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Scymims (Pulliis) teiiiiiciis ii. sp. 



ObloEgo-ovalis, minus convexus, niger, parum nitidus, 

 confertira profundius punctatus, flavo-pubescens, prothorace, 

 antennis pedibusqve rufis; coxis anticis minus late distanti- 

 bus, prosterni lineis elevatis autice prope apicem conniventi- 

 bus; liceis postcostalibus seg-menti primi ventralis completis, 

 semicircularibus, partem ^,'4 segmenti occupantibus. Long. 



Species parva, statura magis oblonga et minus convexa 

 inter congeueres insignis. Se. nano Muls. proxiraa, sed colore 

 Se. fulvieolli Muls. similis, statura minus convexa et pun- 

 ctura elytrorum magis conferta facile distinguenda. — Caput 

 transversum, prothorace distincte angustius, piceum, subtiliter 

 punctulatum, griseo-pubescens, fronte oculorum diametro plus 

 qvara duplo latiore, clypeo emarginato, ore palpisqve rufo- 

 testaceis; oculis parvis, mandibularum basin haud attingenti- 

 bus, orbita inferiore rotundata. Antennae ab oculis paullo 

 remotae, brevissimae, rufo-testaceae, articulo ultimo penulti- 

 rao angustiore, transverso. Prothorax coleopteris distincte an 

 gustior, latitudine duplo brevior, apicem versus leviter angu- 

 status, apice truncatus, angulis anticis parum productis, de- 

 llexis; lateribus tenuiter marginatis, subrectis, antice taraen 

 obtuse rotundatis; basi subtilissirae marginatus et continue 

 obtuse rotundatus, utriuqve haud sinuatus, angulis posticis 

 obtusis; supra transversim leviter convexus, rufus, disco po- 

 steriore paullo obscuriore, dense subtiliter punctatus, flave- 

 scenti pubescens. Scutellum triangulare, nigrum, subtilissime 

 punctatum, flavo-pubescens. Elytra ovata, prothorace fere qva- 

 druplo longiora, prope basin rotundato-dilatata, apicem ver- 

 sus angustata, apice obtuse rotundata; supra convexiuscula, 

 postice declivia, tuberculo humerali obsoleto, nigra, subnitida, 

 apice obsolete picescentia, dense satis fortiter fere aeqvaliter 

 punctata, punctis apice obsoletioribus et paullo remotioribus, 

 interstitiis omnium subtilissime alutaceis, minus tenuiter fla- 

 vo-pubescentia. Corpus subtus nigrum, flavo-pubescens, ab- 

 domine picescenti; meso- et metasterno crebre et profunde, 

 abdomine subtiliis punctatis; prosterno inter coxas angusto, 



