GALERUCIDiE. — MANTURA. 323 



Rare near London ; found at Hertford, " Epping." — Mr. 

 Doiibleday. 



Sp. 2. semisenea. Elongato-ovata, valde convexa, subcylindrica, thorace vire- 

 scenti-cenea, elytris regulariter punctato-striatis, obscure cwruleis, apice pedi- 

 busque ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 1 — 1^ ]in.) 



Ch. semisenea. Fabriciu,i.—B.Si. semiaenea. Steph. Catal 216. No. 2206. 



Elongate-ovate, very convex, subcylindric : mouth piceous : thorax greenish- 

 brass, faintly punctured, with an oblique impressed line at the base on each 

 side: elytra dull blue, with the apex more or less ferruginous— sometmxe's 

 nearly all ferruginous, with the suture and a portion of the base alone blue— 

 regidarly punctate- striate, the interstices smooth: legs testaceous, with the 

 posterior femora large and greenish-black: antennse black, with the base dull 

 ferruginous. 



Not very uncommon in the vicinity of Ripley ; also found oc- 

 casionally in other parts of the metropolitan district, and in Norfolk 

 and near Bristol. " In Crwmlyn-burrows, not common." — L. W. 

 Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 3. Mannerheimii. Oblongo-ovalis, convexa, cceruleo-virens, tibiis testaceis, 

 thorace subtilissime punctulato, elytris externe striato-punctatis, dorso con- 

 fertim vage punctato. (Long. corp. 1 — 1^ lin.) 



Ha. Mannerheimii. Gyllenhal— Steph. Catal. 220. No. 2256. 



Oblong-oval, convex, greenish-blue : mouth black : thorax very faintly but thickly 

 punctured, with an obsolete fovea on each side at the base : elytra shining 

 blue, ^unctAte-striate on the lateral margin and on the apex, the back irre~ 

 gularly punctate: femora blue-black: tibiee and tarsi dull testaceous: an- 

 tennae black, with the basal joint somewhat testaceous. 



Rare ; found near London and in Suffolk. 



Sp. 4. obtusata. Oblongo-ovata, convexa, nigra ccerulea, antennarum bast, tibiis 

 tarsisque ferrugineis, elytris regulariter punctato-striatis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 



Ha. obtusata. Gyllenhal— Steph. Catal. 217. No. 2209. 



Oblong-ovate, convex, dark-blue, slightly glossy : head with a distinct transverse 

 striga between the antennae : thorax very thickly and finely punctured, with 

 a very short oblique impressed line at the base on each side : elytra entirely 

 of a deep-blue, regularly and rather deeply jmnctate-striate , the interstices 

 smooth : legs with the tibiae and tarsi ferruginous, the four anterior femora 

 pitchy-black, and the posterior very glossy deep-blue: antennae with the 

 three or four basal joints ferruginous, the rest black. 



Apparently rare near London; it occurs in Norfolk and near 

 Bristol. 



