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390. 

 GEDEMERA SANGUINICOLLIS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Cantharidae. 



Type of the Genus, Necydalis cserulea Linn. 



CEdemera Olltt., Lat., Sam., Curt. — Cantharis Linn., Mars.- — Necy- 

 dalis Linn., Fab., Gyl. 



AntenncE inserted before the eyes, not so long as the body, fili- 

 form and pubescent J 11 -jointed, basal joint the stoutest, curved 

 and subclavate, 2nd ovate, the remainder long and slender, 3 ter- 

 minal joints a little shorter, the last sometimes suddenly con- 

 tracted at the middle, making the apex more slender (6). 

 Labrmn exserted, transverse-ovate, slightly emarginate and hairy, 

 ciliated at the margin (1). 



Mandibles subtrigonate, externally pilose, bifid at the apex, with 



a coriaceous margin produced on the inside, the edge ciliated (2). 



Maxillce terminated by two horny lobes, the internal one very 



pubescent towards the apex and furnished with a few curved 



bristles ; the external lobe long, distinctly articulated at the base, 



and clothed with long curved hairs at the apex. 



Palpi long and stout, pubescent, 4-jointed, basal joint small, 2nd 



long and subclavate, 3rd shorter, 4th nearly as long as the 2nd, 



dilated towards the apex and truncated obliquely (3). 



Mentum subquadrate, the angles rounded. Lip hairy forming 



two divaricating lobes. Palpi long and pilose, attached to two 



scapes inserted behind the mentum, triarticulate, basal joint short, 



2nd and 3rd longer, of equal length, the former subclavate, the 



latter broader, compressed, ovate-truncate (4). 



Head broadest at the base, depressed, the clypeus slightly produced. 



Eyes lateral and prominent. Thorax oblong ovate, narroived towards 



the base. Scutellum minute. Elytra long and narrow, sometimes 



subulate. Wings ample. Thighs ; hinder sometimes exceedingly in- 



crassated in the male. Tibiae posterior sometimes robust and slightly 



curved in the male (5f ). Tarsi ; 5-jointed, posterior 4-jointed, basal 



joint the longest, penultimate bilobed. 



Sanguinicollis Fab. Ent. Syst. 1. pars 2. 351. 6. — flavicollis Panz. 

 24. 18. — ruficollis Sam. — fulvicollis Curt. Guide, Gen. 276. 6. 

 Brassy black, shining, pubescent, thickly punctured : Antennae 

 dull black, 3 basal joints ochreous on the under side, as well as 

 the base of the palpi. Thorax orange, excepting the breast which 

 is black, obovate, truncated before and behind, with a deep fovea 

 on each side the centre, and one at the base, the posterior angles 

 a little produced. Elytra elliptical, completely covering the body, 

 dull olive-green, thickly and roughly punctured, with 4 elevated 

 lines on each. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



This genus bears considerable resemblance at first sight to a 

 group called Stenopterus and separated by lUiger from Mo- 



