456 E t a t e r^ 



Defcr, Longitudo fere EL b-alteati, fed convexiof^ < 

 Hnearis* Caput retraftum riigrtim punftatum, ore 

 deflexo, fronte convexa, obtufa , canaliculata; man- 

 dibulse rufefcentes apice wigras; palpi pallidiores» 

 Antennse fanguinese, thorace paullo longiores , ex- 

 trorfum cralTiores , articuHs fere lentiformibus, pri- 

 mo majore bafi fufco* Thorax antice latior, fupra 

 valde convexus, creberrime punflulatus, niger, li- 

 nea media impreffa canaliculatus, in medio dorli li- 

 trirque foveola oblonga transverfa imprelTa, aliaque 

 obroletior verfus bafin; Spinul^e pofticss bafi laterali, 

 Ut & futurse peftorales fanguinese. Scutellum n^rum 

 punftulatum obtufum. Elytra linearia convexa, tho- 

 race triplo longiora, crenato - ftriata , nigra, margine 

 laterali , futuraque verfus apicem fanguineis. Abdo- 

 men nigrum nitidum, margine, lineolaque obliqua 

 in quovis fegmento intra marginem Utrinque fangUl- 

 neis. Pedes breves fanguinei, femoribus quatuor, 

 pofticis fubtus macula fufca. 



Obf. Statura & partium formatione cum El. alni & 

 pygmaeo proxime convenit, generi Melafidi affinis* 



65. E^pygmseust oblongus fub - cylindricus 

 niger, tibiis tarfisque pallidis, elytris vix 

 ftriatis, antennis craflis, maris acute ferratis* 



Fabr.Jyft. eteiit. 2, 246. i2p, Payk, fn, 5. 4^» 

 4S* Herbli. coU 10, p6, 112. Tab, i6l. J, U 



Habitat in truncis arborum rarius. 



Defcr* Statura cylindrica obtufa prsecedentium, 

 & El. limbato fsepe brevior * fed magnitudine variat, 

 Caput fatis magnum deflexum atrum, fronte valde 

 convexa , crebre punftulata* Antennse craffae, baii \ 

 approximat^e ; matis dimidio corpore longiores, ni- 

 grae, acute ferratsg, extrorfum fere peAinatae , arti- 

 culo fecundo breviori nodofo; feminae longitudine 

 thoracis, extrorfum dilutius piceo- teftacese^ artieu- 



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