BEMBlDIIDiE. — PERYPHUS. 13 



and reaching to the apex ; but those on the sides rather obsolete : legs deep 

 ferruginous, the femora sometimes brown: antennae also deep ferruginous, 

 with the base paler, and the apex sometimes dusky. 



The only examples of this species that I have been able to 

 identify are those which I possess from the north of England, and 

 another taken by myself, near London, some years since. 



Sp. 4. littoralis. Subdepressus, viridi-aeneus, antennis variegatis, pedibus fer- 

 rugineis; elytris rufescenti trimaculatis, striis laterum etapicis evanescentibus. 

 (Long. corp. 2§ — 3 lin.) 



Ca. littoralis.— Olivier. Pe. littoralis.— Steph. Catal p. 37. No. 363. 



Larger than the three foregoing: greenish-brass ; slightly depressed: head 

 smooth, with an impression on each side, near the eyes, and an elevated 

 carina: thorax above moderately convex, smooth, with a moderate dorsal 

 channel, and a punctulated impression on each side at the base, near the angles : 

 elytra oblong-ovate, of a shining brownish-green, punctate-striated, the mar- 

 ginal striae obsolete, and the others not reaching to the apex ; the base with a 

 large, oblong, indeterminate, pale, ferruginous spot, and another larger, at the 

 apex ; body beneath smooth, glossy, bluish-black : legs entirely pale ferru- 

 ginous: palpi the same: antennae dusky towards the apex, with the three 

 first, and base of several of the following joints ferruginous. 



The size of the spots on the elytra varies greatly. 



The most abundant species of the family in England, occurring 

 in plenty everywhere beneath stones, by the sides of ponds, in 

 banks, &c. 



Sp. 5. lunatus. Plate X. f. 3. Viridi-ceneus, nitidus, palpis antennis pedibusque 

 pallide testaceis, elytris profunde punctato-striatis, macula lunatd ferrugined 

 intra apicem. (Long. corp. 3—3^ lin.) 



Ca, lunatus. — Duftschmid. Pe. lunatus. — Steph. Catal. p. 38. No. 364. 



Considerably larger than Pe. littoralis: of a shining, rich, green-brass: head 

 porrect, mouth pitchy, palpi entirely pale testaceous : antennae with the three 

 or four basal joints pale-testaceous, the rest fuscous : thorax of a very brilliant 

 brassy-green, highly polished, with a moderate dorsal channel ; and on each 

 side, near the hinder angle, a large, round, impressed fovea : elytra greenish, 

 a little glossed with brassy, with a large, transverse, sublunated, pale, fer- 

 ruginous-red spot near the apex : striated, the striae punctate, reaching to the 

 apex : body beneath pitchy-black or pale-ferruginous, impunctate : legs elon- 

 gate, entirely pale-testaceous. 



It varies considerably, both in size and colour : in some species the entire apex 

 of the elytra is of a pale- whitish hue, and the legs are of the same colour : 

 probably the result of immaturity. 



The only locality I know for this, which is the largest indigenous 

 insect of the family, is the Glamorganshire coast, near Swansea. 



