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Defcr» JVIif^^^us, P, anguftato brevior, fed non 

 angadior; punftura totius c^rporis creberrima, at 

 omnlum fubtilifiima, nonjTifi fLib oculp acute arma- 

 to confpicua* Caput fub- qusdratum, thofacis lati- 

 tudiHe, riigro-piceum , parum nitidum, vix vifibili- 

 ter creberrime pun^tulatum, tenue pubefcens , ore 

 toto , palpisque pallide rufo- teftaceis ; collare vald« 

 anguftum piceum. Antenrge thorace fere longiores, 

 totas rufo- teftacese, articuio primo niagno incralla- 

 to. Thorax fub ' quadrurus, yel. longitudine fere la- 

 tior, antice fub- rutu.id ttus . lateribus reftis, pofti- 

 ce truncatuSj, ani^ulis oninibus pbtufis rotundiitis ; 

 fapra modice convexus, totus rufo- teftaceus fub- 

 nitidus, omnium rubtiiiffirhe cr<'berrime punftulatus, 

 tenue pubefcens, SiCUieiKim parvum triangulare ru- 

 fo-piceum. Elytra thorace latiora & longiora, a» 

 pice truncata, fupra fub.deprella, creberrirae & 

 pauUo evident^us" punrfuut^, difco fufco-picea, 

 limbq omni dilutius teftaceo. Abdonlen pone e)y- 

 tra reliquo corpore brevius, fufcum, vix vifibiliter 

 creberrim^ pund:ulatum, pube fubtiliflima depreffa 

 grifeo =■ fericea vettitum, fegmentorum marginibus a- 

 noque dilutius teilaceis. Corpus fubtus diiutius fu- 

 fco-teftac«^um, magis nitidum, tenuiffime pubefcens. 

 Pedes mediocres, toti pallidi vei flavo-teftacei, tar- 

 lis anticis parum riiiatatis. 



Obf. P. melanocephalus Fabr. Parz. P. bica- 

 lor Oiiv. <^ Gviiw quam ex Angli^i obtinui, jam 

 defcripiQ quidem fimiiis, fed longior, magis linea- 

 ris, pundura multo evidentior, color magis niti- 

 dus, & femora craffiora, forte pptius ad genus La- 

 throbii amandanduso 



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