INSECTA. 503 
Phalanx IV. Pyrochroidea nob. Antenne filiform or gradu- 
ally thicker towards the apex, subserrate, in some pectinate, longer 
than head and thorax. ‘Tarsi with penultimate joint bilobed, with 
claws undivided, not denticulate. Maxillary palps with last joint 
large, truncated, obtrigonal. Mandibles broad, short. 
We unite in this group the Anthicides (Notoxide STEPHENS, 
Westw.), the Pyrochroides and Lagriarie of LATREILLE, which are 
all closely allied. 
Notoxus GEOFFR., Otiv. (Anthicus Fasr.). Antenne filiform 
with joints obconical, the last oval, longer. Maxillary palps with 
last joint large, securiform. Head nutant, broader than thorax. 
Thorax elongate, broader anteriorly, often constricted in the 
middle. 
a) With thorax anteriorly porrect into a horn. (Notoxus Iiuic., Mono- 
cerus MEGERLE, D&J.) 
Sp. MNotoxus monoceros, Meloé monoceros lu., GroFFR. Jns. I. Pl. 6, fig. 8, 
Dumér. Cons. gén. s. 1. Ins. Pl. 10, fig. 3, Panzer D. Ins. Heft 26, Tab. 
8, &e. 
b) With thorax wnarmed. 
Sp. Notoxus antherinus, Meloé antherinus L., PANZER D. Ins. Heft 11, Tab. 
14, &e. 
Steropes STEV. 
Scraptia LATR. 
Note.—A genus to be referred perhaps to the Serropalpides (v. supra, 
Pp. 491): this is scarcely its place. 
Pyrochroa Gnorrr. Antenne rather long, in males serrate or 
“pectinate. Body elongate, narrower anteriorly, with thorax subor- 
bicular or trapezoidal. Maxillary palps subserrate, terminated by 
a longer obtrigonal joint; labial palps filitorm. Abdomen rounded 
posteriorly. 
Pogonocerus Fiscu. (Dendroides Latr.) 
Pyrochrow Latr. 
Sp. Pyrochroa rubens Fasr., Lampyris rubens SCHALLER, GMEL., PANZER 
D. Ins, Heft 95, Tab. 5, Vort Coleopt. 11. Tab. 48, fig. 1; the body and 
thorax black beneath, the head, the upper surface of the thorax, and the 
elytra vermilion without spot; the perfect insect is found on flowers; the 
larva lives in decayed willow-wood. 
Note.—Here should be referred, according to WrEsTWooD, genus 
Pytho Larr., with body depressed, thorax narrowed posteriorly, 
