300 



apical two joints blackish, the others fulvoiis; thorax twieo as 

 broad as long, narrowed anteriorlv, the sides nearly straight, 

 posterior margin n(»t produced at the niiddle. nearly evenlv 

 rounded, the surface strongly and remotely punctured, the punctures 

 extending to the sides; elytra oblong, deeply punctate-striate, 

 the interslices flat, except near the lateral margins, minutely 

 punetured. 



The sniall size of this species and the dilVerently shaped 

 clypeus, together m ith the sculpture of the thorax, the punctures 

 of which extend to the margins, distinguishes it. 



Menius semipiceus sp. n. 



Obscure aeneous, the abdomen piceous or dark fulvous, the 

 antennae and legs flavous, thorax strongly transverse, distinctly 

 and semiremotely punctured; elytra strongly punctate-striate, the 

 interstices very feebly convex, femora with a small tooth. 



Length 4 mill. 



Head entirely aeneous or fulvous with aeneous gloss, very 

 finely and remotely punetured, with a short central groove, 

 clypeus separated from the face by an obHquely shaped depression, 

 wedge-shaped, not more strongly punetured than the head, 

 antennae rather long and slender, flavous, the basal Joint short 

 and stout, the second nearly as long as the third Joint but thieker, 

 terminal joints slightly thickened, more or less stained with 

 fuscous; thorax nearly three times broader than long, the sides 

 feebly rounded, with a narrow reflexed margin, posterior margin 

 oblique at the sides, the median lobe short and straight, the 

 surface rather strongly but not very elosely punetured, the sides 

 near the margins nearly impunctate; elytra as wide at the base 

 as the thorax, with strong and elosely punetured Striae, those 

 below the Shoulders as usual. abbreviated anteriorlv, the punctuation 

 near the apex much finer; the breast aeneous, the abdomen 

 fulvous, legs flavous, the knees sometimes piceous; prosternum 

 broad, narrowed at the base, the margins raised. 



Stett. entomol. Zeit. 1903. 



