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tenues, fuscoe, pubescentes, basi subtus testaceoe. Pro- 

 thorax latitudine longior, nigro-ceneus, subnitidus, vix 

 punctatus, glaber, antice capite nomiilill angustior, sub- 

 truncatus, lateribus niodice rotundatus, basin versus sen- 

 sim oblique angustatus, retrorsum productus, postice le- 

 viter rotutidato-emarginatus, supra paiillo convexus, ante 

 basin late, transversitu impressus. Scutelliini parviim, 

 obsolete piuictiilaluni , nigro-oeneuni , subnitiduin , apice 

 rotundatum. Elytra oblongo-quadrata, protliorace Cere 

 duplo longiora et basi ejus dimidio latiora, abdoii)ine 

 breviora, antice vix rotundato-eniarginata, Inimeris ele- 

 vafis, rolundatis; lateribus versus apicem perparuni am- 

 pliata, apice conjunctini late rotundata, supra niodice 

 convexa, subtilissime, creberrinie punctulata, nigro-aenea, 

 subnitida, fere glabra, singulo tnargine antico, macula 

 sat magna laterali, subquadrata, margini adfixa, apiceque 

 flavo-testaceis. Corpus subtus nigro-ieneum, parum ni- 

 tidum, obsolete, crebre punctulatum. Pedes fusci, obso- 

 lete punctulati; fenioribus obscurioribus. „ 



510. Anthocomus (Erichs.) ramicornis: oblongo-quadra- 

 tus, paullo convexus, niger, parum nitidus, breviter 

 pubescens; antennis fuscis, basi testaceis, maris pecti- 

 natisj protborace rufo-testaceo, antice plaga magna, 

 nigra notato; elytris obsolete, crebre punctulatis, apice 

 rufo-testaceis. Long. 2, lat. 1| millim. 



Habitat in terra Nafalensi. 



A. CardiaccB stalura subsiniilis, nonnihil minor, 

 protliorace rufo-teslaceo, plaga magna apicali nigra, ab 

 illo mox distinctus. Caput sat magnum, rotundatum, vix 

 punctulatum, breviter tusco-pubescens; labro flavo-testaceoj 

 oculis rolundatis, couvexis, nigris. Antennae luscoe, basi 

 testaceae, maris articulis tertio quartoque dentatis, se- 

 quent i bus pectinatis. Protliorax ca})ile vix angustior, 

 latitudine brevior, antice subtruncatus, lateribus modice, 



