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h. Head and thorax closely covered with punctures flat 



at the bottom, which is again punctured in middle ; 



body shiny. 



Green or blue ; with scattered, long, erect hairs. Thorax 



elongate ; elytra somewhat dilated behind. L. 2 — 2| 1. 



Isle of Wight. D. protensa, Gen. 



2?. Antennae tolerably long; body covered with oblong 

 scalelike hairs. 



Elongate. Greenish-bronze, dull, with a grayish appear- 

 ance on account of the scalelike hairs. Thorax double as 

 long as broad ; upper-side very closely and rather finely 

 punctured. L. 2| 1. Moderately common. 



B. linearis, Rossi. 



IIax)locnenius. 



A, Body greenish-blue. 



Oblong, convex, scantily covered with pale hairs, greenish- 

 blue, base of antennae, tibiae, tarsi and sometimes femora 

 and reflexed margin of elytra red-yellow. Thorax finely 

 and not very closely punctured, narrower than elytra, 

 which are diffusely and deeply punctured, the punctures 

 being fewer than in H. imprcssns, coarser and less clearly 

 defined. L. 2 1. Eare. H. nigricornis, Fab. 



a. Body bronze-black. 



Oblong. Bronze-black, covered with yellowish-hairs ; 

 tibiae either black, with base and apex pale, or entirely 

 pale ; tarsi pale beneath. Punctuation very close and 

 coarse, somewhat confluent and irregular on elytra. L. 

 2 1. Not common. H. impresses, Marsh. 



JPhloeopliilus. 



Oblong. Dark brown or blackish, base of antennae and 

 legs rather lighter ; elytra yellowish, with interrupted 

 waved brown spots and dark side margins ; pubescence 

 gray ; punctuation rather strong. L. l^^ 1. Not uncom- 

 mon. P. Edwardsi, Steph. 



CLBJRIDAE, 



A, Tarsi distinctly five-jointed. 



Antennae sawlike from third joint onward ; labrum 



