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Lamprima LATR., SCHOENH. Labrum distinct, exsert. Club of 

 antennae with three lamellae. Internal lacinia of maxillae in females 

 terminate by a horny hook. (Head small, narrower than thorax.) 



Sub-genera: Lamprima LATR. (Sp. Lampr. fulgida, Lampr. cenea 

 GUE"RIN Iconogr., Ins. PI. 27, fig. 2, Cuv. It. Ani. ed. ill., Ins. PI. 45 bis, 

 fig. 3 ; (anterior tibiae of males with terminal spine broad, obtrigonal) ; 

 Pholidotus MAC LEAY. (Sp. Lamprima Humboldti GYLLENH., SCHOENH. 

 Synon. I. 3, Append, p. 197, GUERIN Iconogr., Ins. PI. 27, fig. 6, &c. 



Byndesus MAC L. Mandibles exsert beyond the head. Labrum 

 connate with clypeus. Maxillae membranous. Antennas short, not 

 broken, club with six or seven joints. Eyes large, globose, 

 undivided. Posterior feet very remote from preceding. Body 

 cylindrical. 



Sp. Syndesus cornutus, Sinodendrum cornutum FABR., Cuv. R. Ani. ed. UL, 

 Ins. PI. 45 bis, fig. 8 ; habit, in Van Diemen's Land. 



Note. Genus Hexaphyllum GRAY, WESTW. (Psilodon PERTY) is rightly 

 joined with genus Syndesus by BURMEISTER. 



Figulus MAC L. (and Nigidius ejusd.). Mandibles little exsert. 

 Internal lacinia of maxillas armed with a horny tooth. Labrum 

 exsert, mobile. Antennas broken, club with three lamellae. Lateral 

 margin of head extending beyond the eyes, and dividing them in 

 great part or entirely. 



Sp. Figulus striatus WESTWOOD, BLANCHARD Hist. d. Ins. Paris, 1845, 

 PI. 8, figs, i 3 (imago, larva, nymph) hab. in island of Mauritius, &c. 



Note. Add sub-genera Xiphodontus WESTW. and Agnus BURM. 



Sinodendrum FABR. Labrum exsert, free. Mandibles scarcely 

 i produced beyond clypeus. Maxillas membranous, ciliated, with 

 internal process acuminate. Antennas scarcely broken, short, with 

 club three-leafed. Body cylindrical. 



Sp. Sinodendrum cylindricum, Scarab, cylindricus L., DE GEER Ins. rv. 

 PI. TO, figs, i, 3, PANZER D. Ins. Heft i, Tab. i, Heft 2, Tab. 9, 

 DUMERIL Cons. gn. s. L Ins. PI. 5, fig. 3 ; this insect is found in many 

 countries of Europe ; the larva lives in beeches, oaks, &c. The male has 

 a horn on the head, like many Scardbceida. 



j?Esalus FABR. Labrum exsert, free. Mandibles produced be- 

 yond clypeus. Maxillas membranous. Antennas not broken, club 

 three-leafed. Body short. Feet moderate or short. 



Sp. JEsalus scardbceoldes FABR., GUERIN Iconogr., Ins. PI. 27, fig. 2. 



