512 CLAVICORNIA — PARNIDAE. 



Bronze ; pubescence thin ; antennae reddish-yellow. 

 Thorax even, sometimes with slight traces of an oblique 

 impression on each side behind middle ; elytra with strong- 

 punctured striae. L. f 1. Not very common. 



E. nit ens, Miill. 



lAmnius, 



A. Impressed lines at sides of thorax curved. 



Oblong reversed ovate, convex. Brownish-bronze ; an- 

 tennae reddish-yellow ; legs red-brown. Thorax with two 

 deeply engraved longitudinal lines, convergent in front, 

 indistinctly punctured ; elytra with fine striae ; base of each 

 raised. L. | 1. Common. L. tuherculatus, Mlill. 



J5. Impressed lines at sides of thorax straight, parallel 

 with sides. 



Brown-bronze ; antennae and legs reddish. Thorax 

 shorter than in L. tuberculatus, disc more closely, very 

 finely punctured, less shiny ; elytra with the three discal 

 striae very obsoletely punctured, the fourth (which con- 

 tinues the impressed lateral line on thorax) formed of 

 smaller and closer punctures, and the space between that 

 and the most external striae with no perceptible row of 

 smaller irregular interstitial punctures. L. 1| 1. Scarce. 



L. troglodytes, Gyll. 



PAMNIDES. 



A. Intermediate legs placed apart. 



Antennae with nine joints. Last joint of maxillary 

 palpi suddenly narrowed at apex, with two palpal surfaces. 

 Head covered beneath by presternum. Fotaminus, Burm. 



jB. Intermediate legs placed near each other. 



Antennae with eleven joints. Last joint of maxillary 

 palpi as long as the rest together, simple. Head covered 

 beneath by presternum. Parnus, Fab. 



Potaniinus, 



Oblong. Eed-brown, forehead and disc of thorax darker ; 

 the whole body very thickly covered with gray pubes- 

 cence. L. 2 — 2^1. Not common. P. suhstriatus, Mx\\l. 



