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Arthrolips piceus. 



(Cly})easUt) jtirens, Cijiiiolli, Col. Prov. Novoc. p. 50, 1837. 



L. c. ^"5 lin. = 1 mm. — Oblongo-ovalis, 8at convexus, sat iiitidus, modice 

 punctatis, pilis brevibus flavis vestitus, piceuR, pronoto antiee atque apicibus 

 elytrunim dilutioribus; jironoto parvo, autice ovalittr rotundato, indistincte punctato, 

 interstiliis glabris, nitidis, linea basali sat profunda, margine auteriori anguste 

 reflexii, pellucida, margine basali leviter sinuata, angulis fere rectis ; di/tris pronoto 

 mullum latioribus et plus quam sesqui longioribus, ])rope media latissimis, punt-tia 

 umbilic-atis sat confertim impressis, interstitiis alutaceis, stria suturali profunda, 

 lateribus marginatis, apicibus latis, valde rotundatis, dilutioribus ; pygidio piceo ; 

 pedibus atque antennis piceo-testaeeis, tibiis flavescentibus. 



Body oblong-oval, moderately convex and ratber shining, moderately punctured, 



clothed with short yellow hair, piceous, with the front of the thorax and 



extremities of the elytra pale. 

 Head dusky ; eyes large and prominent ; antenna; moderate, i)itchy-testaceous. 

 Thorax small, ovally rounded in front, indistinctly punctured, with the interstices 



smooth and shining, basal line deep, anterior margin narrowlj' reflexed and 



narrowly pellucid, basal margin slightly sinuated, with the angles nearly right 



angles. 

 Sattellum large, subtriangular. 

 Elytra much l)roader and more than one-half longer than the thorax, widest near 



the middle, rather closelj' marked with umbilicatod punctures, the interstices 



alutaceous, sutural stria deep, sides margined, extremities broad and much 



rounded, pale. 

 Abdomen with the pygidium exposed, piceous. 

 Legs moderate, piceous, with the tibia; flavescent. 



Under parts piceous, with the head and edges of the ventral segments pale. 

 Differs from others in its small size, oblong-oval form, i)iceous colour, and peculiar 



sculpture; from A. humilis in its larger size, more oblong form, darker colour, 



and finer sculpture. 

 Habitat, Europe. Found in Spain and in Austria. 



Arthrolips misellus. 



{Sacium) 7nisellum, Le Gonte, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. vi. p. 145, 1852. 



L. c. 1*5 lin. = 1 mm. — Oblongo-ovalis, modice convexus, confertim punctatus, 

 nitidus, pube brevissima parce vestitus, piceus, pronoto rufescenti ; pronoto parvo, 

 margine anteriori retiexa, pellucida, sat confertim punctato, interstitiis nitidis, 

 margine basali fere recta, angulis rectis ; elytris pronoto multum latioribus, fere 

 duplo longioribus, et magis profunde punctatis, ante media latissimis, apicibus 

 latis, rotundatis, anguste dilutioribus ; pygideo piceo ; pedibus atque antennis sat 

 magnis, robustis, flavis. 



Body oblong-oval, moderately convex, closely punctured, shining, sparingly clothed 



with short pubescence, piceous, with the thorax more or less rufescent. 

 Head small, flavescent ; eyes moderate ; antenn;e rather large, yellow. 

 Thorax small, anterior margin reflexed, pellucid, rather closely punctured, with 



the interstices shining, basal margin nearly straight, with the angles right 



angles. 

 Scutelliun rather large, rounded, and punctured. 

 Elytra much broader, nearly twice longer, and more deeply punctured than the 



thorax, widest before the middle, extremities very broad, and narrowly pale. 



