334 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Found near Bristol in June. " Taken in abundance by Mr. 

 Jeffreys, under rubbish left by a flood on the banks of the Neath 

 River." — L. W. Dillwyn^ Esq. 



Sp. 6. concinna. Breviter ovata nigra nitida supra versicohra, thorace ere- 

 berrime subtilissime punetato, elytris punctato-striatis, interstitiis punetatis, 

 humeris gibbis, plicatis. (Long, corp, I5 lin.) 



Ch. concinna. Steph. Catal. 221. No. 2265. 



Short, ovate, shining black : eolour above extremely variable, sometimes light 

 blue, at others seneous, coppery, golden or greenish-purple, sometimes green ; 

 the elytra occasionally concolorous, at others not: thorax convex, very thickly 

 and finely punctured: elytra rather deeply -punctate-striate, the interstices 

 distinctly punctured; the base with a callous, and a fovea within: body en- 

 tirely black beneath : legs and base of antennae with a metallic gloss. 



Apparently local, not being found within the metropolitan 

 district, but taken near " Southend, in profusion." — Rev. F. W. 

 Hope. 



Sp. 7. tumidula. Breviter ovata, nigro-cenea, nitida, thoracis lateribus tumi- 



dulis, elytris punctato-sti'iatis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 

 Ch- tumidula. Kirby MSS.—Steph. Catal. 221. No. 2266. 



Short-ovate, brassy-black, punctulated beneath : head punctulated, with a trans- 

 verse smooth impressed line : thorax very smooth, with the iniddle somewhat 

 flattened, the sides somewhat tumid or rather incrassated : elytra punctate- 

 striate, the punctures very 7ninute : legs brassy-black : araifewnce pitchy-black, 

 with the basal Joint ru^o-piceous. 



Abundant in hedges in the vicinity of London, during the early 

 summer months. " Meldon-park, Newcastle, &c." — G. Wailes, Esq. 

 "Weston."— Rev. A. H. Matthezvs. " Cramond."— l^et;. W. 

 Little. " Swansea." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



2. With the body oblong. 



Sp. 8. aucta. Oblongo-ovata, convexa, supra ccerulea vel cceruleo-virescens, 

 elytrorum margine rufo. (Long. corp. 1^ lin.) 



Ch. aucta. Fabricius. — Don. xi. pi. 373. f. 2. — Steph. Catal. 221. No. 2267. 



Oblong-ovate, convex, above blue or blue-green, head deeply punctured ; thorax 

 also thickly and deeply punctured, especially on the lateral margins : elytra 

 more shining, regularly punctate-5/rm/e, with the interstices smooth, the 

 lateral margins more or less broadly rufo-testaceous, except at the suture : body 

 beneath black, or greenish : legs bluish-black : antenna? black. 



Abundant on flowers in the neighbourhood of London, especially 



