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blackish -brass: head green; thorax as in No. 432. ; elytra punctate-striated, 

 pale yellowish brown, tinged with brassy, with 2 irregular black bands, and 

 some scattered spots of the same ; stria? brown ; suture bluish ; legs rusty- 

 red ; antenna? pitchy. (L. lf-2 1.) Swansea: 3-6. 



434 ephippium Marsh, i. 462. — Ste. M. ii. 20. — Brassy-black : thorax 

 with 2 rugose basal fovea? ; elytra pale testaceous, with a brownish cloud 

 common to each near the apex ; faintly punctate-striate, the striae brown ; 

 abdomen black; legs and antennae testaceous. (L. 1^1.) Sea-coasts; 

 Christchurch, Hants ; Yarmouth, Norf. ; Isle of Sheppy, &c. : 3-7. 



435 castanopterus Ste. M. ii. 21. — Pitchy-black: thorax with 2 irnpunctate 

 basal foveas ; elytra deep chestnut, spotless ; striated, the striae faintly 

 punctate and dusky; abdomen pitchy; legs and antennae chestnut. (L. 

 If 1.) Near London : 4. 



83 Lopha Megerle. 



436 poecila Hnffm. — Ste. M. ii. 21. — Ca. articulatus Pz. F. xxx. f. 21. ? 

 — Blue-black, shining: thorax with a transverse punctate impression 

 behind, and 2 deep fovea? ; elytra faintly punctate-striated, reddish-tes- 

 taceous, with a dusky- brown bar in the middle, then a slanting interrupted 

 testaceous one, and a brown band, then a pale tip ; legs and antenna? testa- 

 ceous, the latter dusky at the tip. (L. 1^-1 f 1.) Damp places near London ; 

 Netley; Ben- Lomond, &c. : 4-6. 



437 4-guttata Fab. E. i. 207. — Pz. F. xl. f. 5. — Ste. M. ii. 22. — 

 Brassy-black, extremely glossy : elytra punctate-striate at the base, with a 

 large somewhat 3-angular whitish spot on the shoulder, and a smaller 

 round one on the disc ; legs pale ; tips of thighs dusky ; antennas black ; 

 basal joint and base of 3 following rusty. (L. 2-2£ I.) Abundant near 

 London ; Deal ; Devon. ; Carlisle ; 0. 



438 4-maculata L. ii. 658. — Ste. M. ii. 22 Ca. pulchellus Pz. F. xxxviii. 



f. 8. — Greenish-brass; very shining: elytra blue-black, punctate-striate; 

 apex smooth ; at the base a large angulated pale spot, and a round one 

 towards the apex ; legs pale testaceous, femora at times slightly pitchy ; 

 antennae testaceous, dusky at the tip. (L..l^-l| 1.) Also common, London 

 district; Southend; Deal, &c. : ©. 



439 pulchella Marsh, i. 454. — Ste. M. ii. 23. — Shining blue-black: head 

 with 2 parallel frontal stria? ; thorax with a transverse impression behind, 

 terminating in a simple fovea on each side ; elytra bluish-black, faintly 

 punctate-striate on the back ; legs entirely reddish ; antenna? wholly black. 

 (L. If 1.) Near London? 



440 assimilis Gyll. ii. 26. — Ste. M. ii. 23. pi. x. f. 5. — Bronzed-black, shining : 

 forehead with 2 oblique striae ; thorax with a slightly punctate impression 

 at the base, terminating in a simple fovea on each side ; elytra greenish, 

 deeply punctate-striate on the back, the apex smooth and pale testaceous ; 

 within the margin a round pale dot; legs pale reddish. (L. H-lf 1. ) 

 Rare : Southend and Isle of Sheppy : 4-6. 



441 pusilla Gyll. iv. 403. — Ste. M. ii. 23. — Brassy-black ; rather 

 shining : forehead with 2 parallel stria? ; thorax with a punctured trans- 

 verse line, terminating in a deepish fovea on each side ; elytra punctate- 

 striate on the back ; deep chestnut, the tip paler, inclining to pitchy ; legs 

 rusty-pitchy; antennae dusky, with basal joints pitchy. (L. 1^1.) Near 

 London, and in Norf. : 4-6. 



442 nigra Wilkin. — Ste. M. ii. 24. — Blue-black, shining: forehead with 

 2 oblique stria? ; thorax greenish, with a faint transverse line, and 

 2 basal fovea? ; elytra immaculate, punctate-striate on the back ; legs and 



