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max. palpi large, 4-jointed, serrated, terminal joint robust, ovate, inner 



margin fleshy, 

 dxxxiv. Phloiotrya Body oblong, convex ; ant. short, slightly thickened at 



tip : head deflexed : tho. orbicular in front, sinuated behind ; max. palpi 



elongate, deflexed, terminal joint somewhat linear, 

 (dxxxv. Xilita Body elongate ; somewhat cylindric : ant.' short, bent, the 



apical joint with an abrupt appendage : head deflexed : eyes lunate : tho. 



acuminated in front, waved behind : max. palpi slender, bent, terminal joint 



large, 3-angular, with a groove within.) 

 dxxxvi. Dirc^ea Body oblong, convex : ant. slightly thickened at the tips : 



head smooth, deflexed : tho. rather longer than broad : max. palpi with 



terminal joint hatchet-shaped. 

 dxxxvii. Hyfulus Body elongate, somewhat convex : ant. nearly filiform, 



2d joint shorter than 3d : head deflexed : tho. elongate, narrowed behind ; 



max. palpi with the terminal joint ovate-conic, compressed, 

 dxxxviii. Abdera Body elongate-ovate : ant. slightly thickened at the tips, 



2d and 3d joints of equal length : head deflexed : tho. broadest behind : 



max. palpi with the apical joint ovate, 

 dxxxix. Scraptia Body ovate-oblong, soft: ant. filiform, naked, joints short: 



head prominent, deflexed : tho. somewhat orbicular, transverse behind ; 



max. palpi with terminal joint large, hatchet-shaped ; labi. with apical joint 



ob-3-gonate. 

 dxl. Hallomenus Body oblong-ovate, flattish : ant. filiform, stoutish : head 



inflexed : tho. truncate in front, broad behind : palpi nearly filiform, labi. 



with terminal joint minute : tarsi entire, 

 dxli. Orchesia Body elongate-ovate, convex : ant. clavate : head inflexed ; 



eyes elongate : tho. somewhat orbicular, hinder angles acute : max. palpi 



with terminal joint rather hatchet-shaped : legs slender ; hinder tibia: 



short, with 2 long spurs at the apex ; 2 hinder tarsi simple, the anter. with 



penult, joint bilobed. 



533 Mel and ry a Fabricius. 



2576 caraboides L. ii. 602. — Mart. C. pi. 17. f. 58. — Ste. M. v. 34. 



Black; slightly pubescent and shining; thorax flattish, with a small oblong 

 fovea at the base on each side ; elytra bluish, obsoletely sulcated, inter-* 

 stices striated, and thickly rugose punctate ; terminal joint of tarsi and of 

 antenna? dull red. (L. 4-7 1.) Bark of trees : widely distributed : 6. 



2577f canaliculata Fab. i. 164. — Cur. iv. pi. 155. — Ste. M. v. 34 



Black ; slightly pubescent ; thorax with the disc a little raised, with a 

 dorsal furrow, and 2 elongate fovea? at the base; elytra with broad flat 

 sulci, the interstices forming 4 elevated ridges on each; tips of apical joints 

 of tarsi and of antenna? testaceous. (L. 5-6 1.) Old trees: New Forest, 

 ■ear Brockenhurst : 6. 



534 Phloiotrya Stephens. 

 2578 rufipes Gyll. ii. 519. — Ste. M. v. 35. pi. xxiv. f. 4. —Pitchy-brown; 

 slightly pubescent ; thickly punctured ; anterior ridge of thorax and body 

 beneath rusty pitchy ; legs entirely and base of antenna? testaceous, tip of 

 the latter fuscous: elytra sometimes dull testaceous. (L. 4-7 1.) Old 

 oaks : Windsor and New Forests ; Tunbridge Wells : 6. 



(535 Xilita Fabricius.) 



(2579 1 buprestoides Pk. F. i. 249. — Ste. M. v. 36. note. — Ly. heviga- 

 tum Pz. F. xxiv. f. 16. — Pitchy-brown, pubescent; thickly punctured ; 

 antenna? at the base, and the tibiee and tarsi, rusty-brown. (L. 6? 1.) 

 Recorded in mistake as British. ) 



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