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XL  Charactei's  and  Descriptions  of  several  New  Genera  and  Species  of  Coleopterous 
Insects.    By  the  Rev.  F.  W.  Hope,  AM.,  F.L.S.  ^  Z.8. 
Communicated  May  28,  1833. 
Ordo.  COLEOPTERA,  Linn. 
Sectio.  PENTAMERA,  Lat. 
Stirps.  Geodephaga,  MacLeay. 
Fam.  Brachinid^,  MacLeay. 
Subfam.  Lebiides. 
Genus  Aploa^ 
Corpus  depressum. 
Mentum  in  medio  edentulum. 
Palpi  subcylindrici. 
Thorax  margine  postico  recto. 
Tarsi  baud  dilatati,  unguibus  simplicibus. 
Antenna  1  l-articulatse,  articulo  prime  crasso,  secundo  minimo,  tertio  priores  duos 
longitudine  sequante,  reliquis  longitudine  sequalibus.  Palpi  maxillares  externi 
4-articulati,  articulo  ultimo  subcylindrico,  simplici :  labiales  articulo  ultimo  elon- 
gato,  subcylindrico,  ad  apicem  truncato.  MandibulcE  elongato-trigonse,  dentibus 
nonnullis  minutis  in  medio  armatse.  Labrum  transversum,  subemarginatum, 
ciliatum.  Mentum  transversum,  angulis  acutis  porrectis,  dente  medio  nullo. 
Caput  ovale,  oculis  magnis  prominentibus.  Thorax  cordato-truncatus,  subconvexus, 
antice  capite  latior,  margine  postico  recto.  Corpus  latum,  depressum.  Elytra 
abdomine  breviora,  abrupt^  truncata,  thorace  multo  latiora.  Pedes  simplices. 
TibicB  anticse  emarginatse.  Tarsi  articulo  primo  majore,  duobus  proximis  sequa- 
libus,  quarto  minore,  quinto  basalem  longitudine  sequante.    Ungues  simplices. 
The  insect  upon  which  I  have  established  this  genus  belongs  to  a  group  which  I 
have  termed  Lebiides.    The  generic  appellation  of  Aploa  is  derived  from  the  simplicity 
VOL.  I,  PART  II. 
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