INSECTA. 503 



Phalanx IV. Pyrochro'idea nob. Antennae 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. 



RWe unite in this group the Anthicides (Notoxidce STEPHENS, 

 WESTW.), the Pyrochrdides and Lagriarice of LATREILLE, which are 

 all closely allied. 

 Notoxus G-EOFFE., OLIV. (AntTiicus FABR.). Antennae filiform 

 witn 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 ILLIG., Mono- 

 cerus MEGERLE, DEJ.) 



Sp. Notoxus monoceros, Meloe monoceros L., GEOFFR. Ins. I. PI. 6, fig. 8, 

 DUMER. Cons. gen. s. I. Ins. PI. 10, fig. 3, PANZER D. Ins. Heft 26, Tab. 

 8, &c. 



b) With thorax unarmed. 



Sp. Notoxus antherinus, Meloe antherinus L., PANZER D. Ins. Heft u, Tab. 

 14, &c. 



Steropes STEV. 

 Scraptia LATE. 



Note. A genus to be referred perhaps to the Serropalpides (v. supra, 

 p. 491) : this is scarcely its place. 



Pyrochroa GEOFFE. Antennae 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 filiform. Abdomen rounded 



posteriorly. 



Pogonocerus FISCH. (Dendro'ides LATE.) 

 Pyrochroa LATR. 



Sp. Pyrochroa nibens FABR., Lampyris rubens SCHALLER, GMEL., PANZER 

 D. Ins. Heft 95, Tab. 5, VOET Coleopt. II. Tab. 48, fig. i ; 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 WESTWOOD, genus 

 Pytho LATR., with body depressed, thorax narrowed posteriorly, 



