8 MANDIBULATA. COLEOPTERA. 



Brassy, shining; head with two sulci anteriorly: thorax smooth, with a faint 

 dorsal channel, the base with an excavation near the angles on either side : 

 elytra rather wider than the thorax, oblong-ovate, somewhat convex, punc- 

 tate-striated, the striae vanishing before the tip, which has, on each side near 

 the margin, an elevated distinct line : body beneath, antenna?, and femora 

 black ; tibia? and tarsi piceous. 



Taken in the north of England, but not I believe near London* 

 " Netley, Salop."— Rev. F. W. Hope. 



Sp. 2. fuscipes. Nigro-ceneus, elytris punctato-striatis, apice Icevibus pallidis? 

 plicatis, pedibus ferrugineo-fuscis. (Long. corp. 2 — 2jt lin.) 



Leja fuscipes. De Jean. Ph. fuscipes. Steph. Catal. p. 37. No. 352. 



Allied to the foregoing, but rather broader, and of a different hue above : deep 

 glossy black-brass : head with two impressions in front : thorax slightly 

 wrinkled transversely, with an obsolete dorsal channel, the base with a trans- 

 verse impression, with a depression at each end : elytra rather broad, oblong- 

 ovate, a little convex, bright brassy-green ; punctate-striated, the striae not 

 reaching to the apex, which is pale testaceous, and has a slight elevated line 

 near the outer margin : body beneath blue-black : legs rusty-brown, or 

 fulvous: antennae dusky, with the basal joint rufescent. 



Frequently met with near London ; also found in Devonshire., 

 and near Swansea. " Netley, Salop."" — Rev. F. W.Hope. 



Sp. 3. subfenestratus. Mneo-niger, elytris punctato-striatis, apice lazvibus? 



macula rotundatd pallida, pedibus rufo-fulvis. (Long. corp. 2 — 2^ lin.) 

 Leja subfenestrata. Megerle.— PL subfenestrata. Steph. Catal. p. 37. No. 353. 



Very similar to the last : above of a brassy or greenish-black, shining : head 

 smooth, with two anterior depressions : thorax smooth, with a faint dorsal 

 line and a depression on each side near the posterior edge: elytra rather 

 broad, oblong-ovate, subconvex, shining, smooth, punctate-striated; the apex 

 impunctate, with a small, round, testaceous spot towards the outer margin, 

 and sometimes the extreme tip pale : body beneath pitchy-black : legs ful- 

 vous-red : antennae dusky, with the base reddish. 



Not uncommon near London. " Netley, Salop." — Rev. F. W, 

 Hope. " Monovolough Mountains, near Waterford, Ireland." — 

 Dr. Leach. 



Sp. 4. biguttatus. Viridi-ameus, elytris punctato-striatis disco bipunctato, macula 

 apicali rotundatd, antennarum articulo primo pedibusque pallide rufo-testaceis* 

 (Long. corp. if — 2 lin.) 



El. biguttatus. Illiger. — Ph. biguttatus. Steph. Catal. p. 37. No. 354. 



Rather less than the preceding: brassy-green, shining: head with a slight 

 impression on each side in front between the eyes : thorax somewhat convex, 



