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Leffs moderate, bright yellow. 



Under parts dark castaneouB, mouth and coxae bright yellow, deeply and rather 



remotely punctured, basal and apical segments rufescent. 

 Differs from others in its poifectly oval form, small thorax, alutaceous elj'tra, and 



slender anteume ; from A . ferrugalns in its much larger size, darker colour, 



and alutaceous elytra. 



Ilabittit, Europe. Found near Sos, Spain (Reitter), and Africa, found in Morocco 

 (Jekel). 



Arthrolips ferrugatus. 



A./erriifiatus, Reitter, L'Abeille, t. xvi. p. 9, 1877. 



L. c. /ij— Hi lin- = '87-1 mm. — Ovalis, sat angustus, convexus, nitidus, pilis 

 brevissimis sparse vestitus, castaneus, pronoto antice flavescenti ; pronoto parvo, 

 angusto, antice ovaliter rotundato, minute et remote punctate, interstitiis glabris, 

 nitidissimis, linc.i basali distincta et punctis seriatim notata, margine anteriori sat 

 late reliexii, flavescenti, margine basali leviter sinuatii, angulis fere rectis ; ch/tris 

 pronoto sat latioribus, plus quam sesqui longioribus, et magis profunde punctatis, 

 interstitiis alutaceis, prope humeros latissimis, stria suturali distincta, lateribus 

 marginatis, apicibus latis, modice rotundatis ; ijygidio exserto, castaneo ; pedibus 

 robustis, laite flavis ; antennis brevibus, hete flavis. 



Body oval, rather narrow, convex, very shining, sparingly clothed with verj- short 

 hair, castaneous, with the front of the thorax flavescent. 



Head flavescent ; eyes moderate ; antennie short, bright yellow. 



Thorax small and narrow, ovally rounded in front, minutely and remotely 

 punctured, with the interstices smooth and shining, basal line distinct and 

 marked with a row of punctures, anterior margin rather broadly reflexed, 

 flavescent, basal margin faintly sinuated, with the angles nearlj' right angles. 



Scutelluiit large, subtriangular. 



Ehjtra rather broader, more than one-half longer, and more deeply punctured than 

 the thorax, with the interstices alutaceous, widest near the shoulders, sutural 

 stria distinct, sides margined, extremities broad, moderately rounded. 



Abdomen with the pygidium exposed, castaneous. 



Lee/s robust, bright yellow. 



Under partH castaneous, with the head and margins of the ventral segments 

 flavescent. 



Differs from others in its moderate size, narrow thorax, castaneous colour, shining 

 surface, and sculpture. 



Habitat, Asia. Found in the region of the Caucasus. 



Arthrolips innotabilis, sp. u. 



L. c. -jj^g lin. '87 mm. - Oblongo-ovalis, convexus, nitiduhis, fuscus, pilis 

 brevissimis pallidis vestitus, i)unctis minutis confertissime impressus ; capite per- 

 parvo, oculis piceis, antennis brevibus, Ia;te flavis; pronoto magno, antice circulariter 

 rotundato, sat late reflexo et translucido, ad basim latissimo, minute et confertissime 

 punctato, margine basali leviter sinuatii, angulis acutis ; eli/tris sat magnis, pronoto 

 fere dupio longioribus et parum latioribus, ante media latissimis, minute et 

 confertissime punctatis, lateribus leviter marginatis et leviter rotundatis, apicibus 

 valde obtusis, dilutioribus ; pedibus robustis, brevibus, liete flavis. 



Body oblong-oval, convex, moderately shining, dark fuscous, thickly covered with 



short pale hair, minutely and very closely punctured. 

 TIcad ver}' small ; eyes piceous ; antennsD short, bright yellow. 



