PLATE XLVI. 



Athysanus soedidus. (Page 29.) 



Fig. 1. — The female, with its pale elytra. 

 Fig. 1 a. — The more robust male, with its darker 

 elytra and spotted pronotum. 



Athysanus melanopsis. (Page 30.) 



Fig. 2a. — Female, with its shining elytra and black 

 frons. 



Athysanus brevipennis. (Page 31.) 



Fig. 3. — Imago, with its rudimentary elytra and 

 aborted wings. 



Fig. 3 a. — Male, with the genital valves dilated. 



Fig. 3 6. — Elytron showing the undeveloped con- 

 dition of the neuration. 



Fig. 3 c. — Part of the eye and the frons, showing 

 the insertion of the antenna. 



Fig. 4. — The male pygofer of Athysanis communis, 

 with the aperture containing the cauda and style, and 

 below these are seen the ciliated genital plates. 



Fig. 4 a. — Pygofer of A. communis viewed from 

 behind. 



Fig. 5. — Male pygofer of A. Sahlbergi. Dorsal 

 aspect. 



Fig. 6. — Hind tarsus of A. ohsoletus, showing the 

 peculiar articulation of the three joints, with their 

 delicate connecting membranes. 



Fig. 2. — Male of A. ohsoletus, called A. piceiis. 



