122 |. The Rev. Wa. Kırzy on a new Order of. Insects. 
Fig. 12, Ditto viewed laterally. a. The first joint of the stipes. 
b. The second. cc. Part of the two branches. 
13. Antenna of Gyrinus natator, which is likewise bipartite. 
a. The stipes embedded in the head. b. A shorter exterior 
auriform branch ciliated with hairs, intended probably 
to shelter the inner branch. c. The inner branch or 
|» genuine antenne. > — 
. 14. 15. The four last segments of the abdomen of Xenos 
Peckü. a. Podex: ES The reflexed style. so 
16. The trunk of Buprestis vittata after the thoracic shield 
is taken away. e inserted in this plate to explain 
the corresponding parts in the trunk of Xenos. a. Dor- 
solum. b. Scu ellum? c. Postscutellum. d d. Lumbi. 
. e. Interlumbium. f. Postlumbium. g. Nates..h. Posterior 
. cavity of the trunk. 
17. Pupa of Stylops Melitte after it had been some time 
extracted. 
18. Head and Neck of ditto. aa. Eye-covers. 
NB. This plate is defecti C in | giving no figures of the under 
side of the anterior part of the trunk; but this could not be 
done with accuracy without partly döstroying the specimens. 
sos. 
