PERYPHUS. 55 



apex smooth and pale rusty-brown ; body beneath rusty, or brassy-black ; 

 legs, antennae, and palpi pale rust-colour. (L. 3-3 £ 1.) Rare: in Norfolk 

 and Yorks. : 4-6. 



414 decorus Pz. F. lxxiii. f. 4. — Ste. M. ii. 14. — Rather flat; greenish: 

 thorax with a shallow stria on each side at the base ; elytra crenate- 

 striate; the striae vanishing at the sides and apex, the sutural one excepted ; 

 which is carried to the tip itself, and which is pale pitchy rust-colour ; 

 body black beneath ; legs and basal joint of antenna; rust-coloured. 

 (L. 2|-3 1.) Damp gravel pits, Wandsworth; Richmond : 3-6. 



B. Elytra not spotted. 



415 rufipes III. K. i. 63. ? «— Pe. affinis Ste. M. v. 386. — Rather flat; 

 greenish, very glossy : elytra punctate-striated, the striae scarcely extending 

 to the apex, immaculate ; antennae, palpi and legs entirely bright rusty-red. 

 (L. 3-3i 1.) Marton, Yorks. : 3-6. 



416 nitidulus Marsh, i. 454. — Ste. M. ii. 14. — Rather flat; above deep 

 blue or greenish, shining : thorax with the hinder margin punctate, and 

 bearing a fovea on each side near the angles ; elytra punctate-striate, apex 

 rather smooth ; femora dusky, their tips, tibiae, tarsi, and base of antenna; 

 and palpi reddish ; tip of palpi dusky. (L. 2-2| 1.) In plenty in gravel 

 pits on Wimbledon Common ; Wandsworth ; Netley : 3-6. 



417 albipes Stu. D. F. vi. 134. pi. 148. f. A. — Ste. M. v. 386. — Above 

 brassy-greenisb-black and shining: thorax with the base and side punctate, 

 the former with 2 foveolae ; elytra punctate-striate, the tip smooth ; an- 

 tennae and palpi reddish-yellow ; legs pale ochreous-yellow. (L. 2^1. ) N. 

 of England, and in Scotland : 3-7. 



418 Monticulus Stu. D. F. vi. 135. pi. 158. f. B. — Ste. M. v. 386. — 

 Rather flat; deep blue-black, shining: elytra punctate-striate, the striae 

 extending to the apex ; base of the antennae and legs entirely ochreous- 

 yellow ; palpi brown. (L. 2^1.) N. of England, and in Scotland: 3-7. 



419 viridi-aeneus Ste. M. ii. 15. — Flat; brassy-green: thorax with a deep 

 rugged impression on each side at the base; elytra punctate striate, the 

 striae extending to the tip ; the disc with 2 or 3 deep impressions ; legs 

 pale red ; basal joint of antennae, and of the palpi, reddish ; tips of both 

 dusky. (L. 2^-3| 1.) N. of England, and in Scotland; Carlin, Lanarks. : 

 3-6. 



420 agilis Spence. — Ste. M. ii. 15. — Flat, brassy-green: thorax with the 

 disc obscurely wrinkled transversely ; the base with a shallow fovea on 

 each side ; elytra punctate-striate, the stria 1 not reaching to the apex, the 

 3d interstice with 2-3 impressions ; legs, basal joints of the antennae and of 

 the palpi pale red; terminal joints dusky. (L. 2j-3 1.) N. and W. of 

 England; N.Wales; and Scotland : 3-6. 



421 cnemerythrus Ste. No. ed. 2. col. 13. — Pe. tibialis Leach. — Ste. M. ii. 15. 

 — Flat ; brassy-black : thorax green, with a deep impunctate fovea on 

 each side of the base ; elytra obsoletely punctate-striated, the striae ex- 

 tending to the tip, the 3d interstice with 2 or 3 impressions ; femora 

 brassy-black ; their tip, coxae, tibiae, tarsi, and basal joint of antenna- 

 reddish. (L. 2| 1.) Also N. of England, and in Scotland ; Swansea, 

 &c. : 5-7. 



422 Leachii Spence. • — Ste. M. ii. 1 6. — Flat ; brassy-black : thorax with a 

 large deep impunctate fovea on each side at the base ; elytra wide, striated, 

 the stria not punctate, the 3d with 2 or 3 impressions attached ; legs and 

 palpi black ; basal joint of antenna beneath pitchy-red. (L. 2h 1.) Loch 

 Lomond ; rare : 4-6. 



