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L. c. 0'50 mm. — Brevis, latus, rotuiidatus, uitidissimus, castaneus, 

 iiiinutc el remote punctatiis, pronoto ante basim contracto, ped. 

 atque ant. flavis ......... Crotchii. 



L. c. 0"85 mm. — Ovalis, valde convexus, uitidissimus, castaneus, pronoto 



parvo, elytris magiiis, confertim piinctatis, ped. atque aiit. davis . minutissimuB. 



Orthoperus punctulatus. 



0. puiutiilttus, Reitter, Dents. Ent. Zeit. IBTtJ, \<. 31'2. 



L. c. i'fr~io 1'°- - 1'12-1'25 mm. — Late ovalis, validis.sime conve.KUS, distiucte 

 el sat confertim punctatiis, niser, uitidissimus ; cupite sat magno, antice producto, 

 oculis parvis, baud prominentibus ; pronoto modico, distincte sed non profunde 

 punctate, interstitiis glabris, nitidis, ad l)asim latissimo, lateribus maiginatis, 

 margine dilutiori, mar<,'ine basali scutellum versus produeta, angulis fere rectis ; 

 ih/tris magnis, pronoto latioribus el duplo lougioriijus, prope media iatissimis, 

 confertim et sat profunde, pnesertim in humeris, punctatis, interstitiis alutaceis, 

 nitidis, lateribus leviter marginatis, apice hand altenuato, rotuudato, dilutiori ; 

 pedibus longis, gracilibus, ferrugineis, tibiis anterioribus fere rectis; antcnnis 

 brevibus, totis ferrugineis. 



Bodii broadly oval, e.xceedingly convex, very shining, distinctly and rather closely 

 punctured, black. • - 



l/iad rather large, produced in front ; eyes small, not prominent ; antennae short, 

 ferruginous. 



'I'liorax moderate, distinctly but not deeply punctured, with the interstices smooth 

 and shining, widest at the l)ase, sides margined, the margin itself pale, basal 

 margin produced towards the scutellum, with the angles nearly right angles. 



HciiteUitm small, rounded. 



Elytra large, broader and twice longer than the head and thorax, widest near the 

 middle, closely and rather deeply punctured, especially on the shoulders, with 

 the interstices aUitaceous and shining, sides slightly margined, apex not 

 attenuated, rounded, and pale. 



Lags long and slender, ferruginous, anterior tibise nearly straight. 



Under parts black, metasternum rather deeply punctured. 



r>ifers from 0. punctatiis in its much larger size, i)roader form, and greater con- 

 vexity . and from 0. Kliihi in its larger size, deeply punctured and not 

 attenuated elytra. 



Habitat, Europe. Found in Lithuania. > 



Orthoperus Kluki. 



0. Klnki, Wankowicz, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1865, p. 300. 



L. c. x^ij— XB lin. O'87-l mm. — Ovatus, vaiidissime convexus, aterrimus, uiti- 

 dissimus, totus leviter alutaceus ; capitc sat magno ; pronoto sat longo, antice sat 

 profunde exciso, angulis anterioribus prominentibus, valde obtusis, lateribus fere 

 rectis, leviter marginatis, margine basali scutellum versus leviter productii, angulis 

 obtusis ; ihjtris magnis, pronoto i)arum latioribus et plus quam sesqui longioribus, 

 prope humeros Iatissimis, vaiidissime convexis, nitidissimis, punctis remotis exiguis 

 striatim dispositis impressis, apice obtuso, late dilutiori ; pedibus longis, gracilibus, 

 piceis, tibiis anterioribus valde incurvatis ; antennis modicis, piceis, articulis 

 basalibus laete flavis, quinto sexto plus quam duplo majori, clavis inodice incrassatis. 



Head rather large ; eyes moderate ; antenuic moderate, piceous, with the basal 

 joints bright yellow, fifth joint nearly twice as large as the sixth, club 

 moderately incrasgate. 



