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green: legs and antenna) brassy-green. (L. 3|-5 1.) Grassy places: 

 Dover ; Bath ; Bristol ; Norfolk ; Sandsfield, Cumberland : 6. 



2432 fulgida Fab. E. i. 432. — Ste. M. iv. 345. — Oblong-ovate, convex ; 

 golden-green, with a blue tint, very glossy : thorax thickly and rather 

 coarsely punctured ; elytra thickly, deeply, and irregularly punctured, the 

 punctures near the suture and on the sides forming irregular striae ; and 

 these parts of a bright golden -green, the disc in certain lights being blue: 

 base of the antennas very dull red beneath. (L3§-5^1.) Marshes and 

 fens of Cambridgeshire and Hants ; on tansy, Yorkshire : 6. 



2. Thorax with its lateral margins thickened. 



2433 polita L. ii. 590. —Mart. C. pi. 14. f. 5. — Ste. M. iv. 345. — Ovate, 

 brassy-green or blue, highly polished : thorax golden, or deep blue ; sides 

 and scutellum greenish-brass; elytra testaceous-brown or green-blue, the 

 disc thickly sprinkled with small irregularly placed punctures; legs brassy- 

 green, tarsi pitchy: antennas dusky, basal joints pitchy. (L. 3-4^ 1. ) 

 Hedges: generally distributed : 4-10. 



2434 Staphylasa L. ii. 590. — Mart. C. pi. 14. f. 3. — Ste. M. iv. 344. — 

 Ovate ; testaceous-brown, slightly glossed with brassy above : head and 

 thorax finely punctured ; elytra thickly and irregularly punctured ; body 

 beneath and antennae pale testaceous. (L. 3-4 1.) Woods, &c. : generally 

 distributed: 7-10. 



2435 f Carnifex Pz. F. xvi. f. 9. — Ste. M. iv. 344. — Ovate, black ; elytra 

 very smooth; with the outer margin bright blood-red. (L. 4 1.) Near 

 Covehithe? Suffolk: 4. 



2436 distinguenda Stephens. — Ch. sanguinolenta Don. iv. pi. 3. f. 3, 4. — 

 Ste. M. iv. 344. — Ovate ; deep bluish-black ; disc of thorax finely punc- 

 tured ; sides and elytra coarsely and thickly punctured, punctures irregu- 

 larly confluent ; lateral margins broadly blood-red ; antennas black ; basal 

 joints and legs bluish. (L. 3|-4 1.) Hedges : London district; S. Wales; 

 Scotland; near Moffat: 4-10. 



(2437 f sanguinolenta L. ii. 591. — Ovate, shining black ; thorax margined; 

 outer edge of the elytra blood- red; legs black. (L. 4-4^ 1.) Improperly 

 considered as British.) 



2438 limbata Fab. E. i. 444. — Pz. F. xvi. f. 8. — Ste. M. iv. 343. — 

 Somewhat oblong-ovate : black, shining ; finely punctured ; disc of thorax 

 faintly brassy ; elytra with the entire limb broadly deep dull red or blood 

 colour ; base of antenna? reddish. (L. 3^-4 1.) Hedges: near Windsor, 

 and in Devonshire : 6. 



§ B. Elytra punctate-striate. 1. Thorax with its lateral margins 

 thickened. 



2439 Banksii Fab. E. i. 430. — Don. iv. pi. 138. f. 4. — Ste. M. iv. 343. 

 — Ovate ; above brassy-brown, pitchy, or black, very glossy ; beneath tes- 

 taceous ; thorax with the disc finely punctured, the sides and elytra with 

 deep excavated punctures, the under margin of the latter, with the legs 

 and antenna?, testaceous. (L. 4-5^ 1.) Grassy hedges: Darenth Wood; 

 Southend ; Bristol ; Teignmouth ; Devonshire : 6. 



2440 lamina Fab. E. i. 430. — Pz. F. xliv. f. 5. — Ste. M. iv. 342. — 

 Ovate ; above greenish-blue, or olivaceous ; shining, slightly punctured ; 

 thorax very smooth, the sides much incrassated ; elytra striate, the striae 

 composed of large distinct punctures : antenna? black ; base pitchy-red. 

 (L. 4 1.) 



Var. ? Ch. Hobsoni Hope. — Ste. M. iv. 343. — Above pitchy, or brown- 

 black, slightly shining, thorax smooth. Grassy places : generally dis- 

 tributed : var. ? about Manchester : 4-7. 



