a Family of Coleopterous Insects. 671 
Long. corp. lin. 51. Lat. corp. 21. 
In Mus. Soc. Merc. Ind. Orient. 
Corpus latum, depressum, nitidum, hirtum. Caput porrectum, 
suprà transversum, piceum, subnitidum, pilosum, sub- 
punctatum. Oculi mediocres, prominuli, laterales. Os in- 
flexum ; palpis porrectis, crassis; mazillaribus piceo-rufis ; 
labialibus pallidioribus. Antenne magne, hirtz, piceo-rufe, 
articulorum 2—9 lateribus subparallelis. Thorax brevis, 
transversus, planus, capite latior, basi apiceque truncatus, 
antice latior, lateribus dilatatis, rotundatis, obscure rufo- 
piceus, obsolete punctatus, hirtus, postice utrinque subfo- 
veolatus. Scutellum mediocre, triangulare, piceum. Elytra 
thorace latiora, et illo quadrupló longiora, oblongo-qua- 
drata, basi e thorace pauló remota, lateribus inflexis, apice 
subtruncata, abdominis longitudine, suprà subdepressa, pi- 
cea, nitida, singula maculé versus apicem majusculà irre- 
gulari (sc. antice obtuse tridentata) fulva, sutura rufe- 
scenti, basi hirta, nec nisi obsoletissimé punctata. Corpus 
subtüs rufo-piceum, nitidum, hirtum. Abdomen piceum. 
Pedes similes, breves, piceo-rufi, valdé compressi, femo- 
ribus tibiisque dilatatis, brevibus, latissimis, subpunctatis, 
parüm hirtis, tibiis intra femora retractilibus. Tarsi rufo- 
picei, breves, ciliati, intra tibiarum apices excavatos re- 
tractilibus. 
The chief characters in which the insect last described appears 
to disagree with the original description and figure of C. latipes, 
are the irregular form of the spot at thé apex of the elytra, the 
apparently slight increase in the length of the legs, and in the 
suture being rufescent, and the apex of the elytra piceous. 
These differences may, however, be considered merely as 
apparent, since Swederus, as above observed, is not explicit 
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