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b. Thorax with its lateral margins incrassated. 



1. Body oblong. 



Sp. 8. marginata. Oblongo-ovata, supra fusco-oenea, elytrorum margine exteriori 



Jlavescente, alis rufescentibus. (Long. corp. 2^—3 lin.) 

 Ch. marginata. Linne.—Steph. Catal. 222. No. 2280. 



Oblong-ovate, above /w^coti^-brass : head sparingly punctured, with the mouth 

 black : thorax with the disc rather obsoletely, and the lateral margins coarsely, 

 punctate : elytra with the lateral margins luteous or reddish-yellow, the disc 

 somewhat irregularly punctate-striate, the stricie irregularly approximating 

 in pairs : body beneath black, with a bluish or greenish tinge, and the apex 

 livid: legs and antennse black, the base of the latter rufo-piceous ; the tarsi 

 piceous. 



The elytra are sometimes of a pale brassy castaneous hue, with the margin 

 paler. 



Somewhat rare, at least near London, though very widely dis- 

 persed. " Carlton-hill."— i?gi;. W. Little. " Meldon-park."— 

 G. Wailes, Esq. " Horning-sea-fen, Cambridgeshire." — C. C. 

 BaUngton, Esq. " Brough-marsh."" — T. C. Heysham, Esq. "Taken 

 near Pontneddfechan, and in Crwmlyn-burrows." — L. W. Dillwyn, 

 Esq. "Winterbourne-Stoke, Wiltshire; Middleton-one-Row, York- 

 shire; and Roseberry-Topping, near the svimmit." — Rev. G. T. 

 Rudd. 



+ Sp. 9. lepida. Oblongo-ovata, supra picea, antennis, elytris pedibusgue piceo- 



testaceis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.) 

 Ch. lepida. Leach MSS.—Steph. Catal. 222. No. 2281. 

 Oblong-ovate, above piceous : thorax finely punctured, the punctures largest on 



the sides: elytra ixxe^v\dix\y punctate-striate, pitchy-testaceous : antennae and 



legs also pitchy-testaceous. 



The only specimens I have seen of this species are in the British 

 Museum : of their locality I am not aware. 



Sp. 10. geminata. Ohlongo-ovata, supra cupreo-virens, aut violacea, elytris per 

 paria striato-punctatis, interstitiis suhtilissime punctulatis. (Long. corp. 

 2^-3^ lin.) 



Ch. geminata. Paykul.—Steph. Catal. 222. No. 2282. 



Ovate, above of a greenish-copper, or violet sometimes, but rarely, blue-black, or 

 bright purple-copper: head sparingly, though faintly punctured, with a 

 rounded depression above the mouth : thorax with the disc faintly and the 

 lateral margins rather deeply punctured, and the hinder margin with a fovea 

 in the middle: elytra rather glossy, faintly punctate-striate, the eight 



