160 MODERN SYSTEM. 



Fain. V. BupRESTiAD^. Lcucfr.> 



Mandibles witli their extremities entire: antenna filitbrm or seiacenus, 

 often pectinated or serrated : bodi/ convex. 

 T . Pa 'yj i jilijorm . 

 Genus fi.x.BUPRESTIS. Linn., I'abr., Lair., MarsK., Leach. 



.i^»fe7inrt;iiliform, serrated in l)oth sexes: thorax with the hinder mar- 

 gin applied to the base ol" the elytra : hod^ cylindric linear. 



Sp. 1. Bi'p. bigutfuta. (Jrcen above, bluc-grecu beneath; sciitelliini 

 transversely inijiressed: a[)cx of the elytra serrated ; a white villose- 

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

 domen. 



Buprcstis biguttata. Fabr., OFni., Mnrsh., L^alr., Leach. 



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



Sp. 2. Bnp. viridis. (PL 3. Jig. 9. a. antenna' inaguijied.} 



Inhabits the birch and nut-tree. 



• Genus 66. TRACIIYS. Fabr., Gi/U., I^ach. 

 'Antenntz serrated and filiform : thorax with the hinder margin lobed 



and applied to the base of the elytra: scuteUam obsolete: bodj/ shortj 



ovate or triangular. 

 Sp. 1. I'ra. jninula. Copperv-bro\\'n above; front impressed: el^'tra 



with slightly elevated spaces and transverse luidulating bands of 



white hair. 

 Buprcstis minuta. Linn., idarsh.. LMlr. Tracliys miuuta. G^Il., Fabr., 



Leach. 

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



Genus 07. APHANISTICUS. Latr., Jxach. 

 Antenna massive. 



Sp. 1. Aph. cmarginatus. Latr., Leach, 

 Buprcstis emarginatns. F((br. 

 Inhabits France and England, 



II. Palj)i terminated bi/ a thick joint. 

 Genus 6Q. JMELASIS. Oliv., Fabr., Latr.,Ixach. Elater. Linn. 



Tarsi with entire joints. 



Sp. 1. MeLjlabellicornis. Obscure blackish : antenna^, tibin?, and tarsi 

 red-brown: head punctate ; thorax rough, with elevated jiunctures, 

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



Elater buprestoides. Linn. Melasis flabcllicurnis. OHv., Panz., Fabr., 

 Leach. Melasis buprestoid(;s. Latr, 



Iiihabifs Germany 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 Mr. Ilerschel. 



