INSECTA. G27 
surface would be always as strong as that from the upper. But it is 
produced only rarely, and when the animal makes much exertion. See 
VAN DER Haven in the Albwm der Natur, 1855, 7° Aflev. bl. 205.] 
Cerophytum LATR. 
Throscus LATR. 
Eucnemis AHRENS. 
Comp. EHucnemis, insectorum genus, monographice tractatum iconibusque 
illustratum a Barone DE MANNeruEIM, Petropoli, 1823. 8vo. recus. in 
Ann. des Se. natur. 111. 1824, pp. 426—434. Pl. 27. 
Galba Latr. 
— Melasis Oty. Last joint of palps large, globose. Antenne of 
males pectinate. ‘T'arsi slender. 
Note-—We omit here several sub-genera, to be inserted between the 
genera Hater and Buprestis. 
Buprestis L. Antenne inserted between the anterior part of 
eyes, serrate, with short teeth. Mandibles short, triangular, with 
apex simple. alps filiform. Head retracted within thorax nearly 
as far as the posterior margin of eyes. Thorax trapeziform, broader 
posteriorly. Scutellum small or none. Tarsi with first four joints 
dilated, bilobed. 
Compare Souter Essai sur les Buprestides, Ann. de la Soc. entom. 1. pp. 
261—316. 
Sp. Buprestis gigantea L., Vout Coleopt. 1. Tab. 48, fig. 1, Sunzer Kennz. 
der Ins. Tab. vi. fig. 38; 2” 3'” long; green copper-coloured ; the feet 
steel-blue ; the shield-covers terminating in two points ; South America. 
—Bupr. fulminans Fasr., 1" 10” long, green shining, the elytra striped 
longitudinally with fine points, with ten fine teeth at the apex as though 
serrated, and a red copper-coloured spot; very common in Java. In 
southern Africa many species are found, which are beset with little bundles 
of hairs on the shield-covers, as Buprestis fascicularis L. In Europe, 
of this numerous genus? there are met with comparatively only few and 
smaller species. The larve live in bark and wood of trees ; they have no 
feet, are elongate, flat and distinguished by the breadth and size of the 
first ring of the body next the head. 
Sub-genera: Trachys Fapr., Aphenisticus Latr., Buprestis Larr. 
(Agrilus MecGEeRLE and many sub-genera proposed by EscuscHoturz, 
Soxrer, De LA Porte, and Gory, &c.) 
1 DUPONCHET announced a few years ago that he had found in different cabinets 
more than 1500 species of this genus,— Dict. univ. d Hist. nat. 1. p. 779. 
