121. Scopolia. 1241 



3. Sc. picla: nigra, ppislomale infcrne argenteo-, 

 superne subrufescenli niicanle; anlcnnis sublinearibus, 

 basi ferrugineo-maculalis; palpis rufescenlibus; abdomine 

 ulriuque macula basali, fcmoribusque, rufis; alis fusce- 

 scenlibus, squamis flavidis. ^? (Long. circiter 2 lin,). 



Wahlb. in lilt. 14 Sept. 1843. (An Scop. rufipes 

 Meig, Dipl. 1. 252. 8? 'nigra , fomoribus rufescentibus' — 

 Melanophora rufipes Macq. RufF. 2. 1T6. 12?). 



Hab. in Boliiia boreali rarissime;in lloribus Pyrethri 

 inodori ad pagum Bredaker in parcccia OfvcrLulca d. 

 25 Aug. hujus anni (1813) a Ccl. Prof. Wahlherg in 

 unico spccimine forte femineo invenla. 



'^l ''^Melanophora rorali paullo longior, subcylindrica, longius 

 setosa, nitidissima. Vertex declivus, setosus, nitidus, 

 vitta ntedia opaca. Fruns prominens. Bpistoma excavatum, 

 iateribus inferne argenteo-, superne certo situ rufescenti 

 niicans. Vibrissee breves, Setse mystacinee elongatee, An- 

 tennse epistomate paullo breviores, sublineares, articulis 2 

 basalibus apice r.ifescentibus , unde maculse oriuntur ; arti- 

 cuto ultimo oblique truncato ceteris simul sumtis fere lon- 

 giore, seta subnuda, capillan", basi incrassata. Oculi 

 brunnei, nudi , latius remoti. 1'alpi tenues, rufescentes, 

 versus apicem dilatati <& nigricantcs. Thorax & scutellum 

 nigra, nitida, pleuris preesertim albido-niicantibus, Abdo- 

 inen angu.stc conicum , nitidissimum , longe setostim , seg- 

 mento l:n»o lateribus late rufo. Pedes spinosi , nigri , fe- 

 moribus rufis, anticis superne macula apicali nigra, tarsis 

 omnibus crassiusculis. Alee versus costani fusciores, basi 

 subflavicantes , nervo longitudinali 4:to angulatini flexo cum 

 3:tio procul ab exitu ejus juncto, nervo transverso ordina- 

 rio flexo. Squamse flavescentes". JVahlb, 



Obs. An nostra species identica sit cum Scopolia rufipede 

 Macq. & Meig. ob horum Auctorum brevitatem & insuffi- 



