SPHiERODERUS STENOSTOMUS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Black; elytra dark cupreous, basal thoracic 

 lines distinct. 



SYNONYMS. 



Cychrus STENOSTOMUS. Webev. Ohs.Ent. p. 43. 

 Knoch^ neue Beytr. p. 190, pi. 8, f. 13. 

 Schonh. Syn. p. 166. 

 Nobis. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. (new 

 series) vol. ii. p. 72. 

 SpHiERODERFs STENOSTOMUS. Dcjcan, Spec 

 Coleopt, vol. ii. p. 15. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Head black, glabrous, impunctured : antennx 

 brownish tow^ards their tips : thorax black, tinged 

 with blue, rounded, wildest in the middle, con- 

 tracted behind; base narrow^er than the elytra, 

 punctured; basal edge rectilinear; dorsal line 

 very distinct; basal lines profoundly impressed, 

 obtuse, punctured: elytra dark cupreous, striae 

 numerous, obtuse; interstitial lines narrower 



PLATE 45. 



