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Sp. 3. puncticoUis. Ccerulea nitida, thorace parum convexo, crehre et profunda 



rugoso punctata, poxtice obsolete impresso. (Long. corp. 2—2\ lin.) 

 €r. puncticoUis. SpenceMSS.—Steph. Catal. 210. No. 2125.— Curtis, vii. pi. 323. 



Shining blue or greenish : antenna; and tarsi black : thorax slightly convex, 

 thickly and deeply rugose-punctate, with an obsolete impression behind, and 

 two impressed lines on the back in front; the lateral margins gibbous ante- 

 riorly, with a deep fovea in the middle : elytra delicately punctate-striate. 



Not common near London ; but I have occasionally taken nu- 

 merous specimens varying in colour, in a marshy place near Hert- 

 ford. " Brigg-, Lines."— if. Grantham, Esq. " Neighbourhood 



of Swansea, not common." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Weston." 



Rev. A. H. Matthews. 



Sp. 4. cyanella. Ccerulea nitida, antennis tarsisque nigris, thorace convexo 

 nitido parce. jMnctato, postice transverslm profundi impresso. (Long. corp. 

 li-l| lin.) 



Ch. cyanella. Linne.—Martyn, C pi. 15. /25.— Cr. cyanella. Steph. Catal. 

 210. No. 2126. 



Shining blue, or greenish, with the antennse and tarsi black : thorax with the 

 lateral margins gibbous, the disc very convex, shining, and rather sparingly 

 and minutely punctured, with a deep transverse impression posteriorly : elytra 

 equally and rather deeply punctate-striate : body beneath and legs pilose. 



Very abundant in the neighbourhood of willows throughout the 

 metropolitan district. " Newcastle, Meldon-park,"" &c. — G. Wailes, 

 Esq. " Epping." — Mr. Douhleday. " Common (near Swansea)."" 

 — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Raehills."— i2gt). W. Little. " Wes- 

 ton."— i?eu. A. H. Matthews. 



Sp. 5. obscura. Supra nigra, opaca, subtus nigro-ccerulea, nitida, antennis tibiis 

 tarsisque atris, thorace subconvexo subtilissime punctata. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Cr. obscura. Steph. Catal. 210. No. 2127. 



Above black, opaque ; beneath shining hlack-blue : antennae, tibiae and tarsi 

 black: thorax slightly convex, very faintly, but rather distantly punctate: 

 elytra regularly and moderately punctate-striate. 



Found occasionally within the vicinity of the metropolis, and also 

 near Bristol, and in Norfolk. " Windsor." — Mr. Waterhouse. 



B. Body oblong. 



Sp. 6. melanopa. Cwridea, out viridis, nitida, thorace pedibusque rufis, antennis 

 tarsisque nigris. (Long. corp. 2\ — 2f lin.) 



