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each segment. (L. 4 1. — 1 in. 3 1.) Meadows, &c. : widely distributed: 

 4-6. 



2626 vulgaris Ste. M. v. 66. — Me. proscarabams L. ii. 679. — Lin. Tr. xi. 

 pi. vii. f. 6, 7. — Black with a bluish tinge; head and thorax punctured, 

 and with their sides violet; the latter margined behind; elytra rough; 

 abdomen with a rough patch on each segment ; legs and antennae violet, 

 tip of latter pitchy. (L. 3 1. — 1 in. 7 1.) Meadows and grassy banks : 

 widely distributed : 4-5. 



2627 rugicollis Ste. M.\. 66. — Black, head and thorax roughly punctured, 

 their sides violet, the latter with the hinder margins entire : elytra rather 

 short, and nearly smooth ; abdomen glabrous, slightly rugose ; legs and 

 antenna? tinted with violet, rather slender. (L. 9-12 1.) Meadows: 

 London district and Devonshire : 4-5. 



2628 tectus Pz. F. x. f. 14. — Lin. Tr. xi. pi. vii. f. 8, 9. — Ste. M. v. 67. 

 — Black ; head and thorax punctured, the former violet, the latter margined 

 and slightly notched behind ; elytra elongate, rather rough ; abdomen short, 

 roughish ; legs robust, and antennas purplish-violet ; the 3 middle joints of 

 the latter very short, apex pitchy. (L. 8-121.) Heaths: Hampstead ; 

 Swansea : 4-5. 



2629 autumnalis Oliv. E. vi. 45. pi. 1. f. 2. — Ste. M. v. 67. — Me. gla- 

 bratus Lin. Tr. xi. pi. vii. f. 1,2. — Purplish, or violet-black, sometimes 

 brassy ; head, thorax, and elytra glabrous, with faint punctures, crowded on 

 the elytra ; abdomen smooth above, very much punctured beneath ; antennae 

 dusky, tip pitchy. (L. 5-7^1.) Heaths: Dartford ; Exmouth and Ta- 

 vistock: 9-10. 



548 Meloe of Authors. 



2630 brevicollis Fab. E. ii. 588. — Lin. Tr. xi. pi. vi. f. 9. $ . — Ste. M. v. 

 68. — Cur. vi. pi. 279. $ . — Black ; deeply punctured; thorax transverse, 

 very short, deeply notched behind; elytra roughish. with the apex rounded; 

 antennae rather thickened towards the apex : o* with the head wider than 

 the thorax, and the elytra covering the abdomen. (L. 5-9 1.) Sandy 

 heaths : Ockham Heath, near Ripley ; Tavistock ; Christchurch ; Wind- 

 sor : 4. 



2631 punctatus Fab. E. ii. 588.— Ste. M. v. 68. — Lin. Tr. xi. pi. vi. f. 7, 

 8. — Black ; head and thorax with confluent punctures; elytra irregularly 

 punctured, the punctures confluent and the interstices glabrous ; suture 

 slightly pilose. (L. 5-9 1.) Meadows: near Margate : 10-4. 



2632 cicatricosus Leach. — Lin. Tr. xi. pi. vi. f. 5, 6. — Ste. M. v. 68. — 

 Black, obscure ; head and thorax thickly and very coarsely punctured, the 

 latter transverse ; elytra bluish-black, with confluent shining glabrous ele- 

 vations, the interstices rough: <j> with the elytra obliquely truncate. (L. 

 1 in. — 1 in, 10 1. ) Meadows: Southend; Margate; Ramsgate : 4-5. 



2633 variegatus Don. ii. pi. 67. — Lin. Tr. xi. pi. vi. f. 1, 2. — Ste. M. v. 

 69. — Somewhat brassy ; tinted with purple- violet ; head and thorax 

 punctate ; elytra with raised shining confluent points, interstices obscure : 

 abdomen with the dorsal segments anteriorly golden-green, and posteriorly 

 violet-red copper, beneath variegated with purple and gold. (L. 8 1.— 

 1 in. 10 1.) Meadows : Isle of Thanet, between Broadstairs and Rams- 

 gate : 4-5. 



549 Cantharis Geoff roy. 



2634 vesicatoria L. ii. 679. — Ste. M. v. 70. — Cur. xiv. pi. 658. — Bright 

 glossy brassy-green or bluish, glabrous ; beneath more glossy and with a 

 few hairs; breast densely pubescent, finely punctured ; head and thorax 

 with a longitudinal channel; elytra with 2 slightly raised lines; tarsi 



