661 



Ofversigt at' Kougl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar, 1871. N:o 6. 



Stockholm. 



Coleoptera Caffrariae, annis 1838 — 1845 a J. A. Wahl- 



berg collecta. Fam. Scolytidcp, Paussidce, Bostrichidce 



et Cioidce l ), descripta? a 



Ol. Im. Fahr^eus. 



(Communic. d. 14 Juni 1871.] 



Fam. SCOLYTID^E Lacord. Gen. Col. Tom. VII, p. 349. 



1. Crossotarsus (Chapuis) Bohemanii: oblongus, cylindricus, fer- 

 rugineus, nitidus, elytrorum plaga discoidali tarsisque flavo- 

 testaceis; fronte subimpressa thoraceque subquadrato disperse 

 punctatis; elytris punctato-striatis. interstitiis 1. 3. 5. 7. 8. et 

 9. apice in spiuulas truncatas productis; abdominis segraento 

 secundo amplissirao, apice profunde exciso. $. Long. 5, lat. 

 1 ? millim. 



Crossotarsus Bohemani Chapuis Monogr. d. Platypides 

 pag. 93. 



Fam. PAUSSID^ Lacord. Gen. Col. Tom. II, p. 1. 



2. Cerapterus (Swederus) Smithii: oblongo-ovatus, subdepres- 

 sus, supra nigro-piceus, subtus testaceus, nitidus, marginibus 

 pedibusque distinctius flavescente-pilosis; elytris thorace latiori- 

 bus et fere quintuplo longioribus, macula intra-apicali, plus 

 minusve dilatata. testacea. Long. 14, lat. 6 millim. 



Cerapterus Smithii Mac Leay Ann. Soc. Afr. p. 74, tab. 

 4. Westwood in Lin. Trans, vol. 18. p. 583 et Ent. Mag. 

 V: p. 502. 



Subgen. Orthopterus id. Westw. Arc. Ent. II, p. 7. tab. 

 49. f. 4. 



3. Paussus (Lin.) Shuckardii: oblongus, subdepressus, ferrugi- 

 neus; antennarum articulo apicali longissimo, subcylindrico, basi 



! ) Q,uum in hoc opere Paussidce, Bostrichidce et Cioidce a eel. Boheman sectio- 

 nibus coleopterorum, in quas entomologi recentioris aevi has familias dispo- 

 suerunt, hand adnuraeratae sint, secundum systema pristinum Latreillii in di- 

 visionem Xylophagarum easdem collocare Hceat. 



