FAHR.-ffil.'S, COLBOPTERA I AFFRARl.t. (>63 



Paussus Bohemani Westw. Trans. Ent. tSoc. n. Ser. Ill: 

 p. 83. 



Fam. HOSTRICHID^E Lacord. Gen. Col. Tom. IV, p. 531. 



9. Apate (Fabr.) dispar: oblonga, cylindrica, nigra, supra glabra, 

 nitida, fronte bicornuta, ferruginco-villosa; thorace antice muri- 

 cato, lateribus denticulato; elytris modice rugosis, partira seriato- 

 punctatis, lineis tribus elevatis, duabus interioribus ante apicem 

 in dentem excurrentibus. a*. 



Fan. differt fronte inermi, denticulis thoracis niinoribus, 

 elvtris raagis concinne sculpturatis. 



Long. 17—23, lat. b\— 1\ millim. 



Ab Apate monacha Ol. differt, praster raagnitudinem mi- 

 norem, dentibus thoracis anticis baud incnrvis, elytris minus 

 rude sculpturatis, linea extiraa elevata postice mutica. Caput 

 . deflexum, subtransversum, vertice glabro, granulato, fronte dense 

 ferrugiueo-villosa, q 71 postice cornibus duobus conicis armata; 

 labrum transversum, aciculatum, medio ferrugineo-liirsutum, apice 

 ciliatum ; oculi majusculi, semiglobosi. Antennas capite vix 

 longiores, nigrai, clava ferruginea. Thorax longitudine paullo 

 latior, basi apiceque medio subtruncatus, angulis rotundatis, 

 supra granulatus, antice gibbus, muricatus, lateribus denticulatis. 

 Scutellum oblongo-subquadratum, coriaceum. Elytra cylindrica, 

 thorace vix latiora, at plus triplo longiora, basi subtruncata, 

 postic retusa, dorso rugoso-substriata, lineis tribus elevatis, plus 

 minusve distinctis, impressione apicis terminatis, duabus inte- 

 rioribus in denticulum excurrentibus, notata; impressione ru- 

 goso-punctata, sutura carinata. Corpus subtus convexum, sub- 

 tiliter granulatum, piceum, ferrugineo-pilosuin. Pedes brevi- 

 usculi, coriacei, picei, ferrugineo-pubescentes. 



10. Apate anceps: oblonga, cylindrica, nigra, supra glabra, nitida, 

 fronte punctulata, thorace granulato; lateribus antice spinosis, 

 spina angulari recurva; elytris subseriatira rugoso-punctatis, lineis 

 tribus subelevatis, ante apicem abbreviatis; antennis palpisque 

 ferrugineis. Long. 16 — 17, lat. 5^ — 6 millim. 



Caput deflexum, longitudine latius, vertice tenuiter granu- 

 lato, fronte disperse punctulata, vix vel parce tomentosa, postice 

 foveola impressa; labrum transversum, fulvo-hirsutum; oculi 

 semiglobosi. Antennae capite parum longiores, ferrugineae, clava 

 dilutiorc. Thorax longitudine paullo latior, retrorsum nonnihil 

 angustatus, antice truncatus, postice leviter emarginatus, angulis 

 omnibus subrotundatis; supra convexus, antice declivis, ubique 

 granulis, versus basin depressis, ante medium tuberculiformibus, 

 crebre adspersus, lateribus antice spinosis, spina angulari majore, 

 porrecta, subhamata. Scutellum oblongum, apice rotundatum, 

 parce punctatum. Elytra cylindrica, thorace triplo longiora 



