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red-fuscous or blackish, pubescent ; thorax shout, trans- 

 verse, anterior margin nearly strait ; feet and base of 

 the antennae reddish, 



Elodea Juaceacena. Latreille. 



Inhabits France, in Petit Gcntilli near Paris. 



Genus LXIV. Scirtes. Illigcr. 



Cyphon. Pay kul I, Fabricius. 



Elodes. Latreille. 



Chrysomela. Linn. Marsham. 



Maxillary palpi filiform, the last joint somewhat cy- 

 lindric ; labial palpi, bifurcate. Body ovate, inclining 

 to round, convex. Feet, with their tibiae, terminated 

 with a strong spine. Hinder thighs thickened and form- 

 ed for leaping. 



Sfi. 1. Hemisfiherica. Black, smooth; thorax short, 

 transverse, anterior margin somewhat concave ; tibiae, 

 tarsi, and base of the antennae, pale fuscous. 



CyfiAon hamisfiharicus. Fabr. Payk. 



Jilodea hemiafiharica. Latreille. 



Chryaomela htemisfih erica. Marsham, Linn. ? 



Inhabits France, England, and Sweden. 



Genus LXV, Cupes. Fabricius, Latreille. 



Palpi equal, the last joint truncate ; maxillary palpi 

 with their joints thick. Antennae, cylindric, simple. 

 Maxillae, with a double process, the external linear, 

 internal small. Mandibulae with their points notched. 

 Lip bifid. Body linear, solid, rigid. Feet short. 



Sfi. 1. Cafiitata. Obscure fuscous, head unequal, red- 

 dish-yellow. 



Cufies cafiitata. Fabr. Latr. Gen. Cruat. et Lis. 1. 

 .255. tab. 8. fig. 2. 



Genus LXVI. Dhilus. Oliv. Lam. Latr. 



Ptiunls. Fabr. Geoffroy. 



Cantharis. Marsham. 



Maxillary palpi with their apex acute; labial short, 

 somewhat cylindric. Antennae with their internal edge 

 pectinated. Maxillae with one process. Mandibles notch- 

 ed at their points Body soft, anteriorly arcuate, inflexed. 



Sfi. I. Flaveacena Black, pubescent, elytra yellowish. 



Drylua Jlaveacens. Oliv. Latr. 



Cantharia aerraticornia. Marsham. 



Inhabits Europe. Is found in Darent Wood, Kent, 

 amongst grass, in tolerable abundance. 



Genus LXVIT. Lycus. Fabr. Oliv. Lam. 



Cantharis. Linn. 



Lampyi.is. Geoff. Marsh. 



Mandibles with their entire end pointed. Antenna; 

 compressed, more or less seriate, inserted near each 

 other. Palpi of the maxillae, with the last joint some- 

 what triangular, having their points broader. Head, 

 with the mouth produced into a kind of rostrum. Max- 

 illae with one process. Elytra nearly of equal breadth. 

 Thorax somewhat quadrate, the anterior margin trans- 

 verse, strait. 



Sfi. 1. Minutua. Elytra with four elevated lines; 

 thorax black, with the margins much elevated; last 

 joint of the antennae reddish. 



Lycua Minufus. Gyllenhall. 



Lamfiyris fiucilla. Marsham. 



Inhabits Sweden, Germany, and England, in oak 

 trunks. It is certainly De Geer's Lamfiyre rouge a) 

 corselet tout noir. Vol. iv. p. 46 



Genus LXVIII. Omai.isus. Geoff. Oliv. Fabr. Lam. 



Mandibles with their apex pointed and entire. An- 

 tennae approximate, the joints cylindric-conic ; the se- 

 cond and third smallest. Maxillary palpi with the last 

 joint cylindric-ovate, apex truncate. Head exserted. 

 Maxillae with one process. Thorax nearly quadrate, a 



little narrower before, the hinder angles produced and 

 sharp. Body hard. 



Sfi. 1. Suturalia, black ; thorax with a double excava-, 

 tion or fossula behind; elytra blood-red, with the su» 

 ture black, deeply punctate-striate. 



Omaliaus suturalia. Oliv. Fabr. Latr. 



Inhabits Germany. 



Genus LXIX. Lampyris. Linn. Geoff. De Geer, 

 Fabr. Oliv. Lam. 



Mandibles pointed at their tips, sharp, and entire. 

 Antennae approximate, the joints cylindric and com- 

 pressed, the third of the same length as the following 

 joints, the second small. Head concealed by the tho- 

 rax. Mouth small. Maxillae with a double process. 

 Maxillary palpi with the last joint triangular-ovate, 

 compressed, the apex acute. Eyes very large. Body 

 soft, of the male, with elytra and wings ; of the female, 

 apterous. Thorax semicircular. 



Sfi. 1 . Sfiendiduta. Oblong-brown ; margin of the tho- 

 rax livid-yellow, anteriorly with a transparent spot on 

 each side ; abdomen with the margins of the segments, 

 anus and feet yellowish ; breast reddish. 



JLamfiyria afiendidula. Linn. Latr. 



Inhabits Europe ; has never been found in Britain. 



Genus LXX. Telephorus. -Schaef. De Geer, 

 Oliv. Lam. Latr. 



Cantharis, Linn. Fabr. Marsh. Gyll. 



Mandibles, with their apex acute and entire. An- 

 tennae distant. Joints cylindric, elongate. Maxilla: 

 bifid. Body soft. Palpi, with their last joint securi- 

 form. Elytra, the length of the abdomen. 



Sfi. 1. Fuacus. Cinereous-black, mouth, base of an- 

 tennae, thorax, back of the abdomen, sides of the bel- 

 ly and anus, red ; thorax with a black spot. 



Cantharis fuaca. Linn. Fabr. 



Telefihorus fuseua. Latr. 



Inhabits Europe in the spring and beginning of the 

 summer. 



Genus LXXI. Malthinus. Latreille. 



Cantharis Linn. Fabr. Marsh. 



Telephorus. Oliv. De Geer. 



Antennae distant, joints elongate, cylindric. Maxil- 

 la; bifid. Mandibles with their points entire, and very 

 sharp. Body soft. Palpi with their last joint ovate, 

 acute. Elytra shorter than the abdomen. Head atte- 

 nuated behind more or less. 



Sfi. 1. Rujicollis. Head not very much attenuated 

 behind; thorax not broader than long, distinctly mar- 

 gined behind ; body blackish ; head black"; the two 

 first joints of the antennae and thorax red; elytra with 

 some obsolete striae towards the suture, the apex and 

 two pectoral spots yellow ; base of the feet, anterior 

 thighs, and tibiae, and knees of the middle feet, fuscous ; 

 middle of the anus reddish. 



Malthinus ruficollis. Latr. 



Inhabits France. 



Sfi. 2. Marginatus. Head but little attenuated be- 

 hind ; thorax broader than long, margined all round; 

 body blackish; basexff the antennae, whole margin of 

 the thorax, and two pectoral spots, red-yellow ; elytra 

 somewhat smooth, yellow at their points ; base of the 

 feet and knees pale ; abdomen with the sides and mar- 

 gins of the segments red-yellowish. 



Cantharis biguttata. Panzer. 



Inhabits France and Germany. 



Sfi. 3. Flavus. Head much attenuated behind; tho- 

 rax not broader than long, margined nearly all round, 

 the middle longitudinally impressed; body yellowish; 

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