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Mr. Kirby's Century of Insects. 385 



This genus connects Latreille's tribe ofCchriomtcs(Cebrionid(eK.) 

 ■with the Elateridce. It differs from all the present genera of that 

 tribe in its moniliform antennee and short palpi, and more espe- 

 cially in having its labruin quite concealed by the clypeus. From 

 Elattr, which in habit it most resembles, it is distinguished not 

 only by these circumstances, but also by its protended mandibles 

 and dcflexed sternum. 



Drurii. 15. A. 



Plate XXL Fig. 2. 

 Long. Corp. lin. 6. 

 Habitat Ex Musaeo D. Drury. 



Corpus lineare, subcylindricum, fuscum, obscurum, scabrum. 

 Caput suborbiculatum, thorace receptum. Labrum subinflex- 

 um, parvum, apice rotundatum, hirsutum, clypeo penitus tec- 

 tum. Labium subquadratum, bifidum. Mandibulce exsertce, 

 edentuloe, apice incurva?, acuta?. Maaillit breves : lobo lato, 

 corneo, glabro, apice rotundato. Palpi brevissimi, filiformes, 

 maxillares articulo extimo obtriangulari. Mentum transversum, 

 quadrangulum, disco excavatum. AtUeimce in sinu frontis 

 anteriori insertae, thorace breviores, filiformes, mdniliformes: 

 articulo primo incrassato reliquis longiori, secundo subgloboso, 

 tertio sequentibus longiori obconico, sequentibus subglobosis, 

 extimo longiori sublunato acuto. Thorax convexus, antice 

 transversus, postice dorso canaliculatus, obsolete trilobus : an- 

 gulis lateralibus acuniinatis. Scutellum triangulare, acutum. 

 Elytra striata : striis punctatis. Epipleura vix ulla. TibicB apice 

 bicalcaratce. Sternum deflexum. 



Rhipicera Latreille. 

 marginata. 16. R.viridispubescens,elytrisfuscis punctatis: raar- 

 gine omni pallido, pedibus nigris basi rufis. 



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