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vix ampliata, medio basi thoracis duplo latiora, apice conjun 

 ctim rotundata, dorso parum convexa, postice subretusa, lateri- 

 bus inrtexa, juxta suturam transversim rugulosa ibique et ad 

 latera seriato-punctata, in disco rugoso-scrobiculata, costis dua- 

 bus irregularibus elevatis, interiore minus fortiter tuberculata, 

 exteriore remote callosa; squamositate umbrina, setulis minutis, 

 nigris, immixta, vestita; ante medium dorsi utrimque plaga e 

 setulis subfasciculatim condensatis, plus minusve distincta, antice 

 posticeque striga albida terminata. Corpus subtus et pedes 

 dense umbrino-squnmosa, disperse nigro-setulosa, abdomine fe- 

 moribusque fusco-maculatis. 



148. Spartecerus brevipennis: niger, fusco-ochraceo-squamosus ; 

 fronte impressa, supra oculos cristata; thorace rugoso-tubercu- 

 lato, medio canaliculate; elytris suborbicularibus, trifariam 

 tuberculato-costatis, humeris dentatis. Long. 10^, lat. 7 mill. 



Caput et thorax, quoad formationem sculpturamque ut 

 in Spartece.ro hypocrita, indumentum vero fusco-ochraceurn, 

 vix raaculatum. Elytra, dente laterali antico excepto, orbicu- 

 laria, medio basi thoracis fere triplo latiora, apice conjunctim 

 rotundata. dorso parum convexa, postice perpendiculariter 

 declivia, lateribus inrtexa, juxta suturam transversim rugulosa 

 ibique et ad latera seriato-punctata, in disco rugoso-foveolata, 

 trifariam tuberculato-costata, sutura postice elevata; fusco- 

 ochraceo-squamosa. lituris albidis vix nisi ad margines laterum 

 conspicuis. Corpus subtus et pedes fusco-ochraceo-squamosa, 

 disperse nigro-setulosa. 



149. Spartecerus depressus: niger, fusco-cinereo-pulverulentus, 

 dorso depressus, capite thoraceque auaglyptice sculpturatis, 

 hoc lateribus subspinoso; elytris in disco rugoso-scrobiculatis 

 tuberculatisque, dorso postice carina truncata terminato, hu- 

 meris dentatis. Long. 8, lat. 4 millim. 



Caput transversum, supra parum convexum, carinulis qua- 

 tuor alte elevatis proeditum, intermediis postice conniventibus, 

 exterioribus supra-ocularibus; oculi laterales, depressi: rostrum 

 capite paullo longius, arcuatum, supra ad basin 4-foveolatum, 

 apice breviter sulcatum. Antennas verticem baud excedentes, 

 nigrte, clava atro-holosericea. Thorax latitudine baseos non 

 brevior. nee antice augustior, ante medium calloso-dilatatus, 

 callis tuberculatis, postice subspinosis ; basi truncatus, apice 

 trisinuatus, supra depressus, punctatus, medio obsolete canali- 

 eulatus, basi utrimque calloso-elevatus, dorso lineis elevatis, 

 reticulatim compositis, in margine antico incrassatis, areas 

 quinque includentibus, mediam subrhombicam. duasque utrim- 

 que adjacentes, anteriores oblongas, posteriores oblique subtri- 

 angulares. Elytra thoraci arete applicata, pone humeros, den- 

 tato-extensos, baud ampliata, medio basi thoracis duplo latiora, 

 apice conjunctim rotundata, latitudine vix dimidio longiora, 

 dorso depressa, postice declivia, lateribus inrtexa, prope sutu- 

 Ofvers. af K. Vet.-Akad. Fork. Arg. 28. N:o 2. 3 



