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262. 

 APHANISTICUS PUSILLUS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Buprestidae Leach. — Sternoxi Lat. 



Type of the Genus Buprestis pusilla Oliv. 



Aphanisticus Lat., Leach., Sam. — Buprestis Fab., Oliv., Gijll. 



Antennce inserted under the eyes, clavate, 11 -jointed, basal joint 

 robust oblong and curved at the base, 2nd globose, 5 following 

 slender, of equal length, obovate, the remainder forming a ser- 

 rated club, the 8th joint being obtrigonate, the 9th and 1 0th 

 transverse, being produced on the inside, 1 1th oblique ovate (6), 

 Labrum pocket-shaped^ anterior margin ciliated (1). 

 Mandibles trigonate, acute (2). 



Maxilla; terminated by a large rounded and ciliated lobe with a 

 very minute one on the internal side. Palpi small, 4-jointed, 

 basal joint very minute, 2nd appearing the longest, clavate trun- 

 cate, 3rd short subquadrate, 4th pear-shaped (3). 

 Mentum transverse oval. Labium and Palpi undiscovered (4). 

 Trophi on the underside of the Head, which is subglobosc and emargi- 

 nate with a deep channel in front. Eyes small round, placed at the 

 anterior angles of the head, not lateral. Thorax subquadrate, nar- 

 rowed before, posterior margin slightly lobed in the centre. Scutel- 

 lum minute. Elytra narrow, emarginate on the outside towards the 

 base, each being rounded at the apex. Wings not longer than the 

 body. Legs very similar. Thighs very robust, suhovate. Tibiae short 

 and stout. Tarsi 5-jointed, basal joint the smallest, the 3 following 

 with the membranous margin increasing in size, the 4th being the 

 largest and cordiform, 5th not extending beyond the 4th, slender and 

 terminated by a single Claw (5, afore leg). 



PusiLLUS Oliv. V.2. tab. 12. /. ]33.— Grjll. 1. 460. 20.— emarginatus 

 Fall., Leach., Sam. 



Black with an seneous tinge, shining, appearing granulated under 

 a very high power. Head and thorax variolose, the latter with 

 a transverse impression before and another beyond the middle, 

 the sides margined. — Elytra uneven at the base with several 

 rows of large but not well defined punctures. 



In the Author's and other Cabinets. 



