f 



OxytituK 455 



Si* picmf* Linn. Jyfi. 2, 6^6, 35, Fahr, ekut. 

 3. 6n. 67, Pnuk,- fn, $ JS4* '^2, a,' Panz. 



Var. h. elytrJs fufco piceif. 



Van c. thorace abdorkjineque rufo-piceis- 



Habitat infiercoratis, qulsquiliis, ubique frs- 

 quens 5 var. b« & c. tanien rarius occur- 



runt. 



Defcr« Medim in hoc genere, prgecedente minofi 

 fcboracis ^ru^ltira, p^indura fabtijiori^ &c% diftia6i:us, 

 Cepai: lii sliis: thor-^ce majas, latia^, in aliis pauHo 

 an^ui!ius, ?iigmm nltidam i!3-2equale, fMbtilias pua- 

 ftuUtuai; ui £.ntico iroadf fovea magnt fub lasvis, 

 Hniargln?^ ar^tico & i»ter*libus ebvjitii; in vertice 

 faloiii duO obiiqai. breves ; , 0% ttfl?!ceum, au* to- 

 fcum, a«i- mandjfjulig: pafpiique sntedoribu?! picfcis* 

 Ant«*Dns8 !oii;ntamne thoracjs, extrorl^um craillores, 

 nigf23, ^,rncttii8 qustuof b'ifeos tsftaceis, primo 

 CfJiiTo eifjy^jiato^ s, 3, tenuih^s ob-cmicis, 4 seqne 

 t^^nfii, fub-globofo. Thorax brevi» transverfug, :a]i« 

 ticc» vix ve! p»rum laHor, fnmcatus, angvilis dfcfle- 

 Ki« , );itfribu:j intfrj^erfimis t^^nue marginatis, aure 

 tnedium dil^tato rotundit(.<. bafi etiam t^uncatus, an- 

 guU.s paryjn prominiiiis ; fupra dt-preffus, in.xquai!is, 

 n'>t»er fub nitidus, fat crebre pun^Vulatus; in medio 

 dorfi fuicus lo^^i/iMidinalis, fat profundius, -lineans, 

 fe«i-und;que latituuine aequaiis; jUKta iHum urpinque 

 alius, tionDitjil arciiiitus , ^riam fub-lis-jearis, &c ir.tra 

 mrir^T^inem u^/fnque fovea lat» obion^o-ovata, ^c\i' 

 te.ium parvum rrianf:;u!are niii^rum laeve. Elytr» 

 thoracls fnndio non Uriora , (^d iljo dimidio longio- 

 ra , fub trarisvfrTU, fupra depreffa, fere plan;;, rufo- 

 telUct-a, ir.terdum livid», fub nitida, crebre fiibtilitep 

 puncttu; juxcA futuram ftria unica tenuis impreif** 

 Ai^aotticn ^uxie elyua lon^itudiiie. reli^ui corporis, 



