88 TRIPLAX. 



Triplax Lacordairii. 



Triplax Lacordairii, Crotch, Entom. v. 7 (1870). 

 ■ riijicollis f, Lac. Erot. 211 {nee Stejjh.). 



, Bed. Abeille, v. 28. 



England, France, Croatia, Sicily, Algeria. 



Differs from its allies by its red head and thorax, while the 

 pectus and abdomen are black. 



Triplax russica. 



Silpha russica, L S. I^. Ed. x. 360 (1758). 



Triplax , Lac. Erot. 209 (1842). 



, Bed. Abeille, v. 29 (1868). 



— , Crotch, Entom. v. 7 (1870). 



Europe (from Sicily to Lapland), Caucasus, Algeria, United 

 States (Bedel). 



This is the largest species of the genus and the only one having 

 the pectus alone black beneath, 



Triplax macra. 



Triplax macra, Lee. Proc. Phil. vii. 161. 



, Crotch, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. 1873, 357. 



Maine, Illinois. 



Triplax frontalis.^ 



Triplax frontalis, Horn, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil i. 188 (1862). 

 Texas. 



Triplax festiva. 



Trijylax f estiva, Lac. Erot. 208. 



. , Lee. J. Phil. (2) I. 1\.—Proc. Phil. vii. 161. 



. , Crotch, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. 1873, 357. 



Southern States. 



Triplax antica. 



Trijylax antica, Lee. Proc. Phil. 1861, 358. 



, Crotch, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc, 1873, 357. 



Oregon. 



Triplax californica. 



Triplax californica, Lee. Proc. Phil. vii. 161. 



, Crotch, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. 1873, 358. 



California. 



