iy6 Cnjpfophaguf* 



Ipf Silacea Hevbft, coL 4» i6p, 6. Tah, 42,, j, 7^ 



Silpha cajlatiea, Marfh. ent, bv, i. 122. 20» 



Var. b. Antennis brevionbus nigris, bafi 

 apiceque pallidi?; tibiis b.-^fi nigris, tarfis 

 pofticis ^-articulatis^ forte rtKts. 



Mycetophagttf jiigricornif* Fabr. f^ji, deiit, 2^ 

 ^6p, 24, , 



' Dermefief nigricornif. Thunb. Inf fved 6^ p, So^ 



Tenebrio pallens var, b. Schonh fijnon, loc, cit^ 



Habitat in frutetis & fioribys rarius, etjam 

 ad domos Ied;us, 



Defcn Major rellquis hujug geiien^ , Defm. ^erfa 

 paulo Jongior, minus convexus. Capat porreftum 

 antice rotundatum, fupra rubtiliffime pun6lulatum & 

 pubefeens , ochraceo-flavum, oculis atris, parum 

 prominulis* Antennae vix thoracis longitudine, pallid^e^ 

 articuHs mediis bafi fufcis, ftru6lura omnino utin reli- 

 quis. Thorax transverfus, longitudine dimidio latior, 

 omninore6cangu!us, integerrimus, undiquetenue mar- 

 ginatus, parum convexus, rubtllifiime pun6i:ulatus & 

 pubelcens, fupra &: fubtus paliide ochraceus, in vivo 

 fere albidus* Scutellum breviffimum transverfum 

 ferrugineum, Elytra ovata, thorace paulo latiorap 

 ante rnedium dilatata, parum convexa, fub oculci 

 acute armato fubtilifllme pun6lulata & pub.efcentiaj 

 faturatius teftacea; Striae obfoletiffimsc obfcUrioreS 

 in dorfo quail e pagina inferiori trapslucentes obfeN 

 vantur in certo animalculi verfus lucem fitu, fed ia 

 fuperficie non exfiflunt, nifi unica abbfeviata prope 

 futuram* Pe^lus & abdomen ferrUj^rinpa nitida pun- 

 ^ata. Pedes flavo pallidi, tibiis baf! anguilatis ob- 

 (GUrioribus^ Tarfi omnes evidenter 5^articulati* 



