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MODERN SYSTEM. 
Fam. V. Buprestiadje. Leach. 
Mandibles with their extremities entire : antenna filiform or setaceous* 
often pectinated or serrated : body convex. 
1. Palpi filiform. 
Genus 6.5. BUPRESTIS. Linn., Fnbr., Latr., Marsh., Leach. 
Antenna filiform, serrated in both sexes : thorax with the hinder mar- 
gin applied to the base of the elytra : body cylindric linear. 
Sp. 1. Bap. blgutlata. Green above, blue-green beneath; scutellum 
transversely impressed : apex of the elytra serrated ; a white villose 
spot on each side of the suture, and three on the sides of the ab- 
domen. 
Buprestis biguttata. Fabr., Oliv., Marsh., Latr., Leach. 
Inhabits France and Germany. In England it is very rare. 
Sp. 2. Bup. viridis. (PL 3. fig. 9. a. antenna: magnified.) 
Inhabits the birch and nut-tree. 
Genus 66. TRACHYS. Fubr., Gyll., Leach. 
Antenna: serrated and filiform : thorax with the hinder margin lobed 
and applied to the base of the elytra ; scutellum obsolete : body short, 
ovate or triangular. 
Sp. 1. Tra. minuta. Coppery-brown above; front impressed: elytra 
with slightly elevated spaces and transverse undulating bands of 
white hair. 
Buprestis minuta. Linn., Marsh., Latr. Trachys minuta. Gyll., Fair., 
Leach. 
Inhabits the birch and nut-tree in June and July. 
Genus 67. AP1IANISTICTJS. Lair., Leach. 
Antenna massive. 
Sp. 1. Aph. emarginatus. Latr., Leach. 
Buprestis emarginatus. F ubr. 
Inhabits France and England. 
II. Palpi terminated by a thick joint. 
Genus 68. MELASIS. Oliv., Fabr., Latr., Leach. Elate r. Linn. 
Tarsi with entire joints. 
Sp. 1. Mel.flabelticaruis. Obscure blackish : antenna’, tibire, and tarsi 
red-brown: head punctate ; thorax rough, with elevated punctures, 
having an impressed dorsal line : elytra finely ntgnlose and striated. 
Elater buprestoides. Linn. Melasis fiabellicornis. Oliv., Panz., Fabr., 
Leach. Melasis buprestoides. Lair. 
Inhabits Germany ami the south of France. In England it has been 
once taken by Mr. .1. Curtis, of Norwich, an excellent artist and an 
industrious entomologist; and several times near Windsor, where if 
was first observed by Mr. Ilerschel. 
