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profunde et confertim punctatis, interstitiis leviter alutaceis, stria suturali distincta, 

 lateribus marginatis, apicibus latis, vix rotundatis ; pygidio cxserto, pieeo ; pedibus 

 atque unteiini.s piceis. 



Body oblong-oval, very convex, shining, deeply punctured, clothed with yellow hair, 



fusco-piceous, with the front of the thorax flavescent. 

 Head moderate, flavescent, mouth prominent ; eyes moderate ; antennae rather 



short, piceous. 

 Tlmrax large, circularly rounded in front, deeply, not closely punctured, with the 



interstices lightly alutaceous and shining, basal line distinct, anltrior margin 



rather broadly reflexed, and broadly flavescent, basal margin faintly sinuated, 



with the angles right angles. 

 Sctttelliim large, ti'iangular and punctured. 

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



shoulders, deeply and closely punctured, with the interstices faintly alutaceous, 



sutural stria distinct, sides margined, apex broad, faintlj' rounded. 

 Abdomen with the pygidium exposed and piceous. 

 Legs moderate, piceous. 

 Under parts piceous, with the jirothorax and head flavescent, metasternum deeply 



punctured. 

 Differs from other species in its larger size, oblong-oval shape, large and circularly 



rounded thorax, and piceous legs and antennie. 



Habitat, the Atlantic Islands. Found l)y y\v. Wollaston. 



Arthrolips obscurus. 



(Clypeaster) obscurus, Sahlberg, Ins. Fenn. i. p. 474, 1817. 

 S. discedens, Duval, Gen. Col. Europ. p. 230. 



L. e. li^-^iJ- Hn. = 1'37-1'50 mm. — Latissime ovale, convexum, fuscuni, pube 

 brevi pallida vestitum ; pronoto sat parvo, antice productii, minute et sat confertim 

 punctato, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, antice rufescenti, margine modice reflexa, 

 margine basali fere rectu, angulis fere rectis ; eli/tris latis, pronoto parum latioribus, 

 et duplo longioribus, ante media latissimis, leviter et sat confertim punctatis, 

 interstitiis glabris, nitidis, lateribus leviter marginatis, apicibus latis, valde 

 rotundatis, dilutioribus, stria suturali leviter impressis ; pedibus rufis ; antennis 

 articulis l)asalibus flavis. 



Body oval, very broad, convex, brown, with the front of the thorax rufescent, 



clothed with short pale pubescence. 

 Head very small, rufous ; antennse with the basal joints yellow. 

 Thorax rather small, produced in front, minutely and rather closely punctured, 



with the interstices smooth and shining, rufescent in front, with the margin 



moderately reflexed, basal margin almost sti-aight, with the angles nearly right 



angles. 

 Scutelluin rather large, rounded. 

 Elytra broad, ratlier broader and twice longer than the thorax, widest before the 



middle, lightly and rather closely punctured, with the interstices smooth and 



shining, sides slightly margined, extremities broad and much rounded, paler. 

 Lc'/s moderate, red. 



Under parts piceous, with the margins of the ventral segments rufous. 

 Differs from others in its very broad form, small thorax, short pubescence, fine and 



close sculpture, and fusco-piceous colour. 

 Habitat, Europe. Found in France and other countries. 



