88 Genus 2. — ßRUCflüS. 



Ijrunnea, siepe maculis niyris vcl fuscis, plus niinusve conjflueu- 

 tibus, notafa, undique tomento fusco-fiilvescente, {jrisooque varic- 

 ;;ata, tlioracis tlorso punctis duohus albidis pleninique notato. 

 Pyjjidium in disco, inteidum ttiam abdonien subtus in medio, 

 infuscatum; indunientum prcCterea pygidii pagina;que inferiori 

 plcrumque uia^'is fulvescens, nitidius. 



Obs. A Bruclio vesiko, cui satts propinquus, differt pra3cipuc 

 ornlls nuilto magis prominulis, signatiiiis fasciaribus fuscis elytro- 

 riini deficientibiis, (horace magis ampliato, etc. — Fiis. 



* 143. U. LüTi. PayktiU. 



Ovatus, nhjer, temie griseo-pubescens, ore, antennarum basi pedibus- 

 que anticis rufo-testaceis ; thorace confcrtim ruyoso-pinictato; fe- 

 moribus posticis valkle unidentatis. 



Syn. vidi' IIvj. op. I. p. 67. 65. 



Sahlb. Ins. Fenn. IL I. p. 5. 3. 



Latr. Ilist. nat. des Cr. et des Ins. XI. p. 44- 4- 



SxEPn. Brit. Ent. IV. p. 2i4- 4- 



Patria : Suecia, Borussia, Finlandia. 



Bntctio cjranaiio plus duplo minor. Caput deflexuni, nigrurn , 

 opacum, crebre rujjoso-punctatum, tenuiter pubescens, inter 

 antennas transversim impressum,ore obscure testaceo; oculi lunati, 

 prominuli, nigri. Antenna? dimidio corporis pauIo breviores, ar- 

 ticulis quafuor baseos tcnuioribus, rufo-tostaceis, sequentibus cras- 

 sioribus, atris, ultimo ovato, oblique sub-acumiuato. Thorax bre- 

 ■vis, transversus,antice angustior, sub-truncatus, angulis dcfle.xis, 

 lateribus anipliatus, ante basin nonnibil sinuatus , angulis baseos 

 acuminatis, postice bi-sinuatus, lobo medio obtuse rotundato ; supra 

 niodice convexus, nigcr, crebre subtiliter rugoso-punctatus, pube 

 tenui depressa, cinerea, undique asqualiter obduclus. Scutellum 

 minutum, sub-quadratum, densius griseo-pubescens. Elytra antice 

 thoracis basi parum latiora, lateribus mox ampliata pone medium 

 iterum angustata, postice singulalim obtuse rotundata ; supra parum 

 convexa, nigra, regulariter punctato-striata, intorstitiis subtiliter 

 coriaceis, pubesimili ac thorax adspersa.Pygidium sub-triangulare, 

 nigrum, tenuiter griseo-pubescens, immaculatum. Corpus subtus 

 nigrum,subtilissime punclulatum, pube densiore sericca vcstitum. 



