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a raised line between each; legs and antenna; black/ (L. 9-11 1.) 

 Extremely abundant near London; during the winter in the debris of old 

 trees; also in the Isle of Man ; near Edinburgh, &c. : 1-7. 



89 cancellatus ///. i. 154. — Cn. granulatus Ste. M. i. 51. pi. 4. f. 1. — 

 Slightly convex ; black : ahove greenish brass ; elytra with 3 rows of 

 elevated, oblong, remote tubercles, and 3 rows of granulated lines, the 

 interstices somewhat rugged; antennae with the basal joint and the femora 

 (thighs) red. (L. 10 1.) Very rare; taken in a chalk-pit at North- 

 fleet: 4. 



90 arvensis Fab. S. i. 174. — Ent. Tr. i. p. 7. f. med. — Ste. M. i. 51. — 

 Ovate; black : above greenish-copper or brassy, sometimes black or 

 purplish ; elytra rather obsoletely punctate-striate, and with 3 rows of 

 elevated lines, interrupted with a coppery impression. (L. 8-101.) Found 

 in Epping Forest; also near Wimbledon, Windsor, in Norfolk, occasionally 

 in Scotland, and in N. Wales and Ireland : 3-5. 



91 violaceus L. ii. 669. — Don. vii. pi. 222. f. 1. — Ste. M. i. 52 



Elongate, convex, black, with a violet tinge above : the margins of the 

 thorax and of the elytra bright purple-violet ; elytra opaque, finely 

 granulated. (L. 10-13 1.) Abundant near .London and south of Eng- 

 land ; rare in the north and in Scotland . 3-7. 



92 exasperatus Baft. ii. 22. — Cur. x. pi. 446. — Ste. M. v. 371. — 

 Oblong, black : the margin of the thorax and of the elytra violet ; elytra 

 opaque, granulated, a little roughened, and with 3 rather obsolete interrupted 

 elevated lines. (Ii. 12-13 1.) — Rare: found in Isle of Portland; in 

 Devonshire, near Ashburton ; and near London : 4-5. 



93 glabratus Fab. E. i. 170. — Ent. Tr. i. pi. 2. fig. inf.— Ste. M. i. 52. 

 — Oblong; bluish. black, immaculate: elytra convex, very finely gra- 

 nulated, the margin concolorous ; thorax broad. (L. 10-12 1.) Abundant 

 in mountainous districts of N. of England, Scotland, and Ireland ; rare in 

 the plains : 5-8. 



94 convexus Fab. E. i. 172. — Ste. M. i. 53. pi. 4. f. 2. — Ovate; black : 

 the margins of the thorax and elytra violet or bluish ; elytra very finely 

 crenate or striated ; and with 3 rows of obscure concolorous impressed dots. 

 (L. 8-9 1.) Rare; Longinont Forest, Shropshire, and in Cornwall: 5—6. 



95 f hortensis L. ii. 668. — Ste. M. i. 53. note. — Ca. gemmatus Pz. F. 

 lxxiv. f. 2. — Elongate ; black : elytra with the margin purple, the disc 

 striated, the interstices crenated, and on each elytron 3 rows of large deeply 

 impressed heart-shaped, golden -coppery pits. (L. 1 in.) Found, but 

 very rarely, in the north of England. 



96 nemoralis III. K, i. 152. — Ca. hortensis Ste. M. i. 53. — Ca. gemmatus 

 Don. xiv. pi. 222. f. 2. Ovate ; black ; above brownish brass ; sometimes 

 purplish: thorax rather square; elytra obsoletely rugged or irregularly 

 punctured, with 3 rows of impressed dots, sometimes brassy. (L. 9-12 1.) 

 Very abundant in S. of England, in gardens ; also near Edinburgh : 

 3-8,'*. 



B. Elytra sulcated ; suture elevated. 



97 clathratus L. ii. 669. — Don. xv. pi. 526. fig. sup. — Ste. M. i. 54. — 

 Oblong, rather depressed, black ; above brassy-green : thorax transverse ; 

 elytra with 3 equidistant elevated ribs, the 3 interstices with a row of 

 deeply impressed, round, golden-coppery pits, and the margin with some 

 smaller impressions (L. 11-15 1.) Halvergate Marsh, Norf. ; Caithness, 

 &c, Scotland; and near Dublin : 4-6. 



(98 \ auronitens Fab. E. i. 175. — Pz. F. iv. f. 7. — Ste. M. i. 54." Oblong- 

 ovate ; above bright grassv-green tinted with gold : elytra with 3 raised 



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