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7-11 1.) Flowers: abundant throughout the S. of England and S. Wales ; 

 Scilly Isles : 5-8. 

 1357 stictica L. ii. 552. — Cur. viii. pi. 374. — Ste. M. ili. 233. — Brassy, 

 or coppery-black ; clothed with scattered whitish hairs : clypeus longish, 

 with a longitudinal ridge ; thorax also with a ridge, 6 parallel white spots 

 in pairs on the back, and others on the margin ; elytra irregularly punctate- 

 striate, with about 20 white spots ; abdomen spotted with white. ( L. 5-6 

 1. ) Windsor ; Chichester : 5-7. 



§ 3. Stirps 3. STERNOXI Latreille. 



Fam. 35 Buprestid^e. Mand. entire: palpi mostly filiform: tho. sometimes 

 lobate behind, the hinder angles but slightly produced, never acute : elytra 

 frequently narrowed at the tip : tarsi short, 3d and 4th joints generally 

 heart-shaped. 



Fam. 36 Eucnemid^e. Mand. terminated by a simple tooth : palpi with 

 the apical joint large : tho. generally with grooves beneath for the recep- 

 tion of the antenna? : elytra rounded at the tip : tarsi compressed, or 

 dilated ; claws sometimes denticulated. 



Fam. 37 Elaterid^e. Mand. notched at the tip : palpi terminated by a 

 large 3-angular joint : tho. with the hinder angles produced into an acute 

 spine, the sides beneath with a groove for the reception of the antennas : 

 prosternum produced behind into a compressed spine, which fits into a 

 groove in front of the mesothorax : tarsi longish and slender. 



Fam. 35. BUPRESTIDiE Leach. 



ccliii. Chrysobothris Scutel. distinct, nearly 3-angular : ant. filiform, 3d 



joint as long as 4th : elytra serrate at the tip : prosternum flat : interm. legs 



inserted close together ; front thighs thick and toothed, 

 ccliv. Lampka Scutel. distinct, transverse : ant. filiform, 3d joint short : 



labrum rectangular : elytra serrate at tip : tarsi not dilated, 4th joint 



scarcely smaller than 3d. 

 cclv. Dicerca Scutel. distinct, not transverse : palpi robust .: elytra 2-toothed 



at the apex : abdomen with the terminal segment 3-dentate in $ , 2-dentate 



in $ : tarsi not dilated, 4th joint as large as 3d. 

 cclvi. Ancylochira Scutel. distinct : palpi max. with terminal joint as long 



as the preceding, slightly dilated at tip : mentum transverse : elytra 2- 



toothed at the apex : anter. tibia of $ bent and hooked; tarsi slender, 

 cclvii. Melanophila Scutel. distinct, 3-angular : mentum transverse : tho. 



waved at the base: elytra rounded at apex: anter. tibia, $ simple; tarsi 



slender, 

 cclviii. Buprestis Scutel. distinct, rounded : tho. narrowed in front, 3-lobed 



behind : elytra rounded at the tip, the disc with raised lines ; the sides 



somewhat waved beyond the middle : tarsi slender, 

 cclix. Anthraxia Scutel. distinct, 3-angular : body flat : tho. and elytra 



truncate at base, the latter rounded at tip : interm. legs placed close toge« 



ther ; hinder thighs straight. 

 cclx. Ptosima Scutel. distinct, rounded : body cylindric : tho. truncate at 



base : elytra rounded at tip : mentum with a long central tooth, 

 cclxi. Agrilus Scutel. distinct, 3-angular : body elongate-linear, acuminate : 



tho. waved at base ; somewhat 4-drate : elytra faintly serrated at the tip : 



tarsi with 4 basal joints pulvillated ; claws toothed, 

 cclxii. Aphanisticus Scutel. minute : ant. with the 4 terminal joints di- 

 lated : body linear : front deeply notched : labrum entire : palpi max. M'ith 



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