i^lO Lijtt.u.f. 



2. L. contrac|:uf; fcr^ugineo- cafhn^us, 

 glabrr, thorace fub cordato, bi-foyeolato, 

 ^lytris depr^fiis, pundato-ibiatis, fucura 

 plerumque nigra. 



Fabr» Eleiit. 2, j^fj» ?«f. Payk fn. 3. Jjj. 10. 



Bitomet bi-punBAta, Herbjl. soL 5. 28* J* tab^ 



Synchifa bi-pun^ata* Httlmg. Schneid. Mag» 



4. 40S. p* 

 Tritoma coton, Rhen in Schtieid. Mag 1. 24$^ 7, 



Var. b^ corpore toto ferrugineo, 



Ips cQntraBa. Oliv, Ent, a, z|. ^. S* V^» *• 

 / w. a, b? 



Habitat fub cortice truncorum Pinl , paflim. 



Defcr. Prsscedente paullo latior, magis depref- 

 fus, caeterum fimili modo magnitudine variat. Caput 

 porre6tum, caftaneum, aut rufo piceum, crebre & 

 profunde rugofo punftatum, verfus os aiguftatum, 

 octtiis globofis, prominuiis, nigris; mandibulae ar- 

 cuatse, apictJ evidenter bifidae, laciniis fub-aequalibus, 

 acutis» Antennae tborace breviores, ferrugineae, ar- 

 ticujo primo craffo, fub-globofo, fubtus incifo; fe- 

 cundo brevi, truncato; tertio longiori, ob-conico; 

 4-9 brevibus, truncatis, decimo magno, iafo, per* 

 foliato, truncato; ultimo paullo minori, lenticulari* 

 Thorax ladhidinc antica paullo longior, antice fiib- 

 truncatus, angujis deflexis, prominulis, lateribu» po- 

 tie apicem dilatato- rotundatis, dein oblique verfut 

 bafin direftis, vix marginatis; bafi multo anguftior, 

 truncatus, angulis oblique prominulis; fupra parum 

 €onv«xuft, fufca-caftaQeut^ Vel rafo-piceus, «rebrs 



