— 328 — 



Transcaucasia orientali [distr. Signach (L. Mlokossewicz!); 

 distr. Xucha: Aresch (E. Кое ni g!); Araxes inferior Qs. a 

 Seidlitz!); Lambarau (K. Satunin!)]; probabiliter etiam in pro- 

 vinciis Uralensi et Turgajensi ^-). 



Synonymou: iPr. HenJcei Schau f. 1879, B. Jak. 1887 s=^). 



Pr. asiaticus Fald. 1837. 



11(10). Antennae utroque in sexu simiDliciter 12-articulatae, minus com- 



pressae. Coxae posticae in $ minus distantes, segmenti ventralis 



primi processu intercoxali angustiore, apice subangulato. — Long. 



3$ 33 — 38 mm. ^^). 



Hab., quantum constat, solum in Persia occidentali [Schiraz 

 (Kotschy!)] nec non in Kurdistano (Bartholomey!). 



Synonyma: \ Pr. asiaticus $ B. Jak. 1887. — Pr. JaJcoivïewi 

 Sera. 1898. 



Pr. persicus L. Redt. 1850. 



12 (7). Tarsi antici in 9 non, in $ vix nisi amplificati, articulo 3° lobis, 

 sicut in tarsis posterioribus, apice spinoso-productis, plantis utrin- 

 que auguste parumque, in $ angustissime tomentosis. Antennae 

 utroque in sexu 11-articulatae, articulo ultimo in ^ sat manifeste, 

 in $ vix vel haud distincte e duobus articulis arte connatis, quo- 

 rum apicalis multo brevior est, composite; in $ tenues, in c? mo- 

 dice latae, nullo modo nodosae, dentibus fortiter compressis acu- 

 tisque. Coxae posticae in Ç leviter distantes, segmenti ventralis 

 primi processu latiusculo, tamen apice angulato discretae. Abdo- 

 men $ elytra parum vel vix superans. Forma typica magnitudiue 

 minore ($2 25 — 44 mm.), staturâ sat debili. Variât staturâ va- 

 lidiere, corporis forma latiore, magnitudine majore (ad 50 mm. 

 usque) (var. bucharica m.). — Long. 3$ 25 — 50 mm. ^^). 



Hab. in provincia Transcaspica [Dort-kuju (ipse! 4. VI. 1889); 

 Duschak (P. Varentzow! 26. IV. 1893); Repetek (ipse! V. 

 1888; P. Varentzow! V. 1894); Nauruz-abad (D. Glasunow! 



32) Cf. A. Semen ow: Bull. Soc. Nat. Mose. 1898, Л2 1, pp. 104— lOG. 



33) Cf. A. Semenow: 1. с 



S'ij Examinavi solummodo 1 Ç e coll. B. Jakowlewi (typus ejus Prioni asia- 

 tici = Pr. Jakowlewi Sem. 1898); praeterea olim 1 ç^, a L. Ganglbauer mecum 

 bénévole communicatum (^=specim. origin. Pr. persici L. Kedt. e Museo Imp. 

 Eeg. Viudobon.). 



За) Examinavi 48 specimina (28 (J, 20 9)> quorum 17 (12 ^, 5 5) ^d formam 

 typicam (coll. P. Semenow, coll. B. Jakowlew, coll. N. Sokolow), 31 (16 $, 

 15 Ç) ad var. bucharicam (coll. P. Semenow) referenda. 



