348 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



the sides and snture : wings pale rufous: antennce with the base rwio-piceous, 

 the apex dusky-black. 

 Variable in colour, like its congeners : the antennae are sometimes piceous. 



This species appears to frequent the coasts, on the banks of the 

 larger rivers : it is very abundant in Devonshire and Cornwall, 

 and occurs also near " Southend, and in the Isle of Sheppey." — 

 Rev. F. W. Hope. " Teignmouth."— i2etr. A. H. Matthews. 



Sp. 28. goettingensis. Ovata, toto violacea, subtilissime punctulata, antennarum 



basi palpis tarsisque rufo-testaceis. (Long. corp. 3 — 4^ lin.) 

 Ch. goettingensis. Linne.—Don. viii. pi 286./. 2.—Steph. Catal. 224. No. 2298- 



Ovate, totally of a rich violet, of a purplish hue on the upper surface, which is 

 throughout minutely and distinctly punctured, the punctures here and there 

 on the elytra disposed in lines : femora violet : tibiae the same, with the apex 

 rufescent: tarsi, palpi, and base of the antennas ru?o-testaceous. 



Not uncommon in the spring and early summer months, in 

 hedges near Hertford. 



Genus CCCCVI.— Timarcha, Megerle. 



Antennce moniliform, robust, the basal joint stout, tumid; second short, sub- 

 nodose ; third slightly elongate and obeonic ; the fourth to the tenth nodose, 

 distinct, the terminal joint somewhat thicker, with the apex acuminate. Palpi 

 rather long, the terminal joint somewhat securiform truncate : labrum trans- 

 verse: head small, rounded, deeply inserted into the thorax, the latter trans- 

 verse, with the lateral margins considerably dilated, the disc convex : elytra 

 connate, ample, the lateral edges doubly margined : body very convex : wings 

 none : legs elongate, stout : tibice incurved, thickened at the apex : tarsi very 

 broad and dilated, the basal joints cordate, beneath spongy. 



This genus is known from Chrysomela and its allies by being 

 destitute of wings ; the thorax is very broad, transverse, and has 

 the margins considerably dilated ; the antennae are very stout, and 

 the legs elongate, with dilated tarsi, the latter spongy beneath : — 

 the species reside on the ground. 



Sp. 1. laevigata. Atro-purpurea, obscura, suhtus nitida, undique subtilissime 

 creberrime punctulata, punctis suboequalibus. (Long. corp. 7—8^ lin.) 



Te. laevigatus. Linne. — Ch. tenebricosa. Fabricius. — Don. viii. pi. 276. — Ti. 

 tenebricosa. Steph. Catal. 224. No. 2300. 



Deep purple, above obscure, beneath shining : forehead with a broad deep ira- 



