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confertissime punctatis, interstitiis leviter reticulatis, atria suturali profunda, 

 lateribus marginatis, apicibus latis, rotundatis, anguste dilutioribus ; pygidio 

 ferrugineo ; pedil)U9 sat longis, piceo-testaceis ; antennis modicis, piceo-testaceis. 



Body oblong-oval, rather broad, very convex, rather shining, clothed with short 

 pale hair, closely and rather deeply punctured, black, with the front of the 

 thorax narrowly ferruginous. 



Head ferruginous ; antenna' moderate, pitchy-testaceous. 



Thorax rather short, circularly rounded in front, widest at the base, very closely 

 and deeply punctured, with the interstices faintly reticulated, with a faintly 

 impressed line near the base, anterior margin moderately reflexed, ferruginous, 

 basal margin sinuated, with the angles acute. 



Scutellum rather large, rounded at the apex. 



Elytra rather large, scarcely broader, but twice longer than the thorax, "widest 

 before the middle, very deeply and closely punctured, with the interstices 

 faintly reticulated, sutural stria rather deep, sides margined, extremities 

 broad, rounded and narrowly pale. 



Abdomen with the pygidium exposed, ferruginous. 



Legs rather long, pitchj'-testaceous. 



Tender parts black, rather deeply punctured. 



Differs from others in its oblong form, deep sculpture, and dark colour. 



Habitat, France (Reitter). 



Obs. — It is not easy to distinguish this species from S. pusiUum ; the most 

 evident character exists in the umbilicate form of the punctures on the elytra of 

 S. densatum. 



Sacium pubescens, sp. n. 



L. c. Y?i lin- ~ 1'87 mm. — Oblongum, latum, convexum, pilis aureis dense 

 vestitum, vix nitidum, minute pmictatum, piceo-castaneum ; pronoto sat maguo, 

 basim versus rufescenti, antice ovaliter rotundato, leviter reflexo, et anguste 

 tlavescenti, minute et remote punctato, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, lineii basali 

 distincta, margine basali sinuata, angulis acutis ; elytris pronoto baud latioribus, 

 plus quam sesqui longioribus, atque obscurioribus, ad humeros iatissimis, minute 

 et regulariter punctatis, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, stria suturali distincta, lateribus 

 leviter marginatis, apicibus latis, vix rotundatis ; abdomine parum exserto, cas- 

 tanco ; pcdibus longis, rufescentibus ; antennis sat brevibus, obscuris, articulo 

 septimo incrassato. 



Body oblong, broad, convex, thickly covered with golden hair, scarcely shining, 



minutel}' punctured, dusky castaneous. 

 Head rufescent ; eyes rather large, prominent ; antennje rather short, dusky, with 



the seventh joint incrassated. 

 Thorax rather large, rufescent towards the base, ovally rounded, sligbly reflexed, 



and narrowly flavescent in front, minutely and remotely punctured, with the 



interstices smooth and shining, basal line distinct, basal margin sinuated, with 



the angles acute. 

 Scutellum moderate, obtusely triangular, rufescent. 

 Elytra not broader, more than one-half longer, and more dusky than the thorax, 



widest at the shoulders, minutely and regularly punctured, with the interstices 



smooth and shining, sutural stria distinct, sides slightly margined, extremities 



broad, scarcely rounded. 

 Abdomen not much exsertcd, castaneous. 

 Legs long, rufescent. 

 Under parts castaneous, head and coxae rufescent. 



