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striated, interstices thickly punctulate ; antennas, legs, palpi, and labrum 

 red. (L. 3^-4^ 1.) Hertford, 7 ; Swansea; Norwich; Bottisham ; Kimp- 

 ton, &c. : 4-8. 



348 azureus ///. K. i. 51. — Ste. M. i. 161. — Ca. chlorophanus Pz. F. 

 lxxiii. f. 3. — Pitchy-black ; above rich blue, or greenish : thorax spar- 

 ingly, but deeply and coarsely, punctate, especially towards the base, which 

 is not foveated ; the lateral margin reddish ; elytra faintly striated ; inter- 

 stices thickly punctulate ; legs, antennae, and palpi red ; labrum pitchy- 

 red. (L. 3-3J 1.) Darenth Wood ; Hertford; Kimpton ; Leith Hill; 

 Bottisham; Newmarket Heath ; Isle of Wight, &c. : 6-10. 



349 puctatissimus Ste. M. i. 162. — Ha. rupicola Stu. D. F. iv. 105. pi. 

 94. f. b. ? — Pitchy-testaceous : head and thorax rusty-red above ; the 

 latter somewhat heart-shaped, thickly punctured throughout, especially 

 near the hinder angles, which have a slight fovea ; elytra with a greenish 

 hue, finely striate, interstices minutely punctured ; legs, palpi, and an- 

 tennas pale red. (L. 3^-4| 1.) Near London; abundant at Southend: 4-6. 



350 puncticollis Pk. F.'i. 120. — Stu. D. F. iv. pi. 93. f. A Ste. M. i. 



162. — Black, beneath pitchy: head sparingly punctate ; thorax glossy 

 black, disc slightly, and the base thickly and deeply, punctate ; hinder 

 angles with an obscure fovea ; elytra striated ; interstices finely punctu- 

 lated ; legs, antenna?, and palpi pale red. (L. 2^-4 1.) 



Var. ? Op. foraminulosus Marsh, i. 457. — Ste. M. i. 162. — Thorax more 

 deeply punctured, and the dorsal line very distinct. Common within the 

 London district ; also at Kimpton ; Bottisham ; in Norf. ; near Edinburgh, 

 &c. : 4-8. 



351 subpunctatus Ste. M. i. 163. — Pitchy-black ; shining : thorax with 

 the disc impunctate, and faintly wrinkled, the hinder margin towards the 

 angles slightly punctured ; elytra faintly striate, interstices obscurely 

 punctulated ; legs and antenna? pitchy. (L. 3| 1.) Near Dover, and 

 at Dorking. : 5-6. 



352 puncticeps Ste. M. i. 163. — Narrow, elongate, pitchy-black : head 

 deeply and thickly punctured ; thorax somewhat heart-shaped, the disc 

 thickly and coarsely punctate, with a deep dorsal line ; legs, palpi, and 

 antennae testaceous-red. (L. 3| 1.) Near Dover: 6-7. 



353 cribellum Leach. — Ste. M. i. 163. — Pitchy-black, paler beneath: 

 thorax transverse, sides rounded, disc convex, thickly and deeply punctate, 

 especially at the hinder angles, which have each a slight fovea adjoining ; 

 elytra rather dilated on the sides, faintly striate, the interstices thickly and 

 coarsely punctate; legs and antenna? clear red. (L. 2\-2>\ 1. ) Near 

 London, Dorking, and Dover. 



354 la?vicollis Ste. M. v. 383. — Pitchy-black, paler beneath, thorax trans- 

 verse, rounded on the sides ; disc obscurely, but the sides thickly, deeply, 

 and coarsely punctate ; elytra faintly striated ; interstices minutely punc- 

 tulated ; antenna? and legs pale testaceous. (L. 2§ 1.) On banks of 

 Thames, below Gravesend : 5-6. 



355 pubescens Pk. F. i. 124 Ste. M. i. 164. — Pale rust-colour, or 



ochreous, very thickly punctured : head and thorax mostly with a black 

 central line or blotch ; elytra faintly striated, the stria? obscurely punctate; 

 the disc with a large common black patch, tinted in certain lights with 

 blue ; breast and abdomen pitchy-black ; legs rust-colour, thighs some- 

 times pitchy at the base; antenna? reddish, tip dusky. (L. 2f-3^ 1.) Be- 

 neath rejectamenta of the Thames, at Gravesend, Southend, &c. ; also on 

 shores of the Tees ; near Swansea, &c. : 4-7. 



356 obsoletus De J. S. iii. 232. — Oblong-ovate; slightly pubescent; 

 punctate ; testaceous : thorax slightly heart-shaped, with an impression 



