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pcipai'uiu rotimdato-produclus, lateiibus pone apicein ad 

 basin .st'iisini oblique ampliatus, postice utrinqiie leviter 

 siimatus, angulis acutis, aiitrorsum modice proininulis, 

 basalibiis retrorsiim minus productis; supra convcxiuscu- 

 ]us, luteo-inarginatus, subtiliter, sat crebre rugoso-pun- 

 ctiilatus, medio longitudinabter, minus crebre aciculatus, 

 canalicula tenuissima, longitudinali, postice obsoleta. Scu- 

 tellum parvum, laeve. Elytra ovata, antice prothoracis 

 basi baud latiora, a basi longe ultra medium sensim 

 ampliata, dein apicem versus citius angustata , apice con- 

 junclim sub-rotundata , supra depressiuscula , sub-laevia, 

 intra mai-ginem punctis parvis, remotis; medio in ipsa 

 basi breviter, tenue aciculata, seriebus tribus e punctis 

 parvis, remotis, antice in serie interiorc elongatis, mar- 

 gine tenuiter reflexo, subtus ferrugineo. Corpus subtus 

 nigro-piceum, nitidum; abdomine obsolete, longitudina- 

 bter aciculato, utrinque maculis tribus, parvis, rufo- 

 testaceis. Pedes anteriores flavo-teslacei, postici rufo- 

 piceij tarsis intermediis piceis. 



250. EuNECTES helvolus: angustior, nit id us, Havescens, 

 subtus testaceus; vertice postice maculaque antica bi'e- 

 viter cordata, nigris; prolhorace minus lato, subtili- 

 ter, crebre coriaceo, medio vitta transversa, utrinque 

 abbreviata, interdum interrupta, nigro-lusca; elytris 

 oblongo-ovatis, minus crebie et tiiseriatim rcniole, 

 profundius nigro-puncfatis, apice singulatim leviter 

 emarginatis, ad suturam acuminafis, maculis duabus 

 marginalibus nigris, posteriori saepe obsoleta, vel de- 

 liciente. Long. 16, lat. 8| millim. 

 Eunecles helvolus, Klug. Symb. Phys. t. 33. f. 3. 

 Punectes griseus. AuBii. Spec. Gen. des Hydrocanth. et Gyrin. p. 

 124. 1 var. 



Habitat in CafTraria orientali et meridionali. 



Observ. Individua nostra vitta prothoi-acis minus 

 distiucla, medio saepe interrupta ct macula postica ely- 



