Professor Fischer on three New Species of Lclhriis. 249 



Art. XXXII. Descriptions of three New Species of 

 Lethrus. By Professor Fischer.* 



1. Lethrus scoparius^ "ig<?rj supra scabriusculus, infra villosus, 



tibiis anticis scopatis. Long. 8|^ lin : lat. 5. lin. 

 Lethrus scoparius, Fischer, lett. a Pander, p. 11. 



Of the same size as Lethrus cephalotes, from which it differs in 

 the scabrosity and villosity of the body; and in the auricles or 

 wings of the head being larger and rather square. Head large 

 like that of cephalotesj but rougher; clypeus with two longitudi- 

 nal tubercles, apex reflected, auricles wider, rather square. La- 

 brum and Maudibulae hairy. Thorax rough with impressed dots, 

 sides hairy, reflected. Scutellum broad at the base, triangular, 

 rough with impressed dots. Elytra rough with dots, hairy. Body 

 beneath hairy^ feet very viilose, legs distinctly toothed on the out- 

 side, hairy on the inside, hairs collected into a little brush near 

 the apex. Inhabits the Southern steppes of Orenbourg. Pander. 



2. Lethrus longimamis, nigrescenti-violaceus, nitidus, scabriuscu- 



lus, tibiis anticis longis, totis dentatis. Long. 5| lin. lat. 

 4l!n. 

 Lethrus longimanus, Fischer, Lettrea Pander, p. 12. Coleopt. 

 t. 13. f. 3. 



* 



Smaller than Leth. cephaloies, from which it differs in all re- 

 spects. Head rough, with a frontal impression of confluent dots, 

 auricles or lateral wings much dilated. Thorax rough with im- 

 pressed dots, margins reflected on both sides. Scutellum short, 

 triangular, grooved. Elytra joined together, much narrower than 

 the thorax, and rather longer, rough, with several slightly im- 

 pressed lines. Body somewhat villous beneath, the anterior feet 

 smoother, the legs very long, compared with the thorax as 3 | 



• Translated from his Entomographia Imperii Russici. torn. I. p. 13G, et «eq. 

 Vol. I. II 



