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HILAROTES MANNERHEIMI (Mannerheim) 



AncylocJieira mannerJieimii Dejean, Cat. Coleopt., 2 ed., 1833, p. 78; 3 ed., 



1836, p. 88. (No description). 

 Buprestis mannerheimii Mannerheim, Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou, vol. 



10, no. 8, 1837, pp. 60-07.— Gory. Mon. Bupr., Suppl., vol. 4, 1840, 



pp. 121-122, pi. 21, fig. 119. 

 Hilarotes mannerheimi Kerremans, Mon. Bupr., vol. 3. 1909, pp. 428-429. 

 Buprestis inaequaUs Mannerheim (in litt.). 



The following is a translation of Mannerheim's original descrip- 

 tion : 



Greenish-bronzy, antennae black; femora violaceous at tip; head 

 rugosely punctate; thorax dilated at base; above uneven, deeply 

 canaliculate and rugosely punctate; elytra striate, uneven, the inter- 

 stice punctate, and the alternate ones feebly elevated. 



Var, h. Violaceous-aeneous, marked with greenish-bronzy; elytra 

 greenish-bronzy lineate; legs greenish-bronzy, the femora at apex 

 and tarsi violaceous. 



Island St. Domingo, collected by Mr. Jaeger. 



Length, 8 lines; width, 3 lines. 



Head strongly rugosely punctate, front deplanate. Antemiae black, 

 and slightly shorter than the head and thorax. Thorax scarcely 

 longer than the width in front, and at the base almost two times 

 wider, and here as at the apex bisinuate; sides feebly constricted 

 behind the middle, and thence dilated, posterior angles acute and 

 rather prominent ; above deeply rugosely punctate, very uneven, and 

 throughout the entire length deeply and broadly canaliculate. Scu- 

 tellum small, orbicular, and smooth. Elytra at base much broader 

 than thorax, nearly four times as long as the thorax, and gradually 

 attenuate posteriorly; apex subemarginate, and dentate on the inside; 

 sides margined, the margin ending in an acute tooth a little before 

 the apex; above very uneven, at the humeri deeply foveate, striate; 

 interstice irregularly punctate, the alternate ones feebly elevated. 

 Body beneath and legs deeply punctate, thepunctures here and there 

 rugose. 



This name was first used by Dejean (1833) for a specimen in his 

 collection from Santo Domingo under the name inaequaUs Man- 

 nerheim, (which wasM manuscript name) without giving a descrip- 

 tion of the species. Mannerheim (1837) described the species, using 

 the same name as listed in the Dejean Catalogue. The species is 

 very rare in collection, as Gor}^ made his figure from the specimen 

 in the Dejean Collection, and the species was unknown to Kerre- 

 mans. No specimens have been seen which agree with the descrip- 

 tion, and the species is included in the key from the characters 

 given in the original description. 



