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Sacium orientale, sp. n. 



S. orientale, Eeitter, L'Abeillc, t. xvi. p. 5, 1877. 



L. c. ]iv lin. = 1'25 mm. — Oblongo-ovale, modice convexum. nitidum, fuscum, 

 pronoti fronte atque apicibus elytrorum rufescentibus, pilis pallidis parce vestitum ; 

 prnnoto sat masno, antice ovaliter rotundato, ad basim latissimo, modice punctato, 

 iuterstitiis glabris, uitidis, linea sat jirofimda prope basim impresso, margine 

 anteriori modice reflexa, late rufescenti, margine basali sinuata, angulis acutis ; 

 elijtris modicis, pronoto baud latioribus, plus quam sesqui longioribus, ad humeros 

 latissimis, magis leviter puuetatis, iuterstitiis glabris, nitidis, stria suturali sat 

 profunda impressis, lateribus leviter margiuatis, apicibus latis, valde rotundatis, 

 rufescentibus ; pedibus lajte flavis ; antennis flavescentibus, clavis atque articulis 

 basalii)us obscuris. 



Body oblong-oval, moderately convex, sbining, fuscous, witb the front of the thorax 

 and extremities of the elytra rufescent, sparingly clothed with pale hair. 



Head moderate, rufescent ; antenna- pale yellow with the basal joints and club 

 dusky. 



Thorax rather large, ovally rounded in front, widest at the base, moderately 

 punctured with the interstices smooth and shining, with a rather deeply 

 impressed line near the base, anterior margin moderately reflexed and broadly 

 rufescent, basal margin sinuated, with the angles acute. 



Scutelhnn moderate, rounded. 



Elytra moderate, not broader but more than one-half longer than the thorax, 

 widest at the shoulders, more finely punctured than the thorax, with the 

 interstices smooth and shining, sutural stria rather deep, sides slightly 

 margined, extremities broad and much rounded, rufescent. 



Leys bright j^ellow. 



Under parts fuscous, finely punctured, thorax and venter rufescent. 



Differs from others in its brown colour, with the front of the thorax and extremities 

 of the elytra broadly rufescent. 



Habitat, Sclavonia (Eeitter). 



Sacium mexicanum. 



Sacium ? mexicanum, Matthews, Biol. Cent.-Amer., Col. ii. pt. i. p. Ill, 1887. 

 Sericodems mexicamis, Chev. in litt. 



L. c. {'^ lin. - 1'12 mm. — Oblongum, modice convexum, nitidum, minutissime 

 et remote punctatum, castaneum, vitta dilutiori in elytro utroque notatum ; pronoto 

 magno, antice ovaliter rotundato et reflexo, minutissime et remote punctato 

 interstitiis glabris, nitidis, linea basali profunda, margine basali sinuata, angulis 

 acutis ; elytris pronoto baud latioribus, vix duplo longioribus, prope humeros 

 latissimis, minutissime et sat confertim punetatis, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, lateribus 

 mai'ginatis, apicibus valde rotundatis; pj'gidio exserto, castaneo ; pedibus atque 

 antennis rufescentilms. 



Body oblong, moderately convex, shining, very minutely and remotely punctured, 

 castaneous, with a pale longitudinal vitta on each elj'tron. 



Thorax large, ovally rounded and reflexed in front, very minutely and remotely 

 punctured, with the interstices smooth and shining, basal line deep, basal 

 margin sinuated, with the angles acute. 



Seutellnm small, subtriangular. 



Elytra not broader and scarcely twice longer than the thorax, widest near the 

 shoulders, very minutely and closely punctured, with the interstices smooth 

 and shining, sides margined, extremities very much rounded. 



