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vnlde convexis, postice attenuatis, pronoto sat latioribus, duplo longioribus, prope 

 media latissimis, minute puiietatis, interstitiis profunda ahitaceis, stria suturali 

 profunda, lateribus marginatis, apicibus sat angustis, modice rotundatis ; pygidio 

 longius exserto, piceo ; pedibus atque antennis brevibus, piceo-testaceis, harum 

 articulo septimo baud incrassato. 



Body ovate, verj' convex, not sbining, clotbed witb very sbort pale bair, nigro- 



piceous, with the front of the thorax narrow!}' pale. 

 Head moderate, pitchy-testaceous; eyes moderate; antenna; short, pitchy-testaceouB, 



witb the seventh joint not enlarged. 

 Tliorar small, ovally rounded and slightly produced in front, minutely and remotely 



punctured, with the interstices alutaceous, basal line faint, anterior margin 



slightly reflexfd and narrowly pale, basal margin slightly sinuated, with the 



angles nearly right angles. 

 Scntellum large, triangular. 

 Elytra very convex, posteriorly attenuated, rather broader and twice longer than 



the thorax, widest near the middle, minutely punctured, with the interstices 



deeply alutaceous, sutural stria very deep, sides margined, extremities rather 



narrow and moderately rounded. 

 Abdomen witb tlie pygidium considerably exposed and piceous. 

 Lrijs short, pitchy-testaceous. 

 Under jxirts piceous, with the venter pale. 

 Differs from others in its small size, very convex and attenuated form, small 



thorax, and general sculpture. 



Habitat, South of Europe. From the collection of Mr. Grey. 



Sacium corticinum. 



S. cortirinnm, Thomson, Skand. Col. iv. p. 118, 1863. 



L- c. 12—}^ lin. = 1'67-1'75 mm. — Late ovatum, convexum, nitidulum, modice 

 punctatum, pilis aureis vestitum, castaneum ; pronoto magno, antice ovate 

 rotundato, modice reflexo, et anguste pellucido, remote et sat profunde punctato, 

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

 sat acutis ; elt/tris pronoto latioribus, plus (jiiam sesqui longioribus, atque magis 

 confertim punctatis, ante media latissimis, postice attenuatis, lateribus marginatis, 

 apice angustato, fere integro ; pygidio castaneo ; pedibus sat longis, gracilibus, 

 liete flavis ; antennis flavis, articulo septimo valde incrassato. 



Body broadly ovate, convex, moderately shining and moderateh' punctured, clothed 



with golden hair, castaneous. 

 Head rather large, castaneous ; eyes moderate, castaneous ; antennse moderate, 



j'ellow, with the seventh joint much incrassated. 

 Thorax large, ovately rounded, moderately reflexed and narrowly pellucid in front, 



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



basal line indistinct, basal margin sinuated, with the angles rather acute. 

 Sciitellnni large, rounded, and closely punctured. 

 Elytra broader, more than one-half longer, and more closely- punctured than the 



thorax, widest before the middle, attenuated posteriori}-, sides margined, apex 



narrow and almost entire. 

 Abdomen witli the pygidium exposed, castaneous. 

 Leys rather long and slender, bright yellow. 

 Under parts castaneous, head and edges of the ventral segments pale, metasternum 



and first ventral segment finel}' punctured, epipleural fold of the elytra yellow. 

 Differs from others in its large size, l)road ovate form, and castaneous colour. 

 Habitat, Eui'ope. 



