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each with 3 black spots ; antennas with 2d and 3d joints testaceous ; $ 

 with anter. legs elongate. (L. 5^1. ) Sidmouth ; Devon: 6. 



2. Elytra not spotted; mandibles large, bent, remote : — Labidostomis 

 Chevrolat. 



2415 taxicornis Fab. E. ii. 34. — Ste. M. iv. 354. — Pet. I. C. pi. 1. f. 8. 

 — Blue-black, very finely punctured; thorax with the lateral margins 

 irregularly serrated ; the base with the hinder angles slightly raised ; elytra 

 pale testaceous, spotless ; antenna? elongate, compressed, deeply serrated, 

 and entirely black : — $ with anter. legs elongate, tibia? bent. (L. 5 1.) 

 Locality not known. 



2416 3-dentata L. ii. 596. — Pz. F. xlvii. f. 12 Ste. M. iv. 354 CI. 



longimana Pz. F. xlvii. f. 11. $ . — Blue-green, very much punctured; 

 thorax with its lateral margins entire, rounded ; elytra entirely pale testa- 

 ceous ; antenna? blue-black, 2d and 3d joints dull testaceous ; anterior 

 legs elongate in both sexes; tibia? bent. (L. 4-4^ 1.) On sallow: 

 Coombe Wood ; Darenth ; Worcestershire ; Roseberry Topping, York- 

 shire : 6. 



(2417+ Hordei Fab. E. ii. 41. — Ste. M. iv. 355. — Blue-black, shining; 

 punctured ; head very broad, forehead brassy ; base of the antenna? red. 

 L. If 1.) Taken at Glasgow: probably imported.) 



493 Melasoma Dillwyn. 



§ A. Elytra punctate ; thorax with sides thickened. 



2418 Populi L. ii. 390. — Mart. C. pi. 15. f. 18, 19. — Ste. M. iv. 350.— 

 Blue-black, shining ; thorax with disc impunctate ; elytra very finely 

 punctulate, red, with the tip of the suture black ; tarsi and tip of antenna? 

 black. (L. 5-6 1.) On poplars: generally distributed : 5-6. 



2419 Tremula? Fab. E. i. 434. — Ste. M. iv. 350. — Greenish-blue, shin- 

 ing ; thorax obsoletely punctured ; elytra testaceous-red, spotless, thickly 

 and coarsely punctured ; tip of antennas fuscous. (L. 4-5 1.) On aspens 

 and willows : abundant in London district, at Highgate, Darenth, &c. ; 

 Monk's Wood; Cambridge; S. Wales: 6-10. 



§ B. Elytra obsoletely striated : tho. small, sides not thickened : — 

 Microdera Stephens. 



2420 20-punctata Fab. E. i. 442. — Pz. F. vi. f. 10. — Ste. M. iv. 351 



Oblong-ovate ; blue-black ; thorax brassy-green, the sides ochreous ; with 

 a brassy dot ; elytra ochreous, each with 10 dissimilar spots, and the suture 

 brassy; base of thighs reddish ; tarsi with an ochreous ring. (L. 4 1.) 

 Locality not known. 



(2421 f Lapponica L. ii. 591. — Pz. F. xxiii. f. 13. — Ste. M. iv. 351. 

 note. — Oblong-ovate ; brassy-green ; elytra testaceous-red, the suture, an 

 irregular patch at the base, a slightly waved band in the middle, and an 

 arch within the apex, blue. ( L. 4 1.) Indicated erroneously as British. ) 



2422 a?nea L. ii. 587 Pz. F. xxv. f. 9. — Ste. M. iv. 351 Ovate; 



brassy-green, brightest above and very glossy ; thorax with the disc coarsely 

 punctured, the lateral margins slightly thickened ; elytra with a fold at 

 the base, sometimes tinted with gold or copper, finely punctured ; apex 

 and sides of the abdomen reddish ; basal joints of the antenna? red : — 

 the colour of the upper surface varies from green to bright blue and gold 

 colour. (L. 3 1.) Chatsworth, Derbyshire; and in the S. of Scotland, 

 about Raehills : 6. 



2423 cuprea Fab. E. i. 432. — Pz. F. xxv. f. 8. — Ste. M. iv. 351 



Somewhat oblong-ovate ; brassy-green, with a golden tint, glossy ; thorax 



