DESCRIPTION OF PLATE XV. (VOL. III.) 



COLEOPTERA. HISTERIDAE, etc. 



Acriius minor, keel of prosternum in surface view. 

 „ ,, „ prosternum in side view. 



,, ornatiis. 

 „ facilis. 



., kai/aii/isis, keel of prosternum. 

 „ „ wing; (7, length of elytron to same scale. 



„ kukiiiae, base of elytron. 

 „ punctatus, dorsal. 

 ,, „ ventral 



,, sculptus, dorsal. 

 „ ,, ventral. 



„ ,, keel of prosternum. 



„ makiViVeliae, keel of prosternum. 

 ,, ,, elytron. 



„ waianaae, keel of prosternum. 

 ,, basa/is, keel of prosternum. 

 „ siih/iasa/is, pro- and mesosterna. 

 „ eiitretiis. 

 „ lanaiensis. 



„ ,, pro- and mesosterna. 



,, a>ii:;intisteriiii!n. 



„ „ keel of prosternum. 



,, pei-kinsi „ v 



,, „ pionotum. 



„ subalalus, with right elytron removed; «, wing. 

 „ „ wing, more enlarged; a, length of elytron to same scale. 



„ conceiitricus. 

 ,, flavitarsis, ventral. 

 „ ,, pro- and mesosterna. 



„ inso/ifiis, pro-, meso- and metasterna. 

 „ „ keel of prosternum. 



,, parviilus, keel of prosternum. 

 ,, siibiv/i/>idi/s, ventral. 

 „ ,, keel of prosternum. 



,, insular is, dorsal. 

 ,, ,, ventral. 



Bacaniiis atoinarius, pro- and mesosterna, &c. 

 Fallia elongata ; one half of the bent-up hind portion of the metasternum, seen from behind, 



with the coxa in situ: ep, epimeron; es, episternum; ms, metasternum; 



fl, membranous floor of coxal cavity; c, coxa; ir, trochanter; f, femur. 



,, ,, a similar view to the preceding, but on the other side of the body, and with 



the leg entirely removed, showing the empty slot for the co.xa; a, portion 



of the cavity in which the globose distal end of the coxa lies; b, slot for 



the long portion of the coxa. 



N.B. Figures all made with the help of a drawing apparatus. The differences of curvature of the front 

 margins of prosterna (e.g. figs. 23, 32) are not entirely natural, but are due, in part at any 

 rate, to the difficulty of representing curved surfaces by plane figures. 



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