous, and the scales pale 

 green or brassy-bronze, the antennje and legs pale testaceous : — probably 

 immature. 



Extremely abundant throughout the metropolitan district, in 

 hedges, gardens, &c. " Bottisham.*" — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Raehills, 

 not common." — Rev. W. Little. " Hebden-bridge." — Mr. S. Gibson. 



Sp. 18. fulvipes. Atra, squamis virescentibus sparsim tecta, rostro antennis 



pedibusque rufo-fulvis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Hy. fulvipes. Steph. Catal. 169. No. 1724. 



Black, sparingly clothed with greenish scales : head slightly punctured : thorax 

 with the sides rounded, a faint central greenish line, and the lateral margins 



