574 Haliica. 



Mordella fuh rotunda atro-cenea, Linn, Fn^ 

 Sv^ ed» i:a jjp. 



Var. d, fup^-a nlgra» Ent. Ueft, £f SchonK 

 loc^ cit» var. /?♦ 



Habkat in p'antls & graiTiine, prsefejrtini 

 locis aiidis, ubique frtqucns. 



Defcr* Magnitudo & ffre fl-atura H. affinif, vel 

 adhuc minuji canvexa ; variat etiatn dup!o minor & 

 •ultrj». Capu': ffian;4ulare, asneiim, parum nitidum, 

 crebre, fubtiliflime pun(!:^ii!3riim , fronce inter anten- 

 Bas carinaia lonirirudinafi elevata, abbreviata; ocuti 

 -prominuil, brunnei. Antenn^e loni^ituciine dimidii 

 corporij;, plerumque a b^jii ultra medium ferruginese, 

 fextrorf-im frradatim crafiiores, ni^rofuf^se, articulo 

 ultirao m^jori, ovato, fub-Jicumiiiato. Thorax trans- 

 ▼er(us, lon.;itudine duplo latior, antice truncatus, 

 laterihus fub re^^lis, evidenter raarj^Tinsti* , bafi fnb-fi- 

 nn'a?us, in medio rotund.^te produi^-las , fupra parum 

 convexus, virefcenti aeneus, fubniiidus, crebre & fat 

 profjjnde pun<5tat(ie ; in bafi utrinqae, verfus mar- 

 ginem, foveola obiiqua , impreirri, pleruthque valde 

 obfoieta, Scatelium parvtim, ro^^ondatum, virefcen* 

 ti- seneum, laeve. Elyrra sntice taoracls bafi parum 

 latiora, fed mox pone bafin valde dilateta, thorace 

 iquintupio loncjora, fupra parum convexa, virefcenti» 

 aenea, nitida , reiJuiariter 6c profande punftato-ftria- 

 ta, iQterftiriis planis, iaevibut;. Corpus lubtus, ni- 

 g^-um, fab nifidum, crebre, fubciiir-r pundulatum» 

 Pede.s vaiidi, femoribus nij?;;fis , pofticis m^^gnis , 2e- 

 Deomicantibus ; tlbi^e & tarfi obfcure ferruginei ; 

 tibiie pofticae externe, pauflo infra medium , dente 

 parvo, albirio* fetofo, armarae. 



Var. b, differt tantam colore capitis 6c thora- 

 cis magis cuprto^ t;iycm ^eaeo - cupreii»« 



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