148 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 3. Alneti. ]\iger, sguamulis angustis ccBruleo-vh^entibus, aid suhauratis 



tectus, pedibu.1 nigris. (Long. corp. 3. 2 — 4 lin.) 

 Cu. Alneti. Fabricius.—Vh. Alueii. Steph.Catul. \%Q. No. 1842. 



Black, clothed witli narrow, '\Avie-green, or golden scales, most densely on the 

 elytra, the latter faintly punctate-striate, and immaculate : legs entirely black: 

 antenns dusky or piceous. 



Variable in the tint of the scales : — this species is evidently very distinct from 

 either of the foregoing. 



Common amongst nettles throughout the vicinity of London, and 

 not uncommon in other parts. " Not uncommon in woods (near 

 Swansea)." — L. W. Dillwyn., Esq. " Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenytis. 

 " Near Edinburgh, rare." — Rev. W. Little. 



Sp. 4. maculicornis. Oblongus niger, ccerulescenti vel viridi-squamosus, alboque 

 subsetosus, antennis ferrugineis, clavd scapique apice nigro, pedibus nigris 

 tarsis piceis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 



Ph. maculicornis. Germar. Sieph. Catal. 180. Nc. 1843. 



Oblong, black, clothed with blue or greenish scales, and a few whitish hairs : 

 head and thorax obsoletely punctate : elytra punctate-striate, the interstices 

 with a few whitish setse, and blue-green rounded scales : body beneath also 

 with blue-green scales, with the abdomen glabrous : legs black, with bluish 

 scales : femora acutely dentate : tarsi pitchy : antennae rufous, with the apex 

 of the scape and the club black. 



Apparently rare : I have one specimen captured by myself near 

 London, and a pair taken near — " Inverness." — M?: Waterliouse. 

 " Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 5. argentatus. Niger, squamulis rotundatis viridi-argenteis tectus, pilisque 

 erectis pallidis adspersus, antennis tibiis tarsisque Jlavescentibus. (Long, 

 corp. 2^ — 3 lin.) 



Cu. argentatus. Linne. — Don. iii. pi. 107. — Ph. argentatus. Steph. Catal. 180. 

 No. 1844. 



Black, densely clothed with rounded, brilliant, silvery, or \)\a.e-green scales and a 

 few pale hairs : head oblong, thickly but finely coriaceous : thorax with an 

 impression within the base and apex, the disc transversely convex : elytra not 

 very deeply punctate-striate, the interstices flat, smooth, densely clothed with 

 green scales and pale hairs, imiiiaculate : legs stout: femora, thick clavate, 

 sometimes black, with green scales, and armed with a short, acute tooth: 

 tibicB and tarsi pale or yellowish: antennw also flavescent, or pale-testaceous. 



Variable in the tint of the scales, with which the upper surface of the body is 

 clothed. 



