306 MANDlBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 37. fulvicornis. Ouata, thorace subprofunde punctata, corpore toto supra 

 intense rubro-cupreo, elytris profunde et regulariter punctato-striatis, antenms 

 pedibusquefulvis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Ch. fulvicornis. Fabricius.—Ha.. fulvicornis. Steph. Catal. 218. No. 2237. 



Ovate, with the thorax rather deeply punctate: the body above entirely of a deep 

 and brilliant red-copper : elytra very deeply and regularly punctate-striate, 

 with the sides sometimes greenish : legs entirely and antennae bright fulvous : 

 the posterior femora occasionally a little fuscescent. 



Found within the metropolitan district on willows, not uncom- 

 monly. 



Sp. 38. cyanea. Ovata, thorace virescenti-cairuleo, elytris violaceis punctato- 

 striatis, antenms pedibusque striatis,femoribusposticis nigris. (Long. corp. 

 1^—2 lin.) 



Ch. cyanea. Marsham. — Ha. cyanea. Steph. Catal. 219. No. 2239. 



Ovate, and rather glossy : head and thorax greenish-blue, with minute impressed 

 punctures : elytra deep blue or violaceous, rather deeply and regularly punc- 

 tdi,ie-striate : body black beneath: legs testaceous, with the hinder femora 

 black : antennte testaceous. 



Very rare, apparently; my specimens I obtained from the Mar- 

 shamian cabinet. 



Sp. 39. gaudens. Cyanea, antennis pedibusque Jlavis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Ha. gaudens. Kirby MS S.— Steph. Catal. 219. No. 2240. 



Ovate-c3/a«eoM5, with the antennce and legs entirely yellow : elytra punctate-striate. 

 Probably a variety of the preceding species. 



Also very rare : taken in Suffolk. 



* * Elytra sprinkled with impressed dots, not disposed in stria. 



Sp. 40. Oleracea. Oblongo-ovata, convexa, caruleo-virescens, antennis nigris. 



(Long. corp. l| — 2 lin.) 

 Ch. Oleracea. Linne. — Ha. Oleracea. Steph. Catul. 219. No. 2242. 



Oblong-ovate, convex : blue-green : head sparingly punctured, with the forehead 

 unequal, and having a faint longitudinal carina : thorax with the sides slightly 

 margined, the disc moderately convex, obsoletely punctured, the posterior 

 impression nearly extending to the margins, and terminating in an obsolete 

 fovea at each extremity : elytra green or bluish, sometimes dusky, or faintly 

 brassy, thickly and very finely punctured ■• legs bluish, posterior femora rather 

 long, with a furrow beneath : tarsi fuscous: antennae black. 



Abundant near London, devouring- the cotyledons of plants, and on 



