tSO Ceryion. 



ce rotundata, anum occultantia, fupra perparum 

 convexa, nigra, nitida, evidetiter ftriata, ftriis obfo- 

 lete pun6l^tis« Corpus fubtus , nigro- piceum, niti- 

 dum, crebre pur.ftulatum* Pedes mediocres, aut 

 dilute teftacei, aut obfcurius rufo-picei» 



Var. b, colore totius corporis diiutiori, aut ru- 

 fo caftaneo* sut ferrugineo, aut paliide teftac<"a dif- 

 fert; faepe etiam paiiilo minor occurric, & fepara- 

 tim a nigris, focietates numerofas formatj vix ta- 

 men fpecies diftinda, notas faltem diftindtivas erue- 

 re non valui. 



Obf. Species tres fub hoe gen^^re jsm delcri- 

 ptse, quoad antennarum ftru6luram fatis convenlunt^ 

 xn caeferis vero multum difcrepant, ut potius gene- 

 ra totidem conftituere debeant, 



RHY^OPHAGUS. 



Palpi hrevi[fimi , Jiliformef. Mandibutcs arcua^ 

 ice , covnece^ apice bijidce. j^n-ennce thora^ 

 ce multo breuiores, ariiciilo decimo magno^ 

 rotimdafo^ articulo parvo^ ohfolelo auctOm 

 Corpus tineari-elongatum^ anguflim . glahrum» 

 Ttiorax Jiib-qUadratiis, Elytra truncatM^ 



ObJ. Tarji quatuor Anteriore? j-articutati^ 

 poflici vero 4-articuiati, ut jufti obfervavit 

 Dom, Miitter, in Ittig, Mag. 4. pag. 204^ 

 £5^ 27J, quare fioc gtnus ad SiStionem prctce" 

 dtntem pertinet, ibique juxta Hypophloeum 

 &^ Phaleriam^ in Familia Difptrialium coU 

 Ucandum. 



I. R. ferrugineus: rufo - ferrugineus , gla- 

 bejr, niUuus, thorace lub-quadrato, pjo- 



funde 



