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fco pofleriori teftaceis, thorace punftulatOi 

 obfolete canaliculato. 

 St. arenarius. Payk, fn, 3. j^a. 20. 

 Var. bj Elytris Hvidis vel pailide teftaceis^ ba« 



fi interiori futuraque nigricantibus. 

 Habitat in arena Hparia ad littora iacus Wa6- 

 neri in Weftrogothia^ gregarius, /ub a« 

 reha degeni, vefperi exiens* 



Defcr. Statura praecedeiitiuitt , (ed parviis. Q» 



£fa6li corni triplo ihlncy, ahtennis & thorace brevio- 



ribus, ut & rolori? diftindtas. Caput cum ociili* 



latituditte thoracis, fub transVerfuiti nijjjrum, fub-ni« 



tidum, fubtilifrithe pun<^ulatura, verfus os artgu<la- 



tum, ore palpisque fufco-piceis ; mandibulae icmgae 



tenues, apice rufae; oculi globofi, valde pfommuii 



brunhei» Antennse thbrace mUlto breviores, fradb*, 



«rticulo primo longifrimo arcuato elavato nigroj 



^-8 minutis breviffimis , feniim paullo cra((ionbuS|, 



fufcis; 9, 16 brevibus, fed muito craffioribus, ulti- 



1*0 ovato obtufo, ferrugirieis. Thorax brevis trans- 



▼erfiis, antice truhdatus, a >gulis fer6 rectis, lareri- 



bus pone medium oblique finuatus, bafi media truh- 



'icitus, angulis parvis prominuiis; fupra valde cori* 



vexus, niger fub- hitidus, crebre & fat eidentei^ 



pundatus, cahalichU media valde ohfoic^ta» Scutel- 



lum minhtum triangulate nigruuK E-ytra thoriicig 



antico vix latioi-a, fed illb fere dup!o longiora, fu- 



pra modice convexa, nigra fub-nitida, creberrim^i 



pan^tata, tenue pubefcentia, margine lat^^aJi &: api- 



cali lividis, vel paliide teftaceis. Abdomen port^ 



ielytra reliquo corpore brevius, obtufum, uhdiqUe 



iiigrum nitidum, obfoletepun6tu!atum, pubefcen^jpd- 



ftus nigrumpun6tulatum, Pedes breves validi, iFtmori- 



busnigris, tibiisfpihofo-ciliatistarlisque rufo tefl:acei6* 



Var, b, differt tantum elytrornm colore aut livi* 



do, aut pallide teftaceo, bai(i <Sc futura tti^ro- fufciSo 



