a Family of Coleopterous Insects. 671 



Long. Corp. lin. o\. Lat. corp. 2^-. 

 In Mus. Soc. Merc. Ind. Orient. 



Corpus latum, depressum, nitidum, hirtum. Caput porrectum, 

 supr^ transversum, piceum, subnitidum, pilosum, sub- 

 punctatum. Oculi mediocres, prominuli, laterales. Os in- 

 flexum ; palpis porrectis, crassis ; maxillaribus piceo-rufis ; 

 labialibus pallidioribus. Antenna raagnae, hirtae, piceo-rufse, 

 articulorum 2 — 9 lateribus subparallelis. Thorax brevis, 

 transversus, planus, capite latior, basi apiceque truncatus, 

 anticfe latior, lateribus dilatatis, rotundatis, obscure rufo- 

 piceus, obsolete punctatus, hirtus, posticfe utrinque subfo- 

 veolatus. Scutellum mediocre, triangulare, piceum. Elytra 

 thorace latiora, et illo quadruple longiora, oblongo-qua- 

 drata, basi e thorace paulo remota, lateribus inflexis, apice 

 subtruncata, abdominis longitudine, supra subdepressa, pi- 

 cea, nitida, singula macuM versus apicem majuscuM irre- 

 gulari (sc. anticfe obtusfe tridentata) fulva, sutura rufe- 

 scenti, basi hirta, nee nisi obsoletissimfe punctata. Corpus 

 subtiis rufo-piceum, nitidum, hirtum. Abdomen piceum. 

 Pedes similes, breves, piceo-rufi, vald^ compressi, femo- 

 ribus tibiisque dilatatis, brevibus, latissimis, subpunctatis, 

 par^im 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, t 



are the irregular form of the spot at the 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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