372 BmitU a Sehe : 



Aleochara crassiuscula Sahlbcrg unum spccimcn: varic- 

 ias sculellaris Lucas., frequens; crassu Baudi, rara. 



ccm versus sensim fcre aUcuuafuni, niodicc convcxum, subülissime 

 parce punctulatnm, icnuissime flavo - pubescens; oculis minulis, de- 

 pressis. Antcnnae maris basi tcnucs , articulis iribns primis clon- 

 gato-obconicis, sccundo primo vix, terlio secundo tiienle breviorc, 

 quarto-decimo sensim paullo crassioribus magisque transversis, ultimo 

 subovali, apice obtuse acuminato praecedcntium duorum vix longi- 

 fudinc, arliculis singulis apice longius pllosis; foeminac basi minus 

 gracilcs apicemque versus minus incrassatae, articulo secundo levi- 

 ter obconico, praecedente pauIo breviorc, tcrtio Iriangulariter co- 

 nico, ultimo minus elongato, apice abrupte fere acuminato. Tliorax 

 subquadratus, latitudinc fere longior, basin versus vix angustatus, 

 antice subrotundatim truncalns, angulis anticis leviter declivibus, 

 angustius rolundatis, lateribus fere subrectus, basi latc cum angulis 

 posticis siibarcuatim truncalus, bis rolundatis, utrinque modice con- 

 vexus, dorso, basin versus praecipue, longitudinaliler depressus, de- 

 pressioue, gemina interdum, ante basin transverse terminata, parum 

 dense sublilissime punctulatus, densius longiusque flavo -pubescens. 

 Elytra Ihorace dimidio fere breviora eoque vix latiora, subparallela, 

 depressa, maris fortius crebriusque, foeminae subtilius et minus cre- 

 bre granuloso-punctata, minus dense pubescentia. Abdomen maris 

 parallelum, foeminae basin versus vix angustatum, depressiusculum, 

 segmcntis primis parce punctulatis basique transvcrsini subimpres- 

 sis, ultimis planis, sublaevigatis, teslaceum, segmentis quarto quinlo- 

 que basi leviter infuscatis. Corpus infra cum pedibus flavo-testaceum. 



In montibus Apenninis sub fagi fragmentis inter folias deciduas 

 marcescentibus haud procul a nive quacdam specimina inveni. 



Ijcptusa Simplex in.: Linearis, nitida^ testacea, capile ab- 

 dominis(jHie segmentis intermediis infuscatis, illo Ihoracetjue subo7'- 

 bictdato parce subtilissimeqtie, elytris hoc triente brevioribus, ad scti- 

 telhim tumididis, crcbre dislinctiusqne, abdomine nitidiore disperse 

 pnnctatis. — Long. | circifcr lin. 



Mas tborace plerumque latiorc, elytris basi suturam sccus magis 

 tumidulis, disco transversim oblique impressis. 



L. Pandellci babitu quoque tboracisquc praecipue structura 

 valde affinis, at gracilior, magis parallela; praccedenti valdc proxima, 

 at convcxior^, paulo minor, tborace breviorc, subtilius parciusque 

 pnnctato elylrisquc longioribus disccdit; flavo -tcstacea vol tcstacca 



