182 STERNOXI. FXATERID/E. 



depressed cinerous hairs disposed in tessellated patches, most evident 

 on the elytra, variable in form and position, the alternate interstices 

 between the striae of the elytra being at times spotless ; claws red ; 

 antennae black, seriated in $. (L. 5-7^-1.) Hedges: Battersea fields ; 

 Bottisham and Horningsea fens ; Epping ; moist meadows near Swansea, 

 &c. : 5. 



1432 metallicns Pk. F. iii. 19. — Ste. M. iii. 267. — El. nigricomis Pz. F. 

 lxi. f. 5. — Oblong, dusky-brass; pubescent: thorax convex, sides rounded : 

 elytra faintly punctate-striate, tip slightly narrowed ; legs pale testaceous ; 

 tarsi fuscous ; antennae with basal joint dull red, large and bent ; the rest 

 black. ( L. 4-5 1. ) Walsham meadows, near Ripley ; in Somersetshire ; 

 Swansea : 6. 



283 Selatosomus Stephens. 



1433 seneus L. ii. 655. — Ste. M. iii. 268. — EI. impressus Don. xv. pi. 

 535. f. 2. — Above glabrous, shining, brassy, green, blue, violet, or purple; 

 elytra sometimes concolorous, at others dissimilar, deeply striate ; body 

 beneath green or bluish-brass; legs pitchy-black, or bright red, with dusky 

 tarsi; antennae black. (L. 7-9 1.) Grassy places : Birch Wood ; Fa- 

 kenham ; N. Wales, 9 ; in Scotland : 6. 



14341 cruciatus L. ii. 653. — Pz. F. lxxvi. f. 6. — Ste. M. iii. 269 



Black : thorax with a red line on each side ; elytra striated, yellowish, the 

 suture, a band across, rather beyond the middle, the outer edge thence to 

 the apex, and a streak at the shoulders, black ; edges of the abdomen red ; 

 legs red ; tips of the thighs black. (L. 7 1.) Rare : near Windsor : 6. 



284 Cardiophorus Eschscholtz. 



1435 thoracicus Fab. E. ii. 236. — Mart. pi. 31. f. 32. — Ste. M. iii. 270. 

 — Black; thorax globose, bright red ; beneath with a black streak in the 

 middle; claws red. (L. 4 1.) London district; at Windsor; New 

 Forest ; Collingbourne Wood ; Baron Wood, Cumberland, &c. : 6. 



1436 ruticollis L. ii. 653. — Mart. pi. 30. f. 3. — Ste. M. iii. 270. — Shining 

 black : thorax smooth, red, anterior portion black, beneath red, with the 

 front edge and a medial line black ; elytra with a bluish tinge, deeply 

 striate ; tarsi reddish. (L. 2^3 1.) In decaying oaks, near London and 

 in Norfolk : 6. 



1437 Equiseti Herbst. C x. 67. pi. 163. f. 12. — Ste, M. iii. 270.— Black; 

 clothed with an ashy pile : thorax with an obscure dorsal channel ; elytra 

 flattish, punctate-striate ; legs pitchy-black, base of the thighs, the joints 

 and tarsi testaceous. (L. 3^-5 1.) In grassy lanes: Kew ; Birch and 

 Parenth Woods; Bristol; Edinburgh: 5-6. 



285 Aplotarsus Stephens. 



1438 testaceus Fab. E. ii. 238. — Ste. M. iii. 271. — Black, slightly shining; 

 elytra finely striated, interstices minutely punctured, clear spotless testa- 

 ceous ; egs and basal joints of the antennae the same, apical dusky ; 

 mouth pitchy. (L. 3|-4 1.) 



Var. ? Ap. ochropterus Ste. M. iii. 272. — Elytra pale testaceous, or ochre- 

 ous ; legs pitchy-black, tibiae paler ; antennae black. Near Bristol and 

 Edinburgh. Var.? S. Wales: 5-6. 



1439 rufipes Fab. E. ii. 242. — Pz. F. xciii. f. 14. — Ste. M. iii. 272. — 

 Shining black : thorax smooth, widest in the middle ; elytra flattish ; 

 punctate-striate, tip rounded; legs dull red; tarsi brownish. (L. 3^-4 1.) 

 In grassy places : near London ; W. of England ; Edinburgh, &c. : 6. 



1440 Quercus Oliv. ii. 31. pi. 6. f. 60. — Ste. M. iii. 272.— Black; thorax 



