MALACHIUS OTIOSUS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Thorax rufous, with a dilated longitudinal 

 line ; antennae and elytra black. 



SYNONYM. 



Malachius nigripennis. Nobis. Journ. Acad. 

 Nat. Sciences^ vol. iii. p. 184. 



description. 



Body black, inconspicuously hairy : head with 

 three obtuse indentations between the eyes; 

 antennx black ; labrum and clypeus before, ru- 

 fous : thorax rufous, with a much dilated black 

 line from the anterior to the posterior edge: 

 elytra black, with a very slight violaceous tinge : 

 pectus pale rufous, or testaceous ; origin of the 

 feet black : posipectus black : venter black, seg- 

 ments with more or less dilated, sanguineous 

 margins ; sometimes entirely sanguineous : feet 

 black ; anterior thighs sometimes pale. 



plate 48. n 



