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^nH^'th ''1""""^ narrower there than the elytra at the shoulders 



and^tarT'of ' • '" "'r ^''-^^'^^r^ho^-t, exposing the p^gidiu.n 

 and part of the propygidium, and bear a narrow membranous 



two na oh'^, r^''''" '^^-''^ ''"^'•^ '^^ «^«'^ ^^i^'e^f ^iie base, the 



Trost^efntn. ""f T"' "^^u^"^ '^ form a transverse band. The 

 prcts oTVn'.-^ ^'^^ mesosternum forms a 



Ire rather J!! V?. T^^l' '^f*^'"" *^^*^ '"^^^^^ «"^«^- ^he legs 

 and the t. , ' ^ ^'^^\''^^^ ^rmed with two teeth externally, 

 Z- andoon f?f -ticu ated and not long. The antenna ar^e 

 Ste naltv rl f T^ ^ r f '' ^''" «^^'^dibles are short, rounded 

 armed i{hfii^'""' "' '^'^'^'^^ ^'^'^ ^^ ^^^« ^^P- ^^^^^ maxilla is 

 inland sih I "uil ?'-^ 1'"^° ^^"^'P ^^^^*'- ^he mentum is 

 stout ^ ^ ^^''^ '"^ ^'""^' ^" ^^^^ P'-^^P^ ^^-^ «hort and 



fenvllei'uf h!fl'"p"'^' are generally thicker than those of the 

 of the ?;' f ^borter and Mucker in the female. The longer claw 

 ^idSle foo T. T-^^'' ^'1 " ^^^^' ^'^ ^^^^ ^"^-^l^' but tl,a^t of thi 

 deft in P tvv p' '?-'^'' '""^" ^^ ^^•'^^^ °f the species, but 

 front ?I "^"' ^- ''^'^'^y<^^^^^^ and a few others. The nner 

 front claw is more or less dilated in the male. In a few species 

 the clypeus IS straighter at the front edge in that sex ^ 



thenumt.''/'"!^ ,'^*''^ species of this large and difficult genus 

 sLZrtanV' /T^^ the elytral stri^ and their intervals 



Ire cointer" .J^? ^'"s purpose the dorsal lines and spaces only 

 ^oulZ n?n '' . ''n'? ^^''''" ^^^^^^^^" tbe suture and the 



cSVhVfi r^r^' '^""')' ^'^^ ^P'-^^-^ ^^]o\n\n^ the suture being 

 ometi,t^|;iV"'r:f ^'^ ^'r^^ ^^^ ^^bsutural) interval if 

 orTncolle I'f Vt.'^'S'^^ so,„etimes wide and completely 

 or incompletely divided by a hne of punctures along the middle. 



Key to the Species. 

 \ (4) Pygidium without hairs. 



3 }i^ S/^P'"\P°^°ted, triangular ... . ^«s«^«, Newm., p G^ 



4 n V^^T^^ transverse, semicircular . cyanea, Hope, p.fe 

 4 (1) Pygidium decorated with pale ^ 



f; ';.o. T,^^""^' generally in two patches. 

 :■ \ul ™iotuin without hair above, 

 b (49) Elytra without distinct dorsal 

 luveae. 



7 (18) Elytra with five equidistant dorsal 



striae. 



8 (17) Ventral segments with double 



rows of hairs. 



10 ^Jqi ?.°1«"^ "°if«™Iy golden-red .... /./,^^-, Arrow, p 63 

 -It* (9) Colour not uniform. , ^nuw, p. 0.5. 



11 (16) Mesosternum produced. 



12 (15) Striae of elytra deep. 



la (14; Large; elytral intervals less con- 



mar(/va'collis, Hope, p. 64. 



