194 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



coleoptra subglobose, blue, somewhat sulcate, the sulci posteriorly punctured, 

 with the interstices rather flat. 

 Slightly variable:— the thorax is sometimes more distinctly channelled, or the 

 channel is entirely obliterated. 



Frequents the Vicia Sepium, not only witliin the metropolitan 

 district, but in other parts, but not very abundant. " Hants." — 

 Mr. fVaterhouse. 



Sp. 85. foveolatum. Atrum, glabrum, coJeoptris subglobosis coeruleis, rostro 

 mediocri, fronte impress fi striata, thorace canaliculato. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ap. foveolatum. Kirby.Steph. Catal. 189. No. 1960. 



Black, obscure, subglabrous : head with a deep fovea between the eyes, the fovea 

 iamXly striated: rostrum moderate, rather thick, punctured: antennae mo- 

 derate, medial, with the club rather thick : eyes slightly prominent : thorax 

 slightly emarginate anteriorly, deeply punctured, with a dorsal channel behind : 

 coleoptra blue, of an obovate subglobose form, faintly pilose, and punctate- 

 sulcate, the interstices rather flat. 



Rare ; found occasionally witliin the neighbourhood of London, 

 and in Suffolk. 



1" Sp. 86. intrusum. Nigrum albido-pubescens, fronte impressd striata, rostro 

 crassiore, subarcuato, coleoptris gibbosis cceruleis, subglabris, sulcato-punc- 

 tatis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ap. intrusum. Gyllenhal, iv. 550.— Ap. foveolatum, var. jS. Kirby. Linn. 

 Trans, ix. 48. 



Black, with a whitish pile : head elongate, constricted behind, deeply impressed 

 between the eyes, with three or four striae: rostrum rather stout, a little bent: 

 antennae longer than the rostrum, black, with the base pitchy: eyes promi- 

 nent : thornxa. little narrowed in front, but not coarctate, thickly but obso- 

 letely punctate, with a slight dorsal furrow : coleoptra gibbous, blue, nearly 

 glabrous, sulcate-pmictate. 



Found near London, and in Suffolk, but rare. 



Sp. 87. columbinum. Nigrum, suhpubescens, fronte impressd sulcatd thorace 

 subcylindrico profunde punctato, postice canaliculato coleoptris ovalibus, pune- 

 tato sulcatis, cyaneis. (Long. corp. 1 \ lin.) 



Ap. columbinum. Germar. Mag. ii. 185. pi. iv. f 9. — Ap. foveolatum, var. y. 

 Kirby. Linn. Trans, ix. 48. 



Black, somewhat pubescent : head oblong, punctured, a little constricted behind, 

 forehead depressed, with a deeper furrow : rostrum elongate, curved : eyes pro- 

 minent : thorax somewhat cylindric, deeply punctate, with a posterior dorsal 



