ATHYSANUS. 343 



Division ATHYSANUSARIA. 



Athvsaniiii, Van Duzee (part.), 7V. Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 299 

 (i892j. 



" Elytra with a series (generally three) of anteapical areoles. 

 Outer branch of the first sector of the elytra with two forks 

 evident." {Van Duzee.) 



Vertex only half as long, or less than half as long, as breadth 

 between eyes ; face not longer than broad at base. 



Synopsis of Genera. 



A. Teginina longer than abdomen, apically 



narrowed to a more or less acute point, 

 mostly reticulated with ramose, fine 

 brown pigment Phlepsii'S, p. o4f5. 



B. Tegmiua short, seldom exceeding the 



abdomen in length, broadly rounded at 

 apices, neither reticulated nor ramosely 

 shaded with brown Athysanvs, p. 343. 



Genus ATHYSANUS. 



Athvsanus, Bunn. Gen. Ins, i, t. xiv, subg. 2 (1840) : Eihv. Tr. 

 E. S. 188S, p. 3o ; Van Duzee, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. xix, p. 299 

 (1892) ; Melich. Horn. Faun. Ceylon, p. 182 (1903). 



Type, A. argentatus, Fabr., a Palsearctic species. 



Distribution. Generally distributed. 



" Body robust, somewhat rounded at the sides ; head with the 

 eyes somewhat wider than the pronotum, obtuse in front, croun 

 obtusely produced, convex above, ocelli near the eyes ; frons wide, 

 somewhat convex ; clypeus wide, its base distinctly wider than 

 the base of the lora ; cheeks wide, reaching to the apex of the 

 clypeus ; pronotum short, transverse, its sides not or only faintly 

 margined ; elytra subcoriaceous, not overlapping at the apex, 

 sides slightly rounded ; five subapical areas, appendix wanting 

 or extremely narrow, generally somewhat or even mucJi shorter 

 than the abdomen, with very short apical areas, but occasionally 

 longer than the abdomen, with the apical areas fully developed, 

 in which case the elytra overlap somewhat at the apex, owing 

 to the development of the appendix; wings frequently much 

 abbreviated." (Edivards.) 



" Elytra short without an appendix, rarely exceeding the 

 abdomen in length ; front broad, width at the ocelli and the 

 length equal, or the former the greater ; vertex convex, more or 

 kss angled before, or prominent and tumid with the apex and 

 edge rounded." ( Van Duzee.) 



