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profunde sinuata, angulis fere rectis ; elytris pronoto parum latioribus, duplo 

 lon^ioribus, atque remotius punctatis, ante media latissimis, stria suturali leviter 

 impressa, lateribus marginatis, apicibus latissimis, valde rotundatis ; pedibus longis, 

 nifo-testaceis ; antenuis brevibus, b-ete flaviB, articulo septimo valde dilatato. 



liudi/ oboval. convex, sbining, clothed with short yellow hair, elytra black, thorax 



more or less rufescent. 

 Head small, davescent, eyes large and prominent, antenna; short, bright yellow, 



with the seventh joint much enlarged. 

 Thorax moderate, more or less rufescent, ovally rounded in front, closely and rather 



deeply punctured, with the interstices smooth and shining, basal line faintly 



impressed, anterior margin moderately reflexed, basal margin deeply sinuated, 



with the angles nearly right angles. 

 Sciitclliim rather large, rounded. 

 Elytra rather broader, twice longer, and more remotely punctured than the thorax, 



widest before the middle, sutural stria faint, sides margined, extremities broad 



and mucli rounded. 

 Abdomen with the pygidium exserted. 

 Legs long, rufo-testaceous, femora dusky. 

 Under pirts piceous, mouth yellow. 

 Habitat, Corsica, Sardinia. 



Sacium atrum. 



S. atrttm, Eeitter, Mitth. des Miinch. Ent. Ver. 1877, p. 126 



L. c. /'f; lin. = 1'12 mm. — Ovatum, convexum, nitidum, pilis pallidis vestitum, 

 nigrum, margine anteriori prouoti ovaliter rotundata, tota flavescenti ; })ro)iuto sat 

 parvo, antice ovaliter rotundato, margine reflexa, tota flavescenti, modice, sat 

 confertim punctate, interstitiis glabris, uitidissimis, linea basali leviter impressa, 

 margine basali modice sinuata, angulis fere rectis ; elytris pronoto latioribus, et 

 duplo longioribus, prope humeros latissimis, postice attenuatis, modice punctatis, 

 interstitiis glabris, nitidis, stria suturali modice impressa, lateribus marginatis, 

 epipleuris flavescentibus, apicibus rotundatis ; pygidio piceo ; pedibus la?te flavis ; 

 antenuis tlavis, clavis piceis. 



Body ovate, convex, shining, clothed with pale hair ; black, with the whole of the 

 anterior margin of the thorax yellow. 



Head small, llavescent ; eyes moderate; antenna; short, yellow, with the club 

 piceous. 



Thorax rather small, ovally rounded, and rather produced in front, black, with the 

 whole anterior margin flavesceut and reflexed, moderately and rather closely 

 punctured, with the interstices smooth and shining, basal line rather faint, 

 liasal margin moderately sinuated, with the angles nearly right angles. 



Sciitclhim largo, triangvdar, punctured. 



Elytra broader and twice longer than the thorax, widest near the shoulders, rather 

 attenuated posteriorly, black, with the epipleural folds yellow, moderately 

 punctured, with the interstices smooth and shining, sutural stria moderate, 

 sides margined, extremities rounded. 



Ahdunun with the pyj^idium exposed, piceous. 



Leys moderate, bright yellow. 



Under parts pitchy-black, with the head and edges of the ventral segments paler. 



Differs from S. densaium in its ovate form, smaller thorax, ovally rounded and 

 produced in front, attenuated elytra, and finer and closer sculpture. 



Habitat, Central America. Found in Mexico. 



