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grum nitldum, fubtiliffime punftulatum, ore attenu^ 

 ato piceo, palpis fufco-teftaceis» Antennae thorace 

 breviores, craffmrcuiae, fufco- ferrugineae, pilofse, 

 articulo ultimo nyajori ovato obtufo. Thorax bre^ 

 viffimus, antice fere anguftior, truncatus, angulis 

 comprefris, lateribus rotundatus. puftice leviter bi* 

 iinuatus, in iiiedio nempe rotundato-produclus, u* 

 trinque nonnihil emarginatus, angulis parvis retror^ 

 fum flexis; fupra convexus, nii?,er opacus, confer- 

 tiffime fubtiliter rugofo-pun(^l:atus , tenue pubefcens» 

 Scutellum triangulare piceum pun6lulatum. E^ytra 

 thorace vix latiora, fed dimidio lon^iora, fub-qua- 

 drata, apice trun.cata, fupra depreffa fere plana, pi- 

 cea feu fufco-teftacea , opaca, confertiflime fubtiliter 

 rugofo-pun^tata, vix pubefcentia. Abdomen pone 

 elytra reiiquo corpore fe^e brevius , ni^rum fub-ni» 

 tidum, fubtiiiffime punclulatum , pubefcens, ano pi- 

 ceo. Corpus fubtus nip^rum pun6lalatum, fegmen- 

 torum ventralium marginibus anoque rufo- piceis» 

 Pedes tenues, rufo-ferruginei, femoribus interdum 

 cbfcuris, 



Var. b, tantum colore pallidiori differt; caput ni.. 

 gricans ; thorax fufco- tell-aceus ; elytra pailidiora; 

 ,.abdomen piceum; pedes diluiius teftacei, 



54. A, cinnamomea; brevis lata fufco- 

 picea fLrb-opaca, confertiffirne piindulata, 

 antennarurn ba(i pedibusque paHide tefta- 

 ceis, thorace breviffimo elytrisque cinna« 

 niomeis. 



Grav. Mier, $S, jo. Monogr, 161, jo. 



Habitat in fungis, truncis putridis, minus 

 frequens. 



Defcr. Statura lata prsecedentis , fed multotiss 

 ttajor , Al, iimbata fere eequaiis, Cy^ut thorace 



parum 



