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Sosylus duplicatus. 
S. rufo-fuscus vel fuscus, vix nitidus ; prothorace subelongato, ovato, crebre 
punctato, basi lineis duabus leviter impressis; elytris modice carinatis, 
interstitiis basi crebre, postea biseriatim punctatis. 
Hab. Ega. 
Dark brown or reddish brown, scarcely shining; head nearly as wide 
as the prothorax, finely punctured, rather broad and convex in front, 
the clypeus nearly truncate, hiding the lip; prothorax elongate-ovate, 
the anterior two-thirds rounded at the sides, finely punctured, the base 
with two nearly obsolete: impressed lines; scutellum oblong-ovate ; 
elytra with the caring not nearly so broad as the interstices, the punc- 
tures crowded at the base, afterwards in two rows; body beneath red- 
dish brown ; legs and antenne reddish ferruginous. Length 2 lines. 
Sosylus cursorius. 
S. fuscus, subnitidus; prothorace antice latiore, fortiter punctato; elytris 
late carinatis, interstitiis basi dense, postea uniseriatim punctatis. 
Hab. Ega. 
Dark brown, subnitid ; head slightly narrower than the prothorax, 
rather strongly punctured, convex in front, the clypeus somewhat con- 
tracted, truncate, not hiding the lip; prothorax subelongate, broadest 
anteriorly, coarsely punctured; scutellum subtriangular, rounded be- 
hind; elytra with the carine nearly as broad as the interstices, the 
latter with three and two rows of punctures at the base (about } the 
length of the elytra), diminishing to a single row for the rest; body 
beneath subnitid, sparsely covered with fine linear punctures; leg s dar 
ferruginous ; antennee bright ferruginous, Length 2 lines. 
Sosylus castaneus. 
S. rufo-castaneus, vix nitidus; prothorace antice latiore, fortiter punctato ; 
elytris interstitiis trilineato-impressis. 
Hab. Ega. 
Narrow, subcylindrical, reddish chestnut, scarcely shining; head as 
broad as the prothorax, sparingly punctured, convex in front, the clypeus 
rounded; prothorax elongate, broadest anteriorly, rather coarsely punc- 
tured, an almost obsolete semilunar impression at the base; scutellum 
oblong; elytra with narrow carine, the interstices with three well- 
defined impressed lines; body beneath reddish chestnut, with scattered, 
short, oblong impressed lines, closer and coarser on the abdomen; legs 
reddish ferruginous; antennz brown; palpi yellowish ferruginous; eyes 
black. Length 2 lines, 
Sosylus terebrans. 
S. ferrugineus, subnitidus; prothorace ovato, leviter punctato, basi im- 
presso; elytris modice carinatis, interstitiis sublineatis vel punctato- 
lineatis. 
Hab. Ega. 
