342 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



exterior strice disposed in pairs, the interstices minutely and irregularly punc- 

 tulate: body beneath pitchy-black : legs brassy-black; with the tarsi piceous: 

 antenncE fuscouSj ivith the base rufescent. 



Also rather scarce near London; I have taken it occasionally in 

 June at Hertford ; near Bristol it appears to be more abundant. 

 " Forfarshire, rare."" — Rev. W. Little. " Common, particularly 

 about Crwmlyn-burrows." — L. W. Dilhoyn, Esq. " Once found 

 on the top of York Minster." — W. C.Hewitson, Esq. "Epping." 

 — 3Ir. Doiibleday. 



Sp. 1 1. Hyperici. Ohlongo-ovata, supra viridi-cenea aut cosrulescens, elytris suh- 

 tilissimi punctulatis seriebus punctoruni majorum distantium, per paria ap- 

 proximatis. (Long. corp. 2^ — 3 lin.) 



Ch. Hyperici. Forster.—Steph. Catal. 222. No. 2283. 



Ovate; sibove greenish-brass or black: head smooth: thorax glossy, very ob- 

 scurely punctured on the disc, but distinctly punctured within the base of 

 the lateral margins: elytra slightly glossy, of a greenish-blue or dusky tint, 

 finely but obsoletely punctulated throughout, each with four pair of striae, 

 composed of deep remote punctures, axiA a single row next the suture, some- 

 times double at the base': body beneath dusky-brass or bluish : legs greenish- 

 blue : antenncB black. 



The elytra are sometimes concolorous with the thorax, at others discrepant. 



Very abundant in some parts of the metropolitan district, espe- 

 cially at Daren th- wood, in June ; also in Copenhagen-fields, in 

 grassy places. " Crwmlyn-burrows, sometimes very plentiful." — 

 i. W. Dillzvi/n, Esq. " Caernarvon and Monk's-wood."— C. C 



Babingio7i, Esq. 



2. Body ovate, 

 t Sp. 12. lurida. Ovata, nigra, elytris castaneis, striato-punciatis, (Long. corp. 



3 lin.) 

 Ch. lurida. Linne.—Steph. Catal. 222. No. 2284, 



Ovate, black : elytra chestnut, punctate- striate. 



In the British Museum ; captured near Windsor, in June. 



Sp. 13. lamina. Ovata, supra viridi-cwrulescens, nitida, thorace Iwvissimo, late- 

 ribus valde incrassatis, elytris punctis impre.isis striatis. (Long. corp. 4 lin.) 



Ch. lamina. Fabriciu.s.—Steph. Catal. 223. No. 2285. 



Ovate : head greenish-blue or ohvaceous, scarcely punctured : mouth piceous : 

 thorax deep blue, very glossy and smooth, with a deep sulcus on each side, 

 giving the- margins a thickened appearance-: elytra glabrous, striated, the 

 striae simple and composed of large distant punctures : body beneath bluish> 



