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humeros latissimis, et sat depressis, punctis modicis umbilicatis confertim 

 impressis, interstitiis leviter alutaceis, stria suturali profunda, lateribus inar- 

 ginatis, apicibus latissimis, modice rotundatis ; pygidio dilutiori ; podibus ferru- 

 gineis ; antennis longis, flavescentibus, aiticulo septiino baud incrassato. 



Body oblong, moderately convex, sbining, clotbed with short yellow hair, fusco- 

 castaneous, with the front of the thorax pale. 



Head ferruginous, eyes moderate, antennie very long, yellow, the seventh joint not 

 enlarged. 



Thorax large, circularly rounded in front, moderately punctured, with the inter- 

 stices lightly alutaceous, basal line deep, anterior margin broadly reflexed, 

 and broadly pale, basal margin scarcely siuuated, with the angles acute. 



Scutcllitm moderate, subtriangular, punctured. 



Elytra oblong, rather narrower and more than one-half longer than the thorax, 

 widest and rather depressed near the shoulders, closely marked with moderate 

 umbilicated punctures, with the interstices slightly alutaceous, sutural stria 

 deep, sides margined, extremities very broad and moderately rounded. 



Abdomen with the pygidium exjDOsed, pale. 



Legs long, ferruginous. 



Under parU pale castaneous. 



Differs from others in its broad oblong form, very large thorax, and sculpture. 



Habitat, Europe. Found in Italy by Mr. Grey (.Janson). 



Sacium parvum. 



S. jjarrum, Matthews, Bull. S. Ent. Ital. Ann. 1886, p. 432. 



L. c. iV4'(T I'll- — 1'12-1.25. — Ovale, modice convexum, fuscum, pube 

 flava modice vestitum ; pronoto parvo, antice sat producto, sat confertim minute 

 punctato, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, mai'gine anteriori leviter reflexa, basi levissime 

 sinuato, angulis sat acutis ; elytris pronoto multum latioribus, et plus quam duplo 

 longioribus, prope media latissimis, sat confertim modice punctatis, interstitiis 

 profunda alutaceis, stria suturali modice impressis, lateribus leviter marginatis, 

 apicibus valde rotundatis, late dilutioribus ; abdomine longius exserto, ad apicem 

 dilutiori ; pedibus flavis ; antennis flavescentibus, clavis atque articulis basalibus 

 infuscatis. 



Body oval, moderately convex, fuscous, moderately covered with yellow pubescence. 

 Head very small, pale ; antennae flavescent, with the club and basal joints dusky. 

 Thorax very small, rather produced in front, widest at the base, minutely and 



rather closely punctured, with the interstices smooth and shining, anterior 



margin moderately reflexed, base faintly sinuated, with the angles rather 



acute. 

 Scutellnm moderate, rounded. 

 Elytra much broader and more than twice longer than the thorax, widest near the 



middle, rather closely but moderately punctured, with the interstices deejily 



alutaceous, sutural stria moderately impressed, sides slightly margined, 



extremities much rounded and broadly pale. 

 Abdomen considerably exserted, with the apex pale. 

 Legs yellow. 



Under jMrts fuscous, with the venter pale. 

 Differs from others in its small size, perfectly oval form, very small thorax, and 



broad elytra, and long antennae. 

 Habitat, Italy. Found near Bologna by S. A. Fiori. 



