Johu Sahlbeig. [XLV 



31. Oplioiius iiigTipeiiiiis n. sp. 



Rufo-feiTugmei-is, elytris iiigris; capite crebre fortiter 

 pmictato, temporibus piibescentibns; prothorace transverso, 

 postice angiTstato, angnlis obtusis, confertim profnnde pun- 

 ctato, pmictis in disco paullo remotioribus, margine basali 

 tenni sed distincto; elytris striis hand pnnctatis, interstitiis 

 snbplanis, crebre pnnctnlatis; tarsis posticis snpra snbgiabris: 

 tibiis anticis spina apicali crassinscnla, apice acnto. Long. 7 mm. 



Mas: tarsis anterioribns distincte dilatatis. 



O. meridionali Dej. affinis, prothorace densins et snbti- 

 lins pnnctato, tarsis posticis snpra hievinscnlis, snbgiabris 

 coh^reqne alieno distinctns; ab O. pnmillone Dej. statnra mi- 

 nns angnsta, prothorace densins pnnctato et colore diversns: 

 O. si/riaco Dej. etiam nonnihil affinis, sed mnlto major et 

 snpra minns convexns elytrisqne nigris facile distingnendns. 

 — Capnt rnto-ferrnginenm, satis fortiter remotins pnnctatnm, 

 mandibnlis apice piceis, clypeo ante apicem transversim ini- 

 presso et rngoso-pnnctato, palpis rnfo-testaceis, temporibns 

 pnbescentibns. Antennae rnfo-testaceae, prothoracis basin 

 excedentes, omnino nt in O. meridionali constrnctae. Prothorax 

 longitndine sna circiter ^,4 latior, basi apiceqne latitndine fere 

 aeqnalis, lateribns mox ante medinm rotnndato-dilatatis, po- 

 stice vix sinnatis, angnlis posticis obtnsis, basi tennissime mar- 

 ginatns, rnfo-ferrnginens, snpra modice convexns, satis dense 

 et fortiter pnnctatns, pnnctis in impressionibns basalibns con- 

 fertis, snbconflnentibns, in disco panllo remotioribns, inter- 

 stitiis obsolete transversim rngosis. Scntellnm picenm, obso- 

 lete pnnctatnm. Elytra prothoracis basi distincte latiora et 

 hoc dnplo et dimidio latiora, apice vix sinnata, piceo-nigra, 

 margine basali et laterali cnm epiplenris totis rnfescentibns, 

 striis qnam in O. meridionali panllo snbtilioribns. interstitiis 

 magis deplanatis, satis confertim pnnctatis, pnbe brevi, tenni, 

 snberecta a latere visibili adspersis. Corpns subtns totnm 

 rnfo-ferrnginenm. Pedes concolores, tarsis posticis articnlis 

 basalibns snpra laevibns, snbgiabris, pilis tantnm dnabns in- 

 strnctis: primo 2:o et 3:o simnl snmtis distincte breviore. 



