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breast with a tawny clown. $ with club of antennae composed of very 

 long leaves. (L. 1 in. 2-8 1.) Sandy places: Deal; Sandwich; Mar- 

 gate ; Dover ; Hythe : 7. 



245 Phyllopertha Kirby. 



1342 Horticola L. ii. 554. — Pz. F. xlvii. f. 15. — Ste. M. iii. 224. — 

 Green or blue ; pubescent : clypeus and thorax punctured ; elytra rusty- 

 testaceous, dull-red, or bluish black, with all intermediate shades, sides 

 dusky; the disc punctate-striate ; body and legs greenish-black. (L. 3-5 

 1. ) In flowers : generally distributed throughout Britain ; less abundant 

 in the N. than in the S. : 6-7. 



1343 suturalis Ent. M. (Newm.) i. 509. — Ste. M. v. 412. — Cur. xi. pi. 

 526. — Head and thorax black, with a bluish tinge : elytra testaceous, 

 with black hairs, the margins and suture black ; body beneath and legs 

 black, with testaceous hairs; antennae testaceous, club black. (L. 3 \ 1.) 

 Sea shore in N. of Ireland, and in W. of Scotland : 6. 



1344 errans Fab. E. ii. 173. — Oliv. i. pi. 8. f. 92. — Ste. M. iii. 224. — 

 Pale testaceous : eyes dusky ; thorax with an obscure dusky spot on each 

 side ; elytra faintly punctate-striate, the stria? disposed in pairs ; denticu- 

 lations of the tibiae and the tarsi pitchy. (L. 4 1.) Near Dartford : 6. ? 



246 Anomala Koppe. 



1345 Frischii Fab. E. ii. 172. — Don. xi. pi. 390. f. 2. — Ste. M. iii. 225. 

 — Head, thorax, and scutellum green or blue, bronzed, punctured ; sides 

 of the thorax more or less broadly testaceous, or concolorous with the 

 disc : elytra faintly punctate-striate, testaceous with a greenish tint, wholly 

 brassy-green, blue-green, or rich blue, shining ; antennae testaceous, club 

 dusky. (L. 5-7 1.) On the coast and in sandy places: Richmond; 

 Ripley; Swansea; Aldborough ; Newcastle; Montrose, &c. : 6-7. 



1346| Donovani Marsh, i. 44. — Ste. M. iii. 226. — Black-brass, slightly 

 shining : elytra punctate-striate, testaceous, the suture, apex, and sides 

 bronzed-black, the disc with a brown-red band across the middle ; legs 

 pitchy. (L. 5 1.) On the sand hills near Newton Nottage, Glamor- 

 gan: 6. 



1347 Vitis Fill. E. i. 38 Mart. i. pi. 8. — Ste. M. iii. 226. — Short, 



ovate ; rich, changeable, satiny green ; sides of the thorax more or less 

 broadly yellowish : elytra irregularly striated; hinder coxae and front edge 

 of the hinder thighs yellow ; antennae testaceous. (L. 6-7 1.) Gardens: 

 London district : 6-7. 



247 Anisoplia Koppe. 



1348 Agricola L. ii. 553. ? — Ste. M. iii. 227. pi. xix. f. 1. — Brassy-black; 

 thorax punctate, with a fovea near the angles at the base : elytra glabrous, 

 livid, with the suture, margins, a squarish spot round the scutellum and a 

 short band across the middle of the back, black ; legs and antennae black. 

 (L. 7 1.) On the coasts of S. "Wales, and Newcastle : 6. 



(1349f austriaca Herbst. iii. 98. pi. 24. f. 8. — West. Int. i. ( Gen. Syn.) 

 24. note. — Blue-black, glabrous : elytra dull red, with a square black patch 

 round the scutellum : sides of the abdomen with white fascicles. (L. 

 7-8 1.) Introduced for the preceding species, probably in mistake for 

 Me. crucigera Herbst., which is considered as synonymous with Sc. 

 Agricola Marsh, by Schonherr. ) 



248 Hoplia Illiger. 

 1350 argentea Oliv. i. 67. pi. 3. f. 22. — Ste. M. iii. 228. — Dull brown- 

 black, slightly pilose; beneath and legs black, with shining silvery or 



