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Fam. BUPKESTID^E. (Leach.) Genus ANCTLOCHEIRA. 



(Eschscholtz.) 



Ancylochira ornata. N. S. 



Aureo-viridis ; capite thoraceque confertim punctatis 

 stria longitudinal! ; elytris punctate lineatis cupreo 

 bivittatis ; abdomine subtus fasciis auratis apice cupreo. 



Bright golden green. Head and thorax thickly punc- 

 tured, with an impressed longitudinal line. Elytra with 

 deeply impressed punctured lines, with a purplish 

 tinge on each side in front, full four times the 

 length of the thorax. Abdomen beneath with a short 



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gilded band on the fore border of each segment ; tip 

 cupreous. Length of the body, 9 lines. 



The cupreous stripes on the elytra of this species 

 distinguish it from A. aurulenta, and from A. decora, 



Fam. ELATERID.E. (Leach.) Genus ADELOCERA. 



(Latr.) 



Adelocera vetusta. N. S. 



Nigra, confertim et subtiliter punctata, squamis 

 cinereis ex parte tecta ; thorace postice impresso mar- 

 gine bis inciso, angulis posticis subproductis ; elytris 

 substriatis. 



Black, dull, thickly and minutely punctured, mostly 

 covered with cinereous scales ; these are mostly con- 

 fluent, but are here and there isolated, so that various 

 parts of the surface are uncovered. Thorax with a 

 broad shallow excavation in the hinder disk ; the margin 

 with two shallow excavations on each side ; hind angles 



