300 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Deep black; rather shining, and very thickly punctured: head and thorax deep- 

 black blue, more glossy than the elytra, which are less punctured : legs en- 

 tirely pale testaceous : antennae black, with the base pale. 



Not very abundant; found near Hertford and near Bristol; also 

 in the vicinity of Norwich. 



Sp. 17. caerulea. Ovata, supra cwrulea, nitida, antennarum hasi pedibusque 

 paUidetestaceis,femoribusposticisapicefuscis, elytris crehre, subtiliter punc- 

 tulatis. (Long. corp. l^ — 1 1 lin.) 



Ha. cEerulea. Ent. Hefte.—Steph. Catal. 214. No. 2168. 



Ovate, black; above shining blue : head scarcely punctured : thorax rather 

 widened posteriorly, very glossy, and scarcely punctured: elytra less glossy, 

 rather obsoletely and irregularly punctured, with the interstices slightly 

 wrinkled : legs pale testaceous, with the apex of the posterior femora fuscous : 

 antennae black, with the four or five basal joints pale testaceous. 



Rather uncommon ; found occasionally within the metropolitan 

 district, and also near Bristol. 



Sp. 18. Pseudacori. Ovata, nigra, supra atro-ccerulea Icevis nitida, antennis basi 



rufescentibus. (Long. corp. 1^ — 1^ lin.) 

 Ch. Pseudacori. Marsham.—Ha. Pseudacori. Steph. Catal. 215. N'o. 2169. 



Ovate, black; above dee'p-blue, smooth and shining: head and thorax minutely 

 and thickly punctured throughout: legs black: antennae rufescent towards 

 the base, with the apex deep black. 



Less common than several of the immediately preceding species; 

 found on the Iris Pseudacorus, in June. " Dalmeny." — Rev. W. 

 Little. " Prestwick Car."" — G. Wailes, Esq. " Swansea, common." 

 L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. " Weston."— i^^t;. A. H. Matthews. 



Sp. 19. fuscicornis. Nigra, capite, thorace pedibus antennarumque basi rufis, 



elytris cceruleo-virentibus, subtiliter vage punctulatis. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2 lin.) 

 Ch. fuscicornis. Linne.—H.&. fuscicornis. Steph. Catal. 215. No. 2170.— Ch. 



rufipes. Donovan, xi. pi. 365. f. 3. 

 Ovate, black: head, thorax and legs entirely rufous: elytra greenish-Z>/Me, but 



variable in tint, finely and irregularly punctulated: antenna black, with a 



few of the basal joints rifous. 

 In this species the second joint of the antennte is distinctly shorter than the 



third. 



Very abundant in hedges in the neighbourhood of the metropolis. 

 " Armatliwaite." — T. C. Heysham, Esq. " Sv»^ansea, common." — 

 L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



