358 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



punctate^ with an elevation near the scutellum, and the apex of each rounded: 

 legs brassy : body with the terminal segment entire : antenna brassy-black. 



Less frequent than the last, but not uncommon throughout the 

 metropolitan district in June. " Rochester, abundantly." — Rev. 

 Professor Henslow. — " Near Chevening, Kent." — Mr. Ingpen. 



Sp. 6. nitens. Atro-cceruleus, thorace Icevissim-o elytrisque nigro-cceruleis nitidis, 

 ore, antennarum basi pedibusque anticis, in fceminis omnibus, Jlavis. (Long, 

 corp. 2^ lin.) 



Ch. nitens. Linne.— Cr. nitens. Steph. Catal. 226. No. 2320. 



Dark blue^ green, or black : head with the mouth, and a patch above yellow, 

 and sometimes an adjoining spot : thorax very convex, extremely glossy and 

 smooth, deep blue, or greenish : elytra also of similar hue, less shining, deeply 

 punctate, the punctures slightly disposed in strise towards the base and suture : 

 anterior legs of the male and all of the female yellow ; posterior of the male 

 black: the latter sex with two small yellow streaks in the vertex, and the 

 antennae, which .are yellow at the base in both sexes, slightly elongated. 



Extremely rare : it has been found in Dev^onshire, and also, I 

 believe, in the vicinity of the metropolis. 



B. Elytra punctate-striate. 



Sp. 7. bipustulatus. Niger, nitidus, ehjtris striatis, singula maculd rufd apice, 



antennarum basi piceo. (Long. corp. 3—3^ lin.) 

 Cr. bipustulatus. Fabricius.— Curtis, i. pi 35. — Steph. Catal. 227. No. 2321. 

 Black, shining: thorax convex, smooth, and very glossy : elytra less glossy, not 



very deeply punctate-striate, the apex of each with a rounded red spot : legs 



black : antennae with the base piceous within. 



Apparently not uncommon on heaths, in the vicinity of Lynd- 

 liurst, in the New-forest, whence I have seen numerous examples. 



Sp. 8. Lineola. Niger, nitidus, thorace Icevissimo nitido, elytris rubris margine 

 ornni vittdque lata longiiudinali singidi elytri nigris. (Long. corp. 2^ — 3^ 

 lin.) 



Cr. Lineola. Fabricius.— Steph. Catal. 227. No. 2322. Ch. biliturata.— Dow. iii. 

 pi. 99. f. 1—3. 



Black, shining : thorax very smooth and glossy : elytra rufous, with the entire 

 margins and suture black, each with a broad longitudinal streak on the disc, 

 neither touching the apex or base : antennas slightly piceous at the base. 



Not uncommon on hazels, oaks, &c. in woods within the metro- 

 politan district, especially at Darenth and its vicinity, in June. 



