254 Descriptions of some new species of 
ticulatis, filiformibus, articulo Imo minuto vix distinguendo ; 2do 
reliquis longiori, duobus ultimis parvis subaequalibus : labrum trans- 
verse subquadratum, margine antico ciliato fere recto: mentum 
punctatum, transversum, antice truncatum, lateribus rotundatis, 
membrana transversa antice instructum : labium porrectum, mem- 
branaceum, ciliatum,palpislabialibus brevibus, filiformibus, articulis 
3tiis subsequalibus : antennae cyanese/articulo 2do minori, 3tio et 4to 
oblongis, 4to obtrigono, reliquis acute et interne productis : thorax 
(seu pronetum) transverso-quadratus, antice quam postice paulo 
augustior, lateribus rotundatis, margineque postico trilobato, testa- 
ceus, punctatus, linea longitudinali dorsali, maculisque duobus luna- 
tis, lateribus cyaneo-nigris : scutellum parvum, transverse cordatum: 
elytra elongata, parallela, thorace latiora, costata, et pone media 
paulo dilatata, lobo utrinque in partem thoracis postice inciso 
porrecto, munito e quo costse tres producuntur, costis duobus alte- 
ris lateralibus ; punctatissima et lineis 8 punctorum majorum, cos- 
tas marginantibus elytrorum, apex fere rotundatus, dente parvo, 
utrinque versus suturam, et coloris cyanei, qui in suturse dimidium 
extenditur : pedes graciles, nigro-cyanei, femoribus anticis in me- 
dio fulvis, tarsis dilatatis, articulo 4to cordato, et articulum ultimum 
versus basin ejus emittenti : prothorax subtus fulvus, in medio com- 
planatus, et in metasterno (antice bifido,) postice receptus ; mezo- 
sternum, metasternum, coxa postice et abdomen viridi cserulea, ni- 
tidissima punctata, abdomen 5-articulatum, articulis trans versis fere 
aequalibusj ungues simplices versus basin, subtus paulo angulati. 
The appearance of this beautiful species of Bupestris does not at 
all coincide with that of the family to which it belongs, its opaque 
costated elytra, rich fulvous colour and pectinated antennae, giving 
to it much more the character of an Elater or Lycus. 
The characters upon which the recently established genera of this 
family have been constructed, are in many cases so slight, that I 
cannot ascertain to which of them the insect in question belongs ; 
indeed, I should rather suppose that it will constitute a distinct form 
in the family. 
The presence of a scutellum places this insect in Solier's second 
division. From Chalcophora Bupestris and Polycesta it differs in 
the posteriorly lobed thorax, and hence it must belong to the second 
subdivision, approaching nearest to Colobogaster, Sphenoptera, and 
Paecilonota, but differing from all these in various parts of the mouth. 
(APROSTERNI.) Fam. CEBRIONID.E. 
CLADOTOMA, genus novum. 
Corpus ovatum, subsericeum : caput parvum, deflexum., sub tho- 
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