66 MAXUIliLLAT.A. COI.EOl'TKl! A. 



Violaceous, shining : head with distinct impressed points : thorax also 

 jnmciurcd, emarginate behind, and sometimes with an excavation on each 

 side : eliftra sliglithi rugose, with the apex rather acute : abdomen atrous, 

 above with a rugose violet spot on each segment, beneath entirely violet : 

 legs and antennte violescent, the apex of the latter piceous. 



Less abundant than the following insect in the neighbourhood of 

 London ; though apparently equally abundant in Norfolk, Suffolk, 

 and other remote parts of the country, from the end of April to the 

 beginning of June. " Common in Cambridgeshire, in the spring." 

 — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Weston." — Rev. A. H. Mattheivs. " Taken 

 in the neighbourhood of Swansea by Mr. Jeffreys." — L. W. 

 Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 2. vulgaris. Niger, capite thoraceque punctatis, elytris rugosis, lateribus 

 capitis thoracisque, pedibus antennisque violaceis. (Long. corp. 3 lin. — 

 1 unc. 7 lin.) 



Me. proscarabseus. Linne. — Linn. Trans. {Leach.') xi. pi. vii. f. G, 7. — Pr. 

 vulgaris. Steph. Catal. 253. No. 2309. 



Black : head punctured^ with the sides violet : thoi-ax also punctured, mar- 

 gined behind, with the sides and beneath violet : elytra rugose, black, 

 slightly shining : abdomen with a rugose patch on each segment above, 

 beneath rugose, except the margins of the segments : legs and antennae 

 violaceous, the apex of the latter piceous. 



Very abundant in meadows and by the sides of grassy banks in 

 the vicinity of the metropolis, especially about Hertfords, towards 

 the end of April and to the middle of May. " Raehills." — Rev. W. 

 Little. " Cambridgeshire, common." — Rev. L. Jenyns. " Com- 

 mon in the vicinity of Carlisle." — T. C. Heysham, Esq. " Swansea, 

 common." — L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. 



Sp. 3. rugicollis. Niger, capite thoraceque rugoso-punctatis, elytris sublwvibus 



brevioribus, antennis gracilioribus. (Long. cOrp. 9 — 12 lin.) 

 Pr. rugicollis mt'Ai. Steph. Catal. 253. iVo. 2511. 



Black : head dull violaceous on the sides, very thickly rugose-punctate : thorax 

 suborbiculate-quadrate, also thickly rugose-punctate, the hinder margin 

 entire : elytra rather short, nearly smooth : abdomen glabrous, slightly 

 rugose : legs and antenncB tinted with violaceous, rather slender. 



Of this species, which appears intermediate between the preceding 

 and following insects, I possess a pair ; one of which was taken near 

 London, the other in Devonshire. 



