American entomology, or, Descriptions of the insects of North America : illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature . yjr/tn-ti /!• /..: a« Ariijrmri/ /v BUPRESTIS. GENERIC CHARACTER. Body firm; head vertically inserted in thethorax to the eyes; antennae short, filiform, ser-rated ; palpi very short, filiform, or hut slightlyenlarged towards the tip; mandihles entire attip; maxillae bifid at the extremity; thorax w^ithits posterior edge applied to the base of theelytra, the posterior angles not elongated; ante-rior margin of the pectus adv
American entomology, or, Descriptions of the insects of North America : illustrated by coloured figures from original drawings executed from nature . yjr/tn-ti /!• /..: a« Ariijrmri/ /v BUPRESTIS. GENERIC CHARACTER. Body firm; head vertically inserted in thethorax to the eyes; antennae short, filiform, ser-rated ; palpi very short, filiform, or hut slightlyenlarged towards the tip; mandihles entire attip; maxillae bifid at the extremity; thorax w^ithits posterior edge applied to the base of theelytra, the posterior angles not elongated; ante-rior margin of the pectus advanced tov^^ards themouth, its opposite extremity elongated in theform of a horn, vs^hich is received into a sinus ofthe postpectus, and is not concealed in it; feetshort, tarsi dilated, somewhat triangular, thepenultimate one bilobated. OBSERVATIONS. A large and very natural assemblage of insects,remaining at the present day, nearly as it wasfounded by Linne. A few of his smaller specieshave been separated from it, by Fabricius, underthe name of Trachys, chiefly distinguished by PLATE xxvi. the shorter, more dilated, and sub-triangular form
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