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67. 

 AGRILUS CHRYSEIS. 



Order Coleoptera. Fam. Buprestidae Z/^ac^. SternoxiZa^ 



Type of the Genus Buprestis viridis Linn. 



Agkilus Megerle. Buprestis Linn., Fab., Lat., Leach, 8;c. 



Antennce inserted in a cavity between the eyes, close to the base 

 of the clypeus, serrated in both sexes, 1 1 -jointed, 1 st joint rather 

 short, bent at its base, 2nd and 3rd short, nearly of equal length, 

 4th slightly, 5th and following very much produced on the in- 

 ternal edge (fig. 6). 



Lahrum exserted, quadrate, slightly emarginate, scarcely ci- 

 liated (1), 



Mandibles large in proportion to the rest of the mouth, trian- 

 gular, thick, somewhat acute (2). 



Maxillce membranaceous, hairy, bilobed, internal lobe small : 

 PaZpi 4-jointed, 1st joint minute, 2nd somewhat long, clavate, 

 3rd short, 4th the longest, ovate, truncate (3), 

 Mentum triangular : Palpi apparently only 2-jointed, 1st joint 

 short, 2nd long, conical : Lip projecting as far as the Palpi, 

 acuminated, ciliated (4). 

 Head very retuse. Thorax cylindric, nearly quadrate, posterior margin 

 sinuated, produced in the centre, applied to the base of the elytra ; 

 having a mucronated process between the anterior pair of legs. Scu- 

 tellum transverse, posterior margin rounded. Elytra very long, su- 

 bulated, slightly serrated at the apex. Wings 2. Abdomen thick, 

 not formed for leaping. Feet not very short. Tarsi 5-jointed, 3rd 

 joint considerably dilated, 4th bilobed, oth cylindric with simple claws 

 (5 afore leg). 



Chryseis Zeigler. 



Golden purple above, beneath metallic with a blackish tinge, 

 pubescent. Head finely and irregularly channelled longitudinally 

 on the crown. Thorax finely and irregularly punctured and 

 channelled transversely, the anterior margin slightly elevated, a 

 fovea in the centre near the posterior margin, and an impression 

 on each side. Elytra thickly and minutely punctured, having a 

 scabrous appearance, with a few short bristles at the apex. An- 

 tennae and legs aeneous black. Eyes brownish black. 



In the Cabinets of Mr, Stone and Mr. Griesbach. 



In a former part of this work the arrangement of the exten- 

 sive genus Buprestis was alluded to ; and through the kind- 

 ness of my friend W. S. MacLeay, Esq. I am now enabled to 



