26 GEODEPHAGA. — HA11PALID./E. 



Local : occasionally very abundant ; at Coombe Wood ; Battersea fields ; 

 Dorking ; Birch Wood ; Epping Forest ; in Norfolk, Cambr., &c. : 4-7. 



158 austriacum Fab. E. i. 198. — Cur. iv. pi. 183. — Ste. M. i. 87. — Black: 

 head green ; thorax coppery-green, faintly wrinkled transversely ; elytra 

 green, coppery towards the suture, striated, with a row of impressed dots on 

 the 3d stria; legs black. (L. 4 1.) Very rare: Kingsbridge ; Devon: 

 Clengre, Glouc, and Cornwall: 5. 



159 fulgens Loud. M. N. H. (Davis) v. 247 note. — Ste. M. v. 374. — 

 Green-black ; above brilliant fiery copper, purplish, or steel black : head 

 rugged ; elytra punctate-striate, interstices minutely strigose ; femora and 

 tibia black with a purplish tint ; tarsi and base of antenna? black. 

 (L. 3-3^ 1.) High moors near Halifax : in winter. 



160 parumpunctatum Fab. E. i. 199. — Be J. Ic. ii. pi. 119. f. 1. — Brassy- 

 black : head and thorax coppery-green, or brassy, finely strigose transversely ; 

 elytra brownish- brass, coppery or greenish, rarely violet or bluish, finely 

 striated, 3d interstice with 3 impressions ; tibia 1 , tarsi and basal joint of 

 antenna? testaceous. 



Var. ? Ag. plicicolle Nicolai, 19. — Ste. M. i. 87. — • Thorax transversely 

 rugged, antenna? and legs pitchy; elytra finely striated. (L. 3-4 1.) A 

 very abundant species near London, beneath stones, mosses, &c, ^ , 0. 



161 viduum ///. K. i. 196. — Pz. F. xxxvii. f. 8. — Ste. M. i. 88. — 

 Ovate, black ; above obscure brassy-green, slightly shining : thorax faintly 

 strigose ; elytra oblong-ovate, rather deeply punctate-striate, interstices 

 slightly convex, the 3d from the suture with 3 impressions. (L. 3^-4 1.) 

 Common near London in Battersea and Copenhagen fields, &c. : also in 

 Salop; at Kimpton, &c. 0. 



162 versutum Sturm. B. F. v. 192. pi. 132. a. A. — Ste. M. i. 88. — Ovate, 

 black or brassy ; above obscure brassy-green, shining : thorax convex, 

 smooth ; elytra broad, finely punctate-striate, the interstices flat, 3d from 

 the suture with 3 impressions. (L. 4 1.) Less common than the last, 

 in similar localities : 7-4. 



163 la?ve Be J. S. iii. 151. — Ic. ii. pi. 120. f. 1. — Ste. M. i. 88. — 

 Ovate, black ; above with a greenish tinge : thorax broad, a little convex ; 

 elytra scarcely wider than the thorax, obscurely punctate-striate, interstices 

 flattish, 3d with 3 faint impressions. (L. 3^ 4 1.) Found near Lon- 

 don : 3-5. 



164 mcestum Sturm. B. F. v. 187. pi. 134. f. b. B. — Ste. M. i. 89. — 

 Black ; slightly shining : above sometimes bluish-black ; thorax broad ; 

 elytra ovate, broad, punctate-striate, interstices rather convex, 3d with 3 

 deep impressions. (L. 3^-4 1.) 



Var. ? Ag. emarginatum Gyll. iv. 450. — Ste. M. i. 89. — Elytra with the 

 shoulders very much elevated, the region of the scutellum depressed. 

 Coombe Wood; Battersea fields; Bristol ; Netley, &c. 0. 



165 afrum Buft. ii. 138. — Sturm. B. F. v. 187. pi. 134. a. A. — Ste. M. 

 i. 89. — Narrow; black, shining : thorax rather elongate, wide, slightly 

 convex ; elytra oblong-ovate, slightly striated, the stria? not punctured, 

 interstices flattish, 3d with 3 impressions. (L. 3j !•) Near London, 

 Bristol, and in Norfolk. 3-5. 



166 Bogemanni Gyll. iii. 697. — Ste. M. i. 89. — Depressed; pitchy-black, 

 paler beneath : thorax slightly heart-shaped, wide, not dilated on the sides ; 

 elytra rather faintly striated, the stria? obscurely punctured and disposed 

 in pairs, the interstices finely strigose. (L. 4 1.) Found, but rarely, 

 near London and Bristol. 3-5. 



167 4-punctatum BeGer. iv. 102 Ste. M. i. 90. — Be J. Ic. 122. f. 5. 



— Brassy-black: thorax transverse, with hinder angles obtuse; elytra 



