550 D i M p e r i f, 



fabK elitit, 2. sis, L Oliv, ent. 5, 5-5. 4» i[| 

 Tfl^. u /. z. «, ^» Pfl^i /«. j. JJ7. I. 



Chryff>mela BoUtL Linn, fyfl, 2. ^j?h j^, fn,^ 

 Tentbrio, Boleiu De Geer Jnf, j. 4^, p, Tab. 



Habitat in fungis arboreis, pr^efertim BetuliD 

 paffim* 



Defcr. Magmtudo Chryfomelse Staphylese, fed 

 m^gls convexa. C»p«t parvum deflfxum retra^tui:» 

 xi^.jinm , .fronte valde deprelTa inaequali, Greberrime 

 p«:;fti^a; os piceum; ocali mtgni reniformes pro- 

 ininu'i niijro-brunnei. Antennae thorace fere brevio- 

 res, nigrse, articulo primo & tertio longis ob coni^ 

 cis , fecunc^o rairimo. Thorax brevis transTerfus , 

 irtice anguftior, (^jb - truncatas , lateribus psiamrdt- 

 tnndatus , tenue marginatus, poftice in medio pro- 

 dn6:us, fupra convexus, totus niger nifeidu.s, fubtt- 

 JiffitT>e pun6:ulatus. Scuteilum p*rvum triangular© 

 nigriim^ Elytra thorace Iatiora> <Sr illo plus triplo^ 

 longiora, apice fub- acuminata, fupra valde convexa, 

 fere gtbbs , fabtiliter puoctato-ftriata » interftitiis, vixj 

 Yfl omnium fabtiUfllme, parce & obfolete punftu- 

 latis ; in ipfji bafi falcia lata fiava , poftice valde un- 

 dui ito- dentata; d«rin fafcia latt nigra, utrinque un- 

 dulato d^Ttata; tum, in medio fere fafcia altera fl*-^ 

 va. anguflior , utrinque undalata, (utursm non attin- 

 jtAns; pjrs reliqua nii^ra, cum macula triaagularl 

 fljva in apice, mirgines vero non tangente. Cor- 

 pus totum fubtu« nij^rum nitidum , fubtillter pandlq- 

 iatum , irala modo teftacea convexa. Pedes elon^4- 

 ti validi , toti nigri nitidi , tarfis fufO-picciS« Nu-. 

 pec e^ccl^fa tgta raiQ - leAacea^ 



