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in damp and sandy places. " Bath." — C. C. Babington, Esq. 



" Weston." — Rev. A. H. Mattliews. " Not uncommon on the 

 sand-hills, near Swansea." — L. W. Dilhoyih Esq. 



Sp. 9. marginella. Oblongo-ovata, supra ccsrulea vel cceruleo-virescens thoracis 

 elytrorumque lateribus lats luteis. (Long. corp. l|— 9 lin.) 



Ch. marginella. Limie.—Martyn, Col. pi. 15. f. 26.— N. G. marginella. Steph. 

 CataL 225. No. 2307. 



Oblong-ovate, above blue or greenish : head thickly and rather deeply punctured : 

 thorax somewhat quadrate, thickly punctate throughout, with the disc blue, 

 the lateral margins above and beneath broadly luteous : elytra moderately 

 convex, regularly punctate-.sifr/a^'e, with the interstices smooth, the lateral 

 margins broadly luteous : body beneath blue-black, finely punctured ; the 

 breast rather coarsely so : legs rather long, blue-black : antennae black. 



Abundant in the flowers of the Ranunculus in marshy places within 

 the metropolitan district. " Common in Cambridgeshire, under 

 the bark of trees."— i^^t;. L. Jenyns. " Bath, Monk's-wood, &c." 

 — C. C. Babington, Esq. " York, Oxford, &c."— TF. C. Hewitson, 

 Esq. " Prestwick Car, Meldon-park, &c."— G. Wailes, Esq. " Rae- 

 hills, frequent."— i^c't). W. Little. " Weston."— i^eu. A. H. Mat- 

 thews. " Common (near Swansea) ."—Z,. W. Dilhvyn., Esq. 



Sp. 10. Vitellinse. Oblongo-ovata, supra vlridi-wnea, aut cwrulea aut nigra, 

 nitida, elytris tenue punctato-striatis, basi plicatis, ani margine rufescente. 

 (Long. corp. 1^ — 2 lin.) 



Ch. VitellinEB. Linns. — Marty n, C. pi. 14./. 1 and S.—StepL Catal. 221. No. 

 2268. 



Oblong-ovate, above brassy-^reera, blue or black, sometimes violaceous, shining; 

 thorax moderately convex, with the disc finely, and the lateral margins rather 

 coarsely, punctured: elytra faintly punctate-striate, the striae rather ir- 

 regularly placed towards the sides: body beneath brassy, with the apex more 

 or less margined with reddish : legs aeneous : antennw black, with the base 

 ^i^xXy ferruginous. 



Extremely abundant on willows throughout the metropolitan 

 district in June and July. " Bottisham."— i^ei'. L. Jenyns. " Bath." 

 — C. C. Babington, Esq. " Cramond."~-Kgt^. W. Little. " Very 

 common (near Swansea;."—!.. W. D'lllwijn, Esq. " Weston."— 

 Rev. A. H. Matthews. " Cardew-mire."— T. C. Heysham, Esq. 

 "Newcastle, &c."— G. Wailes, Esq. " New Walk, York."— 

 W. C. Hewitson, Esq. 



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