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Peltinus Matthewsii. 



P. Miitthnisi, lieitter, Wien. Ent. Zeit. iv. p. 273, 1885. 



L. c. Yi5 liii. = 0"63 mm.— Subovatus, antice attenuatus, validissime convexus, 

 glaber, nitidissimus, pallide castaneus ; pronoto parvo, antice produeto et attenuate, 

 glabro, nitidissimo, margine anterior! modice refiexii, dilutiori, margiiie basali 

 leviter siuuatii, aiif^ulis obtusis ; ch/tris pronoto latioribus et fei-e duple lont^ioribus, 

 prope humeros latissimis, distincte et sat confertim punctatis, interstiiiis glabris, 

 nitidis, lateribus leviter marginatis, ai)ice lato, rotundato ; pedibus atque autennis 

 liete flavis. 



Body subovate, attenuated in front, exceedingly convex, smooth and very shining, 



pale castaneous. 

 Head flaveseent ; eyes moderate ; antennte moderate, bright yellow. 

 Thorax small, produced and attenuated in front, smooth and very shining, anterior 



margin pale and moderately redexed, basal margin slightly sinuated, with the 



angles obtuse. 

 Scutellum very small, triangular. 

 Elytra broader and nearly twice longer than the thorax, widest near the shoulders, 



distinctly and rather closely punctured, with the interstices smooth and 



shining, sides slightly margined, apex very broad and rounded. 

 Lcfjs moderate, bright yellow. 



Under parts pale castaneous, smooth and shining, base of the venter dusky. 

 Differs from P. alutacciis in its smaller size, anteriorly attenuated form, thorax 



small and produced in front, smooth surface, and distinctly punctured elytra. 

 Habitat, Asia. Found in Syria (Reitter). 



Peltinus velatus. 



P. velatiis, Mulsant, Opusc. Ent. xii. p. 137, 18G1. 



L. c. ^jr lin. =■ 0*63 mm. — Fere hemisphericus, antice circulariter rotundatus, 

 nitidissimus, piceus; pronoto sat magno, antice circulariter rotundato, indis- 

 tinetissime alutaeeo, margine anteriori levissime reflexa, margine basali fere recta, 

 angulis sat acutis ; dytris pronoto vix latioribus, plus quam sesqui longioribus, 

 ad humeros latissimis, remote et indistincte punctatis, iuterstitiis glabris, stria 

 suturali leviter inipressis, lateribus leviter marginatis, apice lato, rotundato ; 

 pedibus modicis, Havis ; antennis sat longis, laete flavis. 



Body almost hemispheric, circularly rounded in front, piceous, almost smooth and 



very shining. 

 Head iiavescent ; eyes moderate ; antenme long, bright yellow, with the sixth joint 



considerablj' enlarged. 

 Thorax rather large, circularly rounded in front, very indistinctly alutaceous, 



anterior margin very slightly reflexcd, basal margin nearly straight, with the 



angles rather acute. 

 Scutdliivt small and broad, triangular. 

 Elytra scarcely broader, but more than one-half longer than the thorax, widest at 



the shoulders, reiuotely and very indistinctly punctured, with the interstices 



smooth, sutural stria faint, sides slightly margined, apex very broad and 



rounded. 

 Legs moderate, yellow. 

 Under jmrts castaneous, with the head and extremity of the venter yellow, meta- 



sternum smooth, first ventral segment strigose in curved longitudinal lines. 



