CRIOCERIDiE. — CRIOCERIS. 279 



Sp. 2. nigriceps. Nigra, antennis pedibus, thorace et abdomine interdum, 

 pallido-rujis, elytris testaceis, aid rufescenti -pallido-Jlavis, thorace pubescente, 

 punctis impressis numerosissimis, fere contiguis,- lineola dorsali lwvi,femoribus 

 posticis macula fuscu. (Long. corp. 3 — S^^lin.) 



Or. nigriceps. Latreille.—Steph. Catal. 209. No. 2120. 



Black : antennce, legs, thorax, and sometimes the abdomen, pale rufous : elytra 

 testaceous or pale-reddish-yellow: thorax pubescent, thickly covered tvith 

 nearly contiguous punctures, except a smooth dorsal line : posterior femora 

 with a fuscous spot. 



Much more local than the preceding, at least within the metro- 

 politan district. I liave a specimen captured out of a sallow at 

 Darenth, in June, where other specimens have occurred. 



Sp. 3. humeralis. Violaceo-ccerulea, thoracis maculis duabus posticis, elytroruni 

 humeris, genicuhsque rubris ; aut immaculata, antennarurii femoruvique 

 basi rufis. (Long. corp. 3 — 31 lin.) 



Or. humeralis. Latreille.—Steph. Catal.209. No. 2121. 



Violet-blue ; the thorax with two dull rufous spots behind, and the elytra with 

 the shoulders of the same hue, as are also the joints of the legs. 



Var. (S ?— Entirely of a shining violaceous blue, immaculate : the base of the fe- 

 mora and of the antennar, and sometimes the terminal joints of the latter, and 

 the knees rufo-testaceous. 



In the immature.'' state this last variety has the breast and vertex alone vio^ 

 laceous black, and a spot of the same in the middle of the thorax, the rest of 

 the body being pale. 



Found at Norwood on the whitethorn ; it has also been taken in 



the 'New Forest. 



Genus CCCLXXXIX.— Crioceris, Gcoffroy. 



Antennae moderate, inserted before the eyes, submoniliform, with the articula- 

 tions short, the second and fourth being smallest 5 the terminal largest and 

 conic; and the basal one subglobose. Palpi filiform, the terminal joint of the 



+ Sp. 4. cantharoides. Violacea, capite thorace pedibusque riifis, antennarum 



basi rifescentibus. 

 Or. cantharoides. Fabricius. f!)—Or. cantharoides. Steph. Catal. 209. No. 



2122. 



Violet, shining ; head, thorax, and legs rufous : antennte reddish at the base. 



Described by Fabricius from a specimen said to be in the collection of Mr. 

 Dandridge, and in the British Museum. 



