558 S t a p h y l i tt u K 



Habitat fub lapidibus, & in truncis putridis, 



minus frequens, 



Defcr, St. tricolori major, praefertim latior. 

 Caput ttioracis latitudine, oblongo-ovatum, nigrum 

 riri(iuro, in medio laeve, lateribus fat crebre fed non 

 prol'un'le punclitum; in antico frontis punfta 2 aut 

 4 pifva , tran?verlim pofita, & fupra bafin antenna- 

 riim ftriga obioleta abbreviata; os 6c palpi rufo-te» 

 ftdt:ei; ocu i & collure ut in prioribus. Antennae 

 tn^race pauilo breviores, obfcure rufo- ferrugineae, 

 arricu^o primo longo arcuato, fed minus valido 

 quam in prioribus ; ultimo oblongo acuminato. Tbo- 

 Tnx antice paulio iatior, truncatus, angulis deflexis, 

 poftice roruniatus , fupra conyexus , nigro-piceus 

 Isev^tfimus » verfus margines faepe magts rufefcens; 

 juxra marginem ipfum lateralem & apicalem pundla 

 rionnulia parva ; intra apicem utrinque punfta duo , 

 obtique pofita, & pone medium tertium , majufcu- 

 la , profundius impreffa* Scutellum triangulare de- 

 preffam, rufo - piceum Iseve, Eiytra longifudine tho- 

 racis, & vix ejus bafi latiora, fupra fub . deprelTa , 

 rufo- teftacea nitida , fat profunde, fed minus crebre 

 puactita, tenue pubefcentia. Abdomen pone ejytr» 

 reiiquo corpore brevius, nigrnm (ub-nitidum, vix 

 pundulatum, grifeo-pubefcens, ano ferrugineo* 

 Corpus fubtus rufa- piceum nitidum, oblolete pun- 

 ftuiatum, fegmentorum ventralium marginibus late, 

 anjqae dilutius teftaceis, Pedes toti rufo-teftacei, 

 tarfi-i anticis valde difatatis, 



Var, b. praeter mignitudinem, etjam differt tho- 

 rare toro fufco-rufefcente, & fegmfn^^orum abdo- 

 miiialium mirginibus quoque dorfo ferrugineis, 



Obf. Neque St fulgidijs, Fabr. Eieur, 2. ^qb* 

 32, n-c p3edf?rus fulgidus , ibid 609. 6. propter pe- 

 du-n cyortin nigrum . huc referri pofTunt, qnare 

 .roaien !)♦ G-^venhoflii retinui; Paeierus falvipen- 

 riis ir<ibr* E.eut, 2* 609. 4, videtur mera varietas P. 

 cioiigaci, eiytfis totis rufo - teftaceis, 



73- St. 



