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Defcr» Inter tninlma Infefta coieoptrab, Cryptdi 

 phago atomo agqwalis, tottis nigro- fufcus ♦ tenuifli- 

 jne pubefcens. Caput convexum, bafi latum, verfus 

 os fub - acuminatam , triangularfe, nigrum fubtiliffime 

 pun6lulatum* AntennSe dimidio corpore loiigiores^ 

 pallide teftaceas , articulis i & 2 matrnis incraffatis 

 cylindricis, fequentibus lilirormibus tenuibus, ultimii 

 tribus craflioribus felongatis nodiformibus , lon^ius 

 pilofis. Thorax mai^nus latus convexus , fubtiliflimo 

 creberrime punftulatus , ni^ro - fufcus , pubefcens -, la^ 

 teribus rotundatus, anguiis pofticis produftisi Scii« 

 tellum magnum trianj^uiare nigrum, pun6tulatum* 

 Elytra iata , parum convexa* apiceobtufi, fere ob-" 

 lique truncata, creberrime fubtiliffime punclulata, pui 

 befcentia, nigro- fufca, apice fe£\De paiiidiorai Alsei 

 iingulares fafciculato - pilofoe* Corpus n-ic^ro- piceum> 

 petore utrinque lamina quadrata , punftuiata, femO» 

 ra poftica obtegente; anus rotundntus, fi^epe extri 

 elytra produ6lus, Pedes tenues pailefGenteSi 



4» Si pufillum: Ovaturri nigtum nitidum teva 

 glabrum ^ antennis peiibusque pallidis^i ely- 

 tris integris fub - acuminaus. 



Habitat in quisquiliis & ligno putHdo rariu^. 



Defcf* Magnitudo & aMinitas prsecedentis, prs^- 

 fertim quod ad Antennarum llguram. Caput magnuni 

 nigrum nitidum convexum, antice lotandatutn, pal* 

 pis pallidis. Antennce dimidii corporis lotigitudine, 

 totse pallidse, • pilofae , articulis i & 2 magnis incfaf* 

 fatis, 3- 8 parvis tcnuibus, 9 majore perfoliato* ul* 

 timis duobus adhuc craftioribus ovatis, longius pild- 

 fis* Thorax latus transverfus ciger nitidus, iateri- 

 bus rotundatus^ Scutellum mediocre triangulare iii* 

 grum. Elytra ovata, in medio diiatata, apiceni veN 

 fus attenuata , fupra convexa, nigra nitida l£evia> a« 

 pice fub - teftacea, Alae breves iufcae fub - coriacese* 



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