MANTURA. — MACROCNEMA. 299 



Ovate, convex ; black ; shining; thickly punctured ; thorax nearly convex ; 

 elytra coarsely punctured, each with a round red spot near the apex, 

 nearly extending to the apex itself; thighs black, tip of anterior some- 

 times, with their tibia? and tarsi reddish, posterior piceous ; antennae red 

 at the base. (L. 1 1.) Marshy places, on Pedicularis lacustris : London 

 district; S. Wales; Newcastle; llaehills : 6-7. 



482 Mantura Stephens. 



2348 rustica L. ii. 595. — Ste. M. iv. 322. — Black, shining; thorax small, 

 obsoletely punctured, the base with a short furrow on each side ; elytra 

 faintly punctate-striate, the apex pitchy-testaceous ; legs testaceous ; 

 hinder thighs dusky; antennae piceous. (L. 1$ 1.) Hedges: Hertford; 

 Epping: 6. 



2349 semiaenea Fab. E. i. 448. — Ste. M. iv. 323. — Very convex ; mouth 

 pitchy; thorax greenish -brass, faintly punctured; with a short oblique 

 furrow on each side of the base ; elytra regularly punctate-striate, inter- 

 stices smooth, dull blue, the apex more or less dull red, sometimes ferru- 

 ginous, with the suture and base alone blue ; legs testaceous ; hinder 

 thighs large and greenish-black ; antenna? black, base dull red. (L. 1-1^1.) 

 In marshy places : Ripley ; Bristol ; S. Wales ; Norfolk : 6-7. 



2350 Mannerheimii Gyll. iv. 664. — Ste. M. iv. 323. — Greenish-blue ; 

 mouth black ; thorax thickly and faintly punctured ; the base with an 

 obscure fovea in each side ; elytra shining blue, punctate-striate on the 

 outer margin and on the apex, the back irregularly punctate ; thighs blue- 

 black ; tibiae and tarsi dull testaceous ; antennae black, the basal joint 

 palish. (L. 1-lfl. ) Hedges: London district ; Suffolk: 6. 



2351 obtusata Gyll. iii. 379. — Ste. M. iv. 323. — Blue-black; forehead 

 with a transverse channel ; thorax thickly and finely punctured, the base 

 with a very short oblique furrow ; elytra deep blue, regularly and densely 

 punctate-striate; interstices smooth; apex obscure; tibiae and tarsi dull- 

 red ; 4 anterior thighs pitchy-black, hinder pair blue ; antennae black, the 

 4 basal joints dull-red. (L. 11.) Hedges: London district; Norfolk; 

 Bristol: 6. 



2352 Chrysanthemi Ent. H. ii. 45. — Ste. M. iv. 324. — Very convex ; 

 brown brass ; slightly shining; forehead with an obscure channel ; thorax 

 very thickly and finely punctulate, with a short furrow on each side of the 

 base ; elytra regularly and rather deeply punctate-striate ; interstices 

 smooth ; apex indeterminately brassy-testaceous ; legs dull-red, hinder 

 thighs darker and tinted with brassy ; antennae testaceous, the tip dusky. 

 (L. f-1 1.) Hedges: London district ; Bristol; Raehills: 6. 



2353 aenea Marsham. — Ste. M. iv. 324. — Above brassy; head and thorax 

 deeply punctured ; the base of the latter with a faint furrow on each side ; 

 elytra moderately punctate-striate, interstices obscurely punctured ; an- 

 tennae and legs ferruginous ; hinder thighs slightly tinted with brassy. 

 (L. 1 1.) London district : 6. 



483 Macrocnema Megerle. 

 § A. Elytra punctate-striate. 



2354 Dulcamara? Ent. H. ii. 49. pi. 2. f. 5. — Ste. M. iv. 318. — Obovate, 

 rounded behind, deep blue black, shining : crown greenish, with a semi- 

 circular impression : thorax thickly punctured on the margin, the disc 

 scarcely punctured ; elytra broad, flattish, faintly and regularly punctate- 

 striate, interstices faintly punctured ; legs black, hinder thighs blue, glossy; 

 antennae red at the base. (L. ljjl.) London. district : 6. 



