OF rniLADELPniA. 279 



MALACIIIUS Fabr. 



1. M. FLAVILAHRIS. — I'lupli.sli-bluck ; head at tip yellow. 

 Body black, with a .sli>j:lit tinge of purplish, particularly on the 



elytra : head polished deep black between and above the eyes, 

 anterior to which it is bright yellow ; antennae beneath one half 

 the length yellow : anterior pairs of feet yellow, coxae and thighs 

 with a dilated black line ; posterior feet dusky. 



Length to the tip of the elytra more than oue-tcnth ot an 

 inch. 



[Belongs to AnthocomuA ; subsequently described as M. co'ru- 

 leus Randall.— Lkc] [170] 



2. M. PUSILLUS. — Purplish-black ; feet, excepting the poste- 

 rior tibia;, yellow. 



Head polished, black ; antenna; at base yellow; mandibles yel- 

 low, piccous at tip : anterior pairs of feet, excepting the patella, 

 yellow; posterior pair yellow, tibiae and line on the thighs, 

 black. 



Length more than one-twentieth of an inch. 



I received the two insects above described from Dr. J. F. 

 Melsheimcr, under the names I have given to them. 



[Belongs to Ebrcux. — Lec] 



3. M. SCINCETUS. — Pale yellowish ; thoracic disk black. 

 Head yellow, black at base : thorax deep black on the disk, 



each side and basal edge yellow : scute! black ; elytra pale yel- 

 lowish, suture excepting towards the tip blackish : pectus yellow, 

 with a blackish spot each side; postpectus yellow ; lateral and 

 posterior margins black : abdomen black, incisures and lateral 

 edge yellow. 



]jength one-tenth of an inch. 



A common species, remarkable for its pale color. 



[A species oi Anthocomus. — Lec] 



4. M. APICALIS. — Black; thorax sanguineous; feet and tip of 

 the elytra whitish. 



Head black, polished; antennae yellowish : thorax sanguineous, 

 dusky on the anterior margin : elytra black, polished ; a large, 

 rounded, whiti.^h, somewhat hyaline spot occupying the tip: feet 

 and posterior part of the venter pale yellow or whitish. 

 1825.] 



