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If. Thorax broader iliaii ilie lieail ; tibiae steel blue. 



Brownish-green above, metallic green beneath. Thorax 

 with two impressions on each side of the disc ; elytra with 

 I'our rows of large eye spots, interstices between the rows 

 finely and closely punctured, the smooth spaces between 

 the spots moderately raised. L. 3| 1. Not common. 



E. iilicjinosus, Fab. 



b. Sculpture of elytra indistinct ; tarsi green. 



Cop] )ery- bronze aljove, greenish or purplish -copj>er 

 beneath. Head and thorax coarsely punctured ; disc of 

 flytra with a few scattered punctures and some indistinct 

 round depressions. L. -Ir^- 1. Hare. E. lajjponicus, Gyll. 



Jbletli Isa, 



Dark bronze. Elytra with nine fine punctured striae, 

 the third interstice with four or five, the fifth with two 

 depressions ; legs black. L. 5i 1. Tolerably common. 



B. nivltipunctata, Lin. 



CAllABinES, 



A, Prosternum not prolonged beyond anterior coxae. 



Labrum divided into two long, narrow, rounded pieces : 

 mandibles double as long as the labrum, prominent, almost 

 straight, inner margin with tln^ee teeth, the foremost foi'med 

 by the apex itself; outer lobe of maxillae composed of a 

 broad, square basal and thin, dilated, knifelike apical joint ; 

 last joint of palpi strongly hatchet-shaped (more so in the 

 male than in the female) ; nientum deeply emarginate, 

 without any tooth ; ligula very small, paragiossae free ; 

 posterior angles of thorax not prolonged ; scutellum almost 

 hidden ; wings absent ; elytra soldered together ; legs long 

 and thin ; tarsi not dilated in either sex ; in the male the 

 apex of the first joint, and nearly the whole of the second 

 to fourth joints covered with stiff hairs beneath, Avhich 

 in the female are found only on the apex of the second to 

 fourth joints. Cychrus, Fab. 



/?. Prosternum prolonged beyond anterior coxae, fitting 

 into a cavity in mesosternum. 

 ii» Maxillae not toothed on outer-side. 



