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PLATE CCCLXXXIII. 



PYROCHROA RUBRA. 



BLACK-HEADED CARDINAL-BEETLE. 

 COLEOPTERA. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae filiform, with pectinated teeth : head exferted : thorax flat, 

 orbicular, and immarginate : wing-cafes flexile : body oblong, and 

 thickeft behind. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER 



AND 



SYNONYMS. 

 Black : thorax, and wing-cafes fanguineous, without fpots. 



Pyrochroa rubra. De Geer. 5. 20. 1. t. \.f. 14. 



Lampyris Coccinea. Linn. Faun. Suec. 705 ? 



Pyrochroa Coccinea: nigra thorace elytrifque fanguineis imma- 

 culatis. Fahr. Ent. Syft. T. I. p. 2. 104. 70.— 

 Gmel. 1886. 18.— Marjh. Ent. Brit. T. I. p. 364. 

 71. 2. 



The Pyrochroa rubra of De Geer is an extremely rare infect in this 



country. In its general aipe6t it bears a pretty ftrong refemblance to 



vol. xi. K another 



