Plate XXXIV. fig. 5.
ORDER: Coleoptera. SECTION: Eupoda. FAMILY: Crioceridæ, _Leach_.
GENUS. SAGRA, _Fabricius_. Tenebrio p. _Drury_.
SAGRA FEMORATA. Viridi-ænea, femoribus tibiisque posticis dentatis.
(Long. Corp. 1 unc.)
SYN. Tenebrio femoratus, _Drury_, _App. vol._ 2. _Fabr. Mant._ 1. _p._
66. (Alurnus f.) _Syst. Eleuth._ 2. 26. 1. (Sagra f.) _Herbst. Col._ 7.
266. _t._ 112. _f._ 6. _Weber Obs. Ent. p._ 60. 1.
Tenebrio viridis, _Sulzer Gesch. der Ins. t._ 7. _f._ 8.
HABITAT: (----? _Drury_). India (_Fabricius_).
General colour golden, blueish, green. Head small, flat, and square, with
four palpi. Antennæ black, the two terminal joints being larger and
longer than the rest. Thorax about twice the breadth of the head, and a
third part longer, not cylindrical, but flattish and smooth. Scutellum
small and triangular. Elytra twice the breadth of the thorax, smooth and
margined. Thighs thick and strong, the hinder ones having a short thick
obtuse spine placed near the tips. Posterior tibiæ long, thin, and
grooved underneath, thickest next the tips, where are placed three short
and strong spines, one in the middle, the others on the sides. Tarsi very
flat and brown underneath.
{68}PLATE XXXV.
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