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Sp. 16. splendidula. Ovata, convexa, grisea, dytris punctato-striatis, lined 



stigdque cupreo-aureis, suturdfuscescente. (Long. corp. 2 — 2| lin.) 

 Ca. splendidula. Marsham. — Steph. Catal. 229. No. 2354. 



Ovate^ convex : griseous above: thorax pale immaculate : elytra punciaie-striate , 

 with the suture fuscescent, ivith a golden-coTppery stripe on the second inter-_ 

 ^tices, and one or two abbreviated ones in the middle of the disc towards the 

 apex ; and on the shoulders, the margins deflexed : beneath black, with the 

 margin of the abdomen, apex of the femora, and base of the antennae pale, and 

 tip of the latter fuscous: tibiae and tarsi testaceous. 



Not common : taken within the metropolitan district, and in De- 

 vonshire. " Near Penllergare, not common." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 17. margaritacea. Virens, elytris viridi-argenteis nitidis, suhtilissime 



punctatis, capite pectoreque nigris, pedibus jpallidis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 

 Ca. margaritacea. Fabricius. — Steph. Catal. 229. No. 2355. 



Greenish ; above shining silvery-green, or pearlaceous, the colour fading after 

 death to a pale shining testaceous ; the elytra thickly and finely punctured, 

 with the lateral margins deflexed and expanded: head and breast black: 

 abdomen greenish : legs entirely and base of the antennae pale, apex of the 

 latter fuscescent. 



Very rare : I have a single example only, which was captured near 

 London. 



Sp. 18. concinna. Supra Iwte viridis, convexa, subnitida, elytris confertissime 

 vage punctatis, capite pectoreque atris, ahdomine pedibusque viridibus. 

 (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Ca. reticulata. Kirby MSS.— Steph. Gatal. 230. No. 2356. 



Above of a fine green; convex, and slightly glossy: thorax obsoletely 

 punctured: elytra convex, very thickly and coarsely punctured, the punctures 

 irregularly confluent, the lateral mai'gins deflexed and expanded : head and 

 breast black : abdomen and legs greenish : base of antennas pale, apex 

 black. 



I have not employed Kirby's MS. name as in my Catalogue, another insect 

 having been described by that name, and the term Anglica is not appli- 

 cable, as I have seen foreign specimens of this species. 



Rare : I have taken two or three specimens at different times at 

 Birch-wood, in September. 



Sp. 19. hemisphserica. Viridis subhemispharica, antennis, abdomine, pedibusque 

 flavescentibus, thoracis angulis subacuminatis, elytris confertissiml, vagc 

 punctatis. (Long. corp. 2 lin.) 



Ca. hemisphserica. Herbst.—Sieph. Catal. 230. No. 2^61. 



