laO MODERN SYSTEBf. 



Fani. \. Bu-PRESTiAoa;. Leach. 



Mandibles with their extremities entire: antenns liliform or setaceot??. 

 olteii pectinaleil or serrated : bod^ convex. 



f. Fu'pi fdij'orm. 

 Genus 65. BUPRESTIS. Linn., Fabr., Lair., Marsh., Leach. 



J/i^a/n^i- fihtbrm, serrated in l)oth sexes: thorax Avilli t lie hinder mar- 

 gin aiipUcd to the base of the elytra : hodj/ cyliiidric linear. 



Sp. 1. Bap. bi^uftata. Green ahove, blue-green beneath; scutelhun 

 transversely impressed: apex ot" the elytra serrated ; a white villosc 

 spot on each side of tlie suture, and three on tlie sides of the ab- 

 domen. 



Buprestis biguttata. Fabr., Oliv., Marsh., L.titr., Leach. 



Inhabits Trance and Germany. In England it is very rare. 



Sp. 2. Blip, viridis. (Fl. 3. Jig. 9. a. anieniia magnified.) 



Inhabits tlie birch and nut-tree. 



Genus 66. TRACHYS. Fabr., Gi/l!., Lcaeh. 

 AnlcnjKC serrated and filiform : thorax with the hinder margin lobecl 



and applied to tJic base of the elytra: seideUum obsolete: bodij short, 



ovate or triangular. 

 Sp. 1. Tra. minula. Copiierv-ljnnvn above; front impressed: elytra 



with slightly elevated s[>aces and transverse undulating bimds of 



white hair. 

 Buprestis minuta. Linn., Murak.. Lair. Trachys minuta. Gi^ll.y Fabr., 



Leach. 

 Inhabits the birch and nut-tree in June and July. 



Genus 07. APHANISTIC17S. Latr., Ixach. 

 Antenna massive. 



Sp. 1. Aph.emarginutus. Latr., Leach. 

 Buprestis emarginatus. Fabr. 

 Inhabits Trance and England. 



II. Fidpi terminated by a thick joint. 

 Genus C8. MELASIS. Oliv., Fabr., Latr., Leach. Elater. Linn. 



Tarsi with entire joints. 



Sp. 1. Mel.fabcllicornis. Obscure blackish : antennge, tibifp, and tarsi 

 red-brown : head ptaictatc ; thorax rough, w^ith elevated punctm-es, 

 having an impressed dorsal line: elytra finely rugulose and striated. 



Elater buprestoidos. Linn. JNlclu'^is iiabellicornis. Olir., Panz., Fabr., 

 Li-ach. Melasis buprcstoides. Latr. 



Inhabitis Germaiiy and the south of France. In England it has been 

 once taken by Mr. J. Curtis, of Norwich, an excellent artist and an 

 industrious entomologist; and several times near Windsor, where it 

 was first observed by iMr. Ilerschel. 



