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smooth, with a double series of discoidal impressions : elytra of a rich and 



beautiful violet-blue, punctulated and subpilose : scutellum black : abdomen 



rather long and a little acute, somewhat pubescent: legs and antennae 



black. 



Of this beautiful insect I have seen but a single specimen, which 



is now in the British Museum collection, and was taken many years 



since near '' Swansea." — Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 15. sericeus. Nigro-aeneus nitidus, capite thoraceque glabris, elytris .lub- 

 profunde punctatis, abdomine sericeo-micante , thoracis seriebus dorsalibus 

 punctis 4 approximatis. (Long. corp. 4 lin.) 



Ph. sericeus. Steph. Catal. 280. No. 2969. 



Broad ; hrassj-black, shining : head large, orbiculate, as wide as the thorax, 

 glabrous, shining : thorax also glabrous and shining, with a series of im- 

 pressions on each side of the disc, composed of four deep approximating 

 punctures, the rows placed parallel with each other : elytra slightly pubes- 

 cent, and rather coarsely and deeply punctured: abdomen slightly clothed 

 with a silken pubescence : legs and antennae black. 



Found but rarely within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 16. pilipes. Ater, nitidus, pedibus anticis subtus tomentoso-pallidis. (Long. 



corp. 3§ lin.) 

 St. pilipes. Kirby MSS.—Vh. pilipes. Steph. Catal. 280. No. 2970. 



Black: head suborbiculate, very glossy, brassy-black, smooth, punctate 

 behind the eyes, and with four impressions between the latter: thorax 

 slightly compressed anteriorly, brassy-black, and very glossy, with a double 

 series of impressions on the disc, and several sprinkled on each side: elyti-a 

 glossy brassy-hlack, thickly punctulated, and very slightly pubescent: 

 abdomen shining, rather pubescent, with the extreme edge of the penulti- 

 mate segment whitish : legs black : anterior tibiae and tarsi clothed with a 

 soft pale down beneath. 



Not uncommon within the metropolitan district : also found in 

 Suffolk, and in Devonshire. 



Sp. 17. chalcoplerus. Ater, nitidissinius, capite thoraceque politis, elytris ceneis, 

 pedibus piceis. (Long. corp. 2| — 3 lin.) 



St. chalcopterus. Mus. Marsham. — Ph. chalcopterus. Steph. Catal. 280. 

 No. 2970. 



Black, shining: head subcordate, very glossy, smooth, glabrous, with some 

 impressions towards the hinder angle : thorax also very glossy and smooth, 

 with the ordinary series of discoidal impressions, and about five others 

 towards the sides: elytra very shining, rich brass, and slightly pubescent : 

 legs pitchy-black : antennae black or fuscous. 



