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three basal joints ferruginous, the basal one with a black line above, and the 

 second with a black dot. 



Apparently rather scarce : I have taken the insect near London 

 in the summer. 



Sp. 4. concinna. Ovalis, parum convexa, nigra, supra viridi-wnea, antennarum 

 basi tibiisque ferrugineis, elytris projunde punctato-striatis interstitiis loevi- 

 bus. (Long. Corp. | — 1| Un.) 



Ch. concinna. Marsham. — Ha. concinna. Steph. Catal. 220, A^. 2254. 



Oval, sHghtly convex; black beneath, greenish-brass above: thorax thickly and 

 rather deeply punctate, with a very obsolete fovea on each side at the base : 

 elytra shining, regularly and deeply punctate-^^rza^e, with the interstices fiat, 

 and smooth : femora black, posterior brassy : tibise and tarsi dull ferruginous : 

 aniennw frrruginous at the base, the apex dnsky-black. 



Extremely abundant in hedges during the spring and summer 

 months, within the metropolitan district. " Common (near Swan- 

 sea)." — L. W. Dillzvyn, Esq. " Bottisham." — Rev. L. Jenyns. 

 " New Walk, York." — W. C. Hewitson, Esq. " Cummersdale." — 

 T. C.HeysJiam, Esq. " Raehills."— i?^f. W. Little. 



Sp. 5. picipes. Ovalis, subconvexa, tola nigra aut subviolacea, antennarum basi 

 tibiisque piceis, elytris aut punctato-striatis, interstitiis subpunctatis. (Long, 

 corp. ] lin.) 



Ch. picipes. Kirby MSS.—Hd.. picipes. Steph. Catal. 220. No. 2255. 



Oval, slightly convex, black above and beneath, sometimes with a violaceous 

 tinge : thorax yexy finely punctured : elytra rather moderately punctate-striate, 

 the interstices obscurely punctured : tibiae and tarsi piceous : antennae the same 

 at the base, with the apex dusky. 



Not common : found near London in June, and in Suffolk. 

 " Bottisham," — Rev, L. Jenyns. 



Sp. 6. saltitans. Nigro-picea, antennarum basi, pedibus anterioribus tibiisque 



posticis rufo-testaceis. (Long. corp. 1 lin.) 

 Ha. saltitans. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Catal. 220. No. 2257. 



Oval, pitchy-Zi/acA; ; with the antennce at the base, the foiir anterior legs and 

 posterior tibiae mfo-testaceous. 



Taken in Suffolk. 



