Lamprias is closely allied to Lebia, which was illustrated in 
our 87th Plate; it is however distinguished by the thorax, 
which is narrowed at its posterior angles ; the body is narrower 
and more depressed, the wings are short, the labrum and 
labium are more quadrate, the mentum is broader, and the 
apex of the labial palpi more truncated. 
Four species of this genus have been recorded as British, 
but two of them are probably varieties. 
1. L. cyanocephalus, Curtis Brit. Ent.pl. 282. 
Obs. The specimen figured and described is a variety ; 
the head and elytra are generally deep cyaneous, 
sometimes inclining to green. 
The beautiful specimen represented in the plate was found 
in the flower of a primrose, the middle of last April, at Crabbe 
Hill near Dover, and is in the Cabinet of Mr. R. L. Leplas- 
trier. It has been seen as early as March in Yorkshire, and 
in June it frequents the Broom at Darent, Windsor and 
Ripley near London, and at Netley in Shropshire; and in 
July it has been observed under moss on oaks, at Kimpton, 
Hants. 
2. L. nigritarsis Leach , Steph. 
Cyaneous-green. Thorax rufous. Antennae and legs 
fuscous, the underside of the basal joint of the former 
reddish, and the base of the thighs rufous. 
This is supposed to be a variety of the first; it has been 
found on the broom at Windsor and Dover, in June. 
3. L. chlorocephalus III. — Sturm D. F. pi. 167, A. — cyano- 
cephalus Mar. — Don. 3. 86. — Panz. 75. 5. 
Cyaneous-green ; antennae fuscous, the basal joints, 
thorax, postpectus, and legs, rufous ; tarsi black. 
Also found in May and June upon the broom, under bark, 
stones, and heaps of turf, and in moss : it has been taken in 
Epping Forest, Coomb-wood, and Darent, in Norfolk, at 
Newcastle, &c. 
4. L. rufipes Steph. Dej. ? 
Blackish blue. Elytra cyaneous, thorax and legs rufous. 
Dejean in his description says, 6( the feet, and even 
the tarsi, are of the colour of the thorax.” It is there- 
fore probable that the specimen described as British, 
with (( the tarsi somewhat more obscure,” is a variety 
only of the former one. It was taken in the New 
Forest, in June. 
The plant is Primula elatior (Oxlip). 
