274 OFVERSIGT AF K. VETENSK.-AKAD. FORHANDL1NGAR, 18 70 



tissimis sublsevigatis, dorso vitta communi indeterminata rufes- 

 cente. Long. 20, lat. 8^ millim. 



Caput subtrapeziforme, fronte sat crebre punctata, epistome 

 apice levissime emarginato, parce punctulato; oculi transversi. 

 Antennae basin thoracis vix attingentes, tenues, parce pilosae, 

 picese, articulo 3:o sequente fere duplo longiore. Thorax basi 

 apiceque ejusdera latitudinis, distincte ampliatus, lateribus medio 

 obtuse subangulatus ibique longitudine media dimidio latior, 

 basi leviter emarginatus, angulis anticis parum prominulis, po- 

 sticis obtusis; supra parum convexus, dorso concinne, ad latera 

 profundius ruguloso-punctatus, intra marginem baseos utrimque 

 fovea subtransversa sat profunde excavata; margine laterali ca- 

 rinato. Scutellum profunde punctatum. postice rotundatim pro 

 ductum. Elytra antice latitudine baseos thoracis, pone humeros 

 leviter ampliata, pone medium iteruin angustata, apice conjunc- 

 tim rotundata, thorace fere quadruplo longiora, supra modice 

 convexa, costis 3 longitudinalibus obsoletis, ante apicem abbre- 

 viatis, priedita, posterius subtiliter granulata, ante medium irre- 

 gulariter punctata, basi cosfisque sublaevigatis vel punctis parce 

 adspersis, margine laterali distincte carinato-elevato, colore nigro 

 juxta suturam et postice indeterminate rufo-tincto. Corpus sub- 

 tus sequaliter convexum, parce et snbtilissime granulatum, abdo- 

 minis segmento apicali punctate Pedes graciles, glabriusculi, 

 femoribus punctatis, anticis distinctive, reliquis parum incrassatis, 

 posticis basin segmenti antepenultimi abdominis parum exce- 

 dentibus, tibiis rectis. 



56. Trachynotus (Latr.) silphoides: oblongo-ovatus, niger, in- 

 sequaliter et tenuissimr pilosus; thorace subangulatim dilatato, 

 intra basin transversim impresso; elytris conjunctim ovalibus, 

 sutura costisque in singulo duabus acute carinatis. Long. 20, 

 lat. 11 millim. 



Caput deflexum, medio parcius, ad latera densius griseo- 

 pilosum, epistome punctato, impressione transversali profunda 

 a fronte disjuncto, labro piceo, apice flavescente; oculi subovales, 

 sat profunde emarginati. Antennae basin thoracis vix attingunt, 

 hliformes, tenuiter pilosse, articulo 3:0 duobus sequentibus, simul 

 sumtis, longitudine sequali. Thorax basi apice nonnihil latior, 

 ab apice ultra medium dilatatus, versus basin iterum subito an- 

 gustatus, latitudine maxima dimidio brevior, basi late emargi- 

 natus, angulis retrorsum productis; apice truncatus, angulis vix 

 prominulis; supra parum convexus, subtilissime punctulatus, 

 pilis minimis decumbentibus, griseis, in dorso parcius, ad latera 

 densius obsitus, intra basin transversim evidenter impressus, 

 basi apiceque tenuissime marginatus, margine laterali distincte 

 reflexo. Scutellum subtiliter ruguloso-punctatum, medio longi- 

 tudinaliter laeve, postice angulatim prominulum. Elytra antice 

 basi thoracis parum latiora, pone humeros regulariter modice 

 rotundato-ampliata, thorace fere quadruplo longiora, at medio 



