360 MANDIBULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 12. flavilabris. Ceeruleo-violaceus, ore antennarumque basi Jlavo-testaceis , 



thorace punctulato, pedibus virescentibus. (Long. corp. 1^ — 2 lin.) 

 Cr. flavilabris. Fahricius.—Steph. Catal. 227. No. 2326. 



Violet-blue; mouth yellow, forehead finely punctured : thorax convex, shining, 

 thickly punctulated: elytra violet, glossy, deeply punctate-striate, the striae 

 tovirards the apex somewhat evanescent ; body beneath bluish-black : legs 

 short, bluish- or brassy-green : antennas black, with the base testaceous. 



Not uncommon on the bircli at Darenth and Birch Woods, in 

 June, especially at the former place. 



t Sp. 13. Barbarea;. Cylindrico-ovatus ater, subtus carulescens, antennis basi 



oreque ferr'ugineis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Ch. Barbareifi. Linne.-^ Cr. Barbarese. Steph. Catal. 227. No. 2327. 



Cylindric-ovate, black, above a little bluish: mouth Jlavescent : thorax deep 

 black, shining : elytra black, slightly shining, moderately punctate-striate, 

 especially towards the apex : legs black : femora slightly incrassated : antennce 

 fuscous, with the base ferruginous. 



Rare : it occurs on the common Barberry (Berberis communis) : 

 — it has been captured in Suifolk and in Devonshire. 



Sp. 14. punctiger. Niger, ore, macuM frontalis, margine anticis thoracis, pedi- 

 basque quatuor anticis Jlavis, elytris cyaneis profunds punctato-striatis. (Long, 

 corp. 1^—2 lin.) 



Cr. punctiger. Paykul— Steph. Catal. 227. No. 2328. 



Black: /leac? punctulated, with a short impressed line on the forehead; on the 

 latter is a bihbed yellow spot, and the mouth is also yellow, the colour united 

 to the frontal spot: thorax short, very finely punctulate, its anterior margin, 

 and sometimes the lateral ones, very narrowly yellow : elytra blue, deeply 

 punctate-striate, with the interstices smooth : legs stout, the four anterior 

 testSLceons-yellow, the femora with a black line above; posterior black : an- 

 tennae black, with the base testaceous. 



Found at Darenth-wood, in June, on the sallow, not uncommon. 



Sp. 15. frontalis. Ater, nitidus, fronte thoracis margine elytrorumque latere 

 exteriori anticc, scutelloque apice antennarum basi pedibusque Jlavis. (Long, 

 corp. 1^ lin.) 



Cr. frontalis. Mar sham.— Steph. Catal. 227. No. 2329. 



Black, shining: head entirely yellow, the colour bilobed on the forehead, which 

 is sparingly punctate: thorax very short, and glossy, deep black, with the 

 anterior margin and angles, and a portion of the lateral margin, yellow : apex 

 ofscutellum yellow : elytra slightly shining, deeply punctate-striate, with the 

 interstices flat; the lateral margin at the base yellow: the four anterior legs 

 also dull yelloWj with a dusky line on the femora, the hinder femora with a 



