24 GKODEPHAGA IIARPALIBiE. 



31 Chl^enius Bonelli. 



140 fsuleicollis PL F. i. 1.53.— Cur. ii. pi. 83 Ste. M. i. 77. — Black : 



thorax widest behind, sparingly punctured in front, rough behind, pilose, 

 the disc with 4 raised longitudinal shining lines ; elytra rough, pilose, 

 faintly punctate-striate. (L. 6 1.) Covehithe, Suffolk. 



141 holosericeus Fab. E. i. 193. — Ste. M. i. 77. pi. v. f. 4. — Dull brass ; 

 pubescent : head shining, punctured ; thorax widest behind, thickly and 

 ruggedly punctured, with 2 fovea? ; elytra slightly striated, interstices 

 transversely granulated ; mouth and palpi pitchy ; body beneath, legs, and 

 antenna) black. (L. 6 1.) Local; not uncommon near Whittlesea Mere, 

 8 ; also found at Fen Ditton, Berks, 



142 nigricornis Fab. E. i. 198. — Ste. M. i. 77. — Ca. holosericeus v. Pz. 

 F. xi. f. 9. 8. c. — Head and thorax brassy-copper, the latter widest 

 behind, and punctured : elytra shining green, finely granulated and 

 striate, the stria? obscurely punctate : body beneath black ; legs and basal 

 joint of antennae pitchy. Legs and basal joint of ant. sometimes red ; 

 head and elytra bluish, &c. (L. 4^-51.) In marshy places near London, 

 common in spring and autumn ; Battersea ; also at Whittlesea Mere : 6-7. 



143 melanocornis Ziegler. — De J. S. ii. 350. — Ste. M. i. 78. — Greenish- 

 black : head bronzed, slightly punctured ; thorax widest behind, thickly 

 punctured, coppery ; elytra broad, green-blue, obscurely punctate-striate, 

 interstices minutely granulated ; apex obtuse ; legs and basal joint of the 

 antenna? bright rusty-red ; rest of the latter brown, (L. 5^1.) Found 

 at Whittlesea Mere, and near London : 6-7. 



144 fulgidus Ste. M. i. 78. pi. v. f. 5. — Above brilliant blue-green, beneath 

 blue-black : head smooth ; thorax widest behind ; green, thickly punctured ; 

 elytra with the apex produced, changeable blue-green, finely striated 

 and granulated ; basal joint of antenna? and the legs rusty-yellow. (L. 51.) 

 Rare : taken at Whittlesea : 6. 



145 Agrorum Oliv. E. iii. 86. — Ste. M. i. 79. pi. v. f. 6. — Bright green : 

 thorax widest behind, finely punctured; elytra obscurely striated, interstices 

 finely granulated, the margin broadly yellow ; legs, mouth, basal joint of 

 the antennas, and a broad margin to the abdomen pale yellow. (L. 5^ 1.) 

 Very rare : Plymouth ; Bristol in spring": also in Derbyshire : 4. 



146 vestitus Fab. E. i. 200.— Pz. F. xxxi.' f. 5.— Ste. M. i. 79.— Brassy- 

 green ; head obscurely wrinkled ; thorax narrowed behind, punctate, its 



largin pale ; elytra puhescent, rather obscure, punctate-striate, the spaces 

 ruggedly punctured ; the margin dull yellow, broadest at the tip ; base of 

 antennas and legs also dull yellow. (L. 5-5^ 1.) Not uncommon in the 

 fields, &c, to the north of London ; 2-5. Found also at Bottisham, Cambs. 

 (147 f xanthopus Ste. M. i. 80. — Dull brass : head and thorax slightly shining, 

 the latter narrowed behind, thickly punctured ; elytra obscurely striated, 

 the stria? remotely punctured ; interstices nearly smooth ; legs, labrum, 

 palpi, and 3 basal joints of antennae rusty-red. (L. 8^ 1.) An uncertain 

 native of Britain. ) 



32 Callistus Bonelli. 



148 lunatus Fab. E. i. 205. —Cur. iv. pi. 180.— Ste. M. i. 81.— Bluish- 

 black : thorax dull red ; elytra ochreous yellow, faintly striated, with a round- 

 ish black spot at the basal angle, a 2d larger, and transverse, towards the 

 middle, reaching nearly to the suture, and a 3d at the tip, united ex- 

 ternally to the central one ; thighs and tihia? yellowish at the base ; mouth 

 and 2 basal joints of ant. rusty. (L. 3j 1.) Local ; near Dover, Canter- 

 bury, &c, Kent; Leith hill, Surr. ; Burghfield, Berks: 3-10. 



