little doubt, from his own words, “ Elytra in medio fascia alba, un- 
data, simili sequentis speciei (C. sylvatica) et ad marginem exterio- 
rem baseos, uti etiam ad apicem, lunula alba.” For if C. maritima 
Dej. had been the insect before him, he would surely have said 
ileocuosa and not undata ; and it is not unimportant to observe, that 
the insect considered as the true C. hyhrida by Gyllenhal is abundant 
in Sweden, whilst the C, maritima is rare. 
4. C. maritima Iconograpkie, 1 . p. 52. n. 11. tab. 4.f. 5.—Gyll. v. 4 .p. 396. n. 3. — 
hybrida Marsh. — Sowerbys Brit. Mis. tab. 18. 
Labrum like the last. Labial palpi pale ochreous, terminal joint aeneous 
black. Above cupreous, somewhat greenish ; elytra with a lunular spot at 
the shoulder and apex, and an abbreviated flexuous cream-coloured fascia 
across the middle. 
This species is smaller, narrower and more depressed than the 
former, and the tarsi of the males are often less dilated. It occurs 
in abundance on the sand-hills near Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, in 
May and June; it has also been found at Swansea, and Weston- 
super-mare, Somerset. 
5. C. campestris Linn. Faun. Suec. n. 746. — Don. v. 1 . pi. 1 2. 
Labrum transverse, subtrigonate ; generally acuminated. Green, breast 
and legs ruby-cupreous; elytra with 5 white spots on the margin and one 
below the centre of each, encircled with brown. 
Common from March to October on sandy banks and heaths, in 
fields and pathways. 
6. C. germanica Linn. Syst. Nat. 1. pars 2. p. 657. n. 4. — Iconographie, tab. 5. 
f. 6, 7. 
Labrum transverse, 3d joint of maxillary palpi only half the length of the 
4th. Subcylindric, green cyaneous ; elytra with a white spot at the 
shoulder, another on the margin and a lunular one at the apex. 
This pretty insect has been taken near Dartford in Kent, and at 
Black Gang Chine in the Isle of Wight, in July, running with great 
rapidity among the short grass on the margin of a small brook. I 
took one near the latter place the 1st Sept.; and in the middle of the 
same month the Rev. C. S. Bird took a specimen at Basildon near 
Pangbourne. 
The plant is Poa annua (Annual Meadow Grass) a . 
a Whenever the plant to which an insect is attached can be obtained, it will be intro- 
duced in the plate ; but as some feed upon putrid animal and vegetable substances, 
many upon each other, and as not unfrequently their habits are totally unknown, — in 
such instances plants will be introduced with a view to make the work as handsome and 
instructive as possible ; and as it is absolutely necessary in order to collect insects with 
complete success, to be acquainted with our native plants, it is hoped that figures from 
wild specimens will prove acceptable and useful to the reader. 
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