346 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



lights, blue : antennae and legs brassy-green, the base of the former sometimes 

 ferruginous beneath. 



Very abundant in some parts of the country, especially near 

 Cambridge and in Huntingdonshire. " Cow-fen, near Cambridge, 

 and neighbourhood of Ely." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Whittlesea." — ■ 

 Rev. A. H. Matthexvs. *• Very common on tansey, near York." — 

 W. C. Hewitson, Esq. 



Sp. 23. graminis. Oblongo-ovata, convexa, viridi-ccerulea nitida, elytris crehre 



at obsolete inordinate punctatis. (Long. corp. 3| — 5 lin.) 

 Ch. graminis. Linne. — Don. xi. pi. 365. f. 1. var. viridi. Steph. Catal. 223. 



No. 2293. 



Oblong-ovate, convex, shining blue-green : head and thorax thickly punctulated, 

 the punctures largest towards the sides of the latter: elytra thickly and. Jinely 

 punctured, the punctures distinct and irregularly placed in lines towards the 

 lateral margins, the .surface entirely of a uniform blue-green ; antennae and 

 legs rich metallic green. 



Much more rare than the preceding ; found in the vicinity of 

 Dover, and at times somewhat abundantly ; also, I believe, in Nor- 

 folk. " Sandsfield."— T. C. Heysham, Esq. 



fSp. 24. violacea. Oblongo-ovata, convexa, cyanea, nitida, antennis pedibusque 



concoloribus. (Long. corp. 5 lin.) 

 Ch. violacea. Fabricius ? — Steph. Catal. 223. No. 2294. — Ch. graminis, var. 



violacea. Don. xi-pl. 365. f. 2 ? 



Oblong-ovate, convex, shining-blue • thorax smooth : elytra very finely punc- 

 tulated : antennae and legs also blue, or violet. 



A specimen of this insect is in the British Museum, which is said 

 to have been captured in Lincolnshire, and a second, in the collec- 

 tion of its captor, was taken " near Windsor." — /. H. Griesbach, 

 Esq. 



Sp. 25. cerealis. Plate xxiii. f. i.— Oblongo-ovata, thorace lineis tribus coleop- 

 trisque quinque ad septem cwruleis, elytris vage punctatis. (Long. corp. 3|— 4i 

 lin.) 



Ch. cereahs. Linn'\ — Steph. Catal. 224. No. 2295. 



Oblong-ovate, above golden, beneath bright purplish violet: head impunctate, 

 with a longitudinal furrow : thorax thickly punctured, bright coppery-gold, 

 with the lateral margins and a narrow dorsal line bright blue : elytra deeply 

 and thickly punctate, bright coppery-gold, with the suture and a broad central 



