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Very glossy ; silken-green, more or less tinted with gold, brass, or blue ; 

 thorax finely, and elytra rougbly, punctured ; abdomen with a slight im- 

 pression on the anal segment in the $ , and a deep one in the ^ ; legs 

 green; antennas black. (L. 3-4 1.) On Hieracimn, &c. : pretty gene- 

 rally distributed throughout the country : 6. 



2396 similis Leach. — Ste. M. iv. 357. — Shining, green, tinted above with 

 blue or brassy, obscure beneath ; thorax finely, and elytra roughly punc- 

 tured ; abdomen with the anal segment entire in both sexes ; legs brassy ; 

 antenna? brassy black. (L. 2^-3 1.) On Flowers: London district; 

 Rochester ; Chevening : 6. 



2397 nitens L. ii. 598. — Pz. F. lxviii. f. 8. — Ste. M. iv. 358. — Above 

 deep blue or green, shining; mouth and 1 or 2 adjoining spots yellow; thorax 

 very smooth and glossy ; elytra deeply punctured ; antennas yellow at the 

 base ; $ with 2 streaks on the crown and the 4 anterior legs yellow, hinder 

 pair black ; <j> with all the legs yellow. (L. 2^1.) Near London and 

 in Devonshire : 6. 



2. Elytra distinctly punctate-striate. 



2398 bipustulatus Fab. E. ii. 54. — Cur. i. pi. 35 Ste. M. iv. 358. — 



Black, shining; thorax smooth, very glossy ; elytra moderately shining, the 

 apex with a waved red spot; base of the antennas pitchy. (L. 3-3^ 1.) 

 Heaths : near Lyndhurst : 6-7. 



2399 Lineola Fab. E. ii. 44 Samou. pi. 2. f. 15. — Ste. M. iv. 358. — 



Black, shining ; thorax smooth, glossy ; elytra red, with the margins and 

 suture black, and a broad dash of the same on the disc ; antennas rather 

 pitchy at the base. (L. 2|-3^ 1-) On hazel, oak, &c. : London district; 

 New Forest ; Birchfield, Kent ; Yorkshire ; S. Wales ; rare in Scot- 

 land : 6. 



2400 nigripennis Ste. M. iv. 359. pi. xxiii. f. 5. — Cr. bcthicus Herbst. A. 

 44. pi. 8. ? — Red, shining ; crown ; apex of antennas, tarsi, elytra, and 

 2, 3-angular spots on the thorax, black. (L. 2\ 1.) Rochford, Essex: 6. 



2401 Morasi L. ii. 597 Pz. F. lxviii. f. 11. % . — Ste. M. iv. 359 



Black ; elytra with 2 testaceous-yellow marginal spots, varying in size : — 

 <J with a cruciform mark on the head, and the anterior margin of the 

 thorax yellow ; a yellowish line on the anterior thighs ; tibias pitchy ; 



9 with the thorax spotless; head with 2 yellow spots. (L. 2-3 1.) On 

 Hypericum perforatum : Coombe Wood ; Colney Hatch ; Swansea; Kimp- 

 ton ; Bath ; Monk's Wood : Devil's Ditch ; Castle Eden Dean : 6-7. 



2402 vittatus Fab. E. ii. 50. — Herbst. A. pi. 23. f. 23. — Ste. M. iv. 359. 

 — Black ; shining ; thorax smooth and polished ; elytra with an oblique 

 stripe, and the lateral margins broadly testaceous-yellow ; base of antennas 

 pitchy. (L. 2£l. ) Hedges: between Rochford and Southend: 6. 



2403 flavilabris Fab. E. ii. 51. — Ste. M. iv. 360. — Violet-blue; mouth 

 yellow ; thorax thickly punctulated, glossy ; legs bluish or brassy-green ; 

 antennas black, the base testaceous. (L. 1^-2 1.) On birch : Darenth 

 and Birch woods : 6-7. 



2404 | Barbareas L. ii. 598. — Ste. M. iv. 360. — Deep black ; beneath 

 bluish ; mouth yellowish ; thorax shining ; antennas fuscous, with the base 

 dull red. (L. 2 1.) On the barberry : Suffolk and Devon : 6. 



2405 punctiger Pk. F. ii. 146. — Ste. M. iv. 360. — Black; mouth, a 2- 

 lobed spot on the forehead, anterior edge of the thorax, and 4 anterior 

 legs, bright yellow ; elytra blue, deeply punctate-striate ; line on the 

 anterior thighs and the tip of antennas black, base of the latter testaceous. 

 (L. 1^-2 1.) On the sallow : Darenth Wood : 6-7. 



2406 frontalis Marsh, i. 211, — Ste. M. iv. 360 Black; shining: fore- 



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