N:o 10] Coleoptcra mediterranea et rosso-asiatica. 13 



40. Liodes siibglobosa n. sp. 



Globoso-ovata, piceo-castanea, nitida, ore aiitennis pedi- 

 busque rnto-testaceis, antemiarum clava angusta, concolore; 

 prothorace punctiilato, basi trnncato, angulis posticis snbre- 

 ctis; elytris nsqne ad apiceni striato-pimctatis; tibiis anticis 

 angustisj linearibns, Long. 2 mm. 



Alas: femoribns posticis angnlo apicali rotundato, sub- 

 prominulo, tibiis apicem versus satis fortiter ciirvatis. 



Species statura globoso-ovata L. hadiae Sturm primo 

 iiitiiitu simillima, sed prothorace distincte punctato striisque 

 elytrorum nsqne ad apicem distinctis diversa; a L. hrunnea 

 Stnrm statnra magis convexa formaqne femornm posticornm 

 in mare distingnenda. — Capnt parvnm, minns snbtiliter pnn- 

 ctatnm, picenm, nitidnm; fronte pnnctis 4 majoribns instrncta. 

 Antennae rnfo-testaceae, clava vix obscnriore, articnlo 3:o 

 2:o dimidio longiore, 4 — 6 sensim brevioribns et crassioribns, 

 5:o liand transverso, 7:o pennltimis panllo angnstiori, apicali 

 breviter ovato, pennltimo parnm angnstiore sed fere sesqni 

 longiore. Protliorax amplns, coleopteris parnm angnstior^ 

 apicem versns fortiter angnstatns, lateribns modice rotnndatis, 

 basi trnncato j angnlis posuicis qnam in L. badia panllo ob- 

 tnsioribns, anticis rotnndatis; disco transversim convexns, 

 satis dense snbtiliter pnnctatns, ante marginem posticnm laevi- 

 gatnnij versns latera pnnctis perparnm majoribns seriatim dis- 

 positis. Scntellnm obsolete pnnctatnm. Elytra protkorace 

 plns qnam dnplo longiora, rotnndato-ovata, snpra convexa? 

 rnfo-castanea, nitida, satis fortiter et regnlariter nsqne ad 

 apicem striato-pnnctata, stria linmerali distincta, interstitiis 

 vage snbtilissimeqne vix perspicne pnnctnlatis, alternis pnn- 

 ctis nonnnllis valde remotis majoribns seriatim impressis. Crista 

 mesosterni alte elevata. Pedes brevinscnli, rnfo-testacei, tibiis 

 snblinearibns, tarsis posticis tibiis distincte brevioribns, arti- 

 cnlo primo nltimo panllo et secnndo fere dnplo longiore. 



Habitat in Sibiria arctica rarissime; ad ånmen Jenissei 

 prope vicnm Cliantaika d. 19 Jnlii nnicnm specimen inveni. 



