298 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 8. lens. Oblongo-ovata, subdepressa, ccerulea, aut violacea, subtilissime punc- 

 iulata, aniennis pedibusque nigris, thorace antice angustiori, elytris obtusis. 

 (Long. Corp. 1— Ij lin.) 



Ch. lens. Thunberg.—Ra.. lens. Steph. Catal. 214. No. 2158. 



Oblong-ov Site, slightly depressed, finely punctured, blue or violet: thorax a little 

 narrowed anteriorly : elytra rather more deeply and thickly punctured than 

 the thorax : antennce and legs black : body beneath also black. 



Probably a variety of the preceding, from which it chiefly differs in colour. 



Taken near London in June. 



Sp. 9. obscurella. Oblongo-ovata, depressa, punctulata, obscure cenea, antennis 

 basi rufis pedibusque nigris, elytris apice obtusis. (Long. corp. 1 — 1^ lin.) 



Ha. obscurella. Illiger.— Steph.. Catal. 214. JVo. 2159. 



Oblong-ovate, slightly depressed, punctulate : dull brassy, with the elytra obtuse 

 at the apex : legs and antennce black, the latter rufous at the base. 



Found in tlie neighbourhood of London, and near Bristol. 



Sp. 10. punctulata. Oblongo-ovata, depressa, atra, nitida, punctata, elytris apice 

 obtusis, antennis pedibusque nigris. (Long. corp. 1 — l^ lin.) 



Ch. punctulata. Marsham. — Ha. punctulata. Steph. Catal. 214. No, 2160. 



Oblong-ovate, depressed, shining black, punctured; the elytra obtuse at the 

 apex : antennce entirely and legs black. 



Not uncommon in hedges in June within the metropolitan district ; 

 found also near Bristol. 



Sp. 11. meleena. Oblonga, depressa, punctata, atra vel cyaneo-nigra, punctu- 

 lata, thorace subquadrato. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Ha. meljEua. lUiger.—Steph. Catal. 214. No. 2161. 



Oblong, depressed, punctured ; Z)ZacA; or blue-black : thorax subquadrate : antennae 

 and legs black. 



Not very common : found near London, and in Norfolk. 



Sp. 12. nigrosenea. Oblonga, nigro-cenea, punctulatissima, antennis pedibusque 



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

 Ch. nigrosenea. Marsham. — Ha. nigrosenea. Steph. Catal. 214. No. 2162. 



Oblong, black-brass, very thickly punctur-ed: elytra obtuse at the apex: antennae 



and legs black. 



Found within the metropolitan district : I took several specimens 

 at Ripley, in June, 1827. " On Polygonum aviculare (near Swan- 

 sea), not common." — L. W. Dilkoyn, Esq. 



