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Ptilium fissicolle. 



P. fissicolle, Reitter, Dents. Ent. Zeit. 1884, p. 116. 



L. c. -fa lin.=0 - (5:3 mm. — Elongatum, modice convexum, hand nitidum, leviter 

 tuberculatum, castaneum, pilis flaveacentibua vestitum, pronotb buIco unico mediali 

 impresso : apitr modico, eonfertim tuberculato ; oculis modicis, sat promim ntibus; 

 pronoto modico, pone medium latissimo, confertissime tuberculato, aulco profundo 

 mediali, nee ad marginem anteriorem neq nso, impresso, lateribus 



antice valde rotundatis, postice contractis, margine basali fi re recta, angulia acutie ; 

 elytris <>\ atis, ca] ite atque pronoto sesqui longioribus, parum Iatioribus, prope media 

 latis8imiB, leviter el confertissime asperatis, lateribus leviter marginatis, apice 

 attenuato ; pygidio minime exserto : pedibus atque antennis modicis, lsete flavis, 

 tibiis anterioribus ad apices dilatatis. 



Body elongate, moderately convex, not shining, closely tuberculate, castaneous, 



clothed with yellow hair, with a single deep central channel on the thorax. 

 Head moderate, closely tuberculate : eyes moderate, rather prominent ; antennae 



moderate, bright yellow. 

 Thorax moderate, wi bind the middle, very closely tuberculate, with a deep 



central channel not extending to the anterior or basal margins, sides much 



rounded in front and contracted behind, basal margin nearly straight, with the 



angles acute. 

 ScuteUum rather large, triangular, closely asperated. 

 Elytra ovate, one-half longer and rather broader than the head and thorax, widest 



near the middle, finely and very closely asperate, sides slightly margined, apex 



attenuated. 

 Abdomen with the pygidium very little exserted, llavescent. 

 Legs moderate, bright yellow, anterior tibise dilated at the apex. 

 Under parts castaneous, mouth, prothorax, and apex of the venter pale, metasternum 



closely tuberculate. 

 Differs from others in the single deep central channel on the thorax without any 



lateral impressions. 

 Habitat, Europe. Found in Corfu (Herr Reitter). 



Ptilium affine. 



P. affine, Erichson, Ins. Deutsch. iii. p. 27, 1848. 



L. c. vix fa lin.=0'70 mm. I im, rufo-castaneum, alutaceum, nit i- 



dnhnii. pilis perbrevibus argenteis vestitum, lineis lateralibus pr ti parallelis ; 



apit sat parvo, prominenti, obtuse triangulari, indistincte alutaceo, fere 

 oculis parvis, hand prominentibus : pronoto sat parvo, capite latiori el parum 

 longiori, pone medium latissimo, basim versus abrupte contracto, indistincte alu- 

 taceo, lines mediali lata el profunda, nee ad api ne ad basim extensa, it 

 utrinque lines lata, brevi, parallela, nee ad basim, neque ultra medium discum 

 extensa, impresso, lateribus marginatis, antice rotundatis, tis, mar- 

 gine basali recta, angulia rectia ; < lytrin ovalibus, capite atque pronoto sal Iatioribus, 

 pins quam sesqui longioribus, prope media latiasimis, ordinibua transversia distil 

 sed levissime asperatis, Lnterstitiis alntaceis, lateribus marginatis, apice integro, 

 obtuso ; pedibus atque antennis -at robustis, lrete davis. 



Body elongate, rufo-i us, alutaceous, moderately shining, clothed with silver 



hair, with the lines on the thorax all parallel. 

 Ileail rather small, prominent, obtusi ly triangular, indistinctly alutaceous, almost 



smooth nail, not prominent : antennas rather robust, bright yellow. 



