28 MANDJEULATA. — COLEOPTERA. 



Sp. 6. bipunctatus. Supra orichalcicus, nitidus, elytris subdepressis , tenus punc- 



tato-striatis, foveolis duabus disci prof unds impressis. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 Ca. bipunctatus. Linne. — Ta. bipunctatus. Steph. Catal. p. 40. No. 397. 



Above shining brassy, or greenish-brass, rarely bluish : head a little rugose, with 

 two frontal sulci ; the crown and space between the latter rather smooth : thorax 

 moderately convex, with a dorsal channel, very obsoletely striolated transversely, 

 the margin depressed, deeply punctated, with a small ridge at the hinder angle : 

 elytra rather convex, the back flat, faintly punctate-striated, the striae not 

 reaching to the apex, the interstices smooth ; but between the second and third 

 striae from the suture are two rounded, rather deep, remote, coppery-brass, 

 foveolae : abdomen glossy blue-black : legs black, glossed with aeneous : an- 

 tennae and palpi blackish-brass. 



Not very common, frequenting damp and sandy places : I have 

 found it occasionally at Darenth-wood, and once or twice near 

 London. " Two specimens taken on the bank of a pond on Wands- 

 worth-common in April last." — Mr. Ingpen. " Netley, Salop." — 

 Rev. F. W. Hope. 



B. With the hinder angle of the thorax deflexed, obtuse : body very broad. 



Sp. 7. chlorophanus. JEneo-virescens, capite thoraceque punctatis, elytris punc- 



tato-striatis, antennis pedibusque brunneo-Jlavis. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 Be. chlorophanus. Sturm. — Ta. chlorophanus. Steph. Catal. p. 40. No. 396. 



Similar to the last, but of a bright green above, and without the dorsal impres- 

 sions on the elytra : the prevalent hue above is bright brassy-green ; the head 

 and thorax are punctate, as in Ta. striatus ; the impressions are larger, the 

 frontal sulci less curved, and the dorsal line on the thorax more faintly im- 

 pressed: the elytra are rich bronzed green, and regularly punctate-striated 

 to the apex : the legs and antennae are yellowish-red, the tips of the joints of 

 the latter, and the tarsi dusky. 



Taken in the north of England : on the coasts of Lancashire 

 and Cumberland. 



Sp. 8. striatus. Orichalcicus, capite thoraceque punctatis, elytris punctato-striatis, 



punctis impressis duobus, pedibus rufo-Jlavescentibus. (Long. corp. 2^ lin.) 

 El. striatus. Duftschmid. — Ta. striatus. Steph. Catal. p. 40. No. 395. 



Of a rich bronze or brassy-black : head and thorax thickly punctate, the former 

 with two rather faint curved frontal sulci, the latter with a deep abbreviated 

 dorsal line, the base slightly impressed transversely, but without any fovea 

 near the angles : elytra sometimes bright brassy (especially in the males), 

 punctate-striated, the striae reaching to the apex, and between the third and 

 fourth from the suture two large impressed dots: body beneath greenish- 

 brass: legs rufescent, or pitchy: the femora often pitchy-bronze: antennae 

 also rufescent at the base ; the apex dusky. 



