436 Rhyzophaguf* 



rotBndati^ ; fupra modice convexus, rufo- ferru^me- 

 us, nitida>?, (ubtiliter pund:ularus, Scutelium par- 

 t^um, rorundatum, ferrugineum, laeve. Eiy-ri t.io- 

 racis bafi paullo latiora, humeris prominuJis, tho- 

 rac^ plus duplo lon^f^iora, apice truncita , abdomine 

 breviora, fupra modice convexa, concinne punCtaro- 

 ftriata, bafi apiceque late rufo-ferru^inea, fn m dia 

 traDsverfim jam latius, jam anguftius niirro- picer, 

 nndique nirida. Corpuss fubtus rufo ferrugineum, ni« 

 tidum , fubciliter punftttiatam, Pedes mediocres, 

 toti, mfa ferruigiDei» 



Var» b, colore tantum differt; caput rufotefta- 

 ceum, fuperne interdum obfcurius caftaneum ; tho- 

 racis dorfum, ped:«s & abdominis bafis nigro-picea* 

 Elytra nigra, bali & apice anguftius rufo ferruginea* 



Var« c, plerumaue dlmidio minor, corpore to- 

 to nigro, nitido, ore, antennis pedibusque obfcurius 

 ferrugineis; in apice cujusvis elytri lunula obfcure 

 ferruginea, faepe obfoleta, finu angulum pofticum 

 fpeftans, ad futuram & apicem anguftata, 



Var. d, omnino ut var* e, modo bafis elytro- 

 rum etiam obfcure ferruginea* 



Var. e, tota pallide teftacea', forte immatura; 

 10 majoribus umbra fufca in medio elytrorum inter- 

 dum obfervatas, unde var- a, proxima. 



ObC Var, c, & d, forte fpeciem propriam con- 

 ftituunt, quum feparatim vivunt, & cum fimilibus 

 unice copulantur, fed pcaeter magnitudinem mino- 

 r®m^ 6c coioremi uotas diftindtivas eraere noa valait 



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