^'■0 lOj Coleoptera moditcrranea et rosso-asiatica. 21 



P. suhparaUelo Mot sch. mnlto major colore pubescentiaque 

 diversa videtnr. — Capnt rotundatnm, subtilissime punctatum, 

 aenenm, pnbe albida depressa satds deiise vestitum. Oculi 

 rotundati, snbliberi. Labrnm subtiliter, sed tamen quam in 

 f route j)aiillo fortius pnnctatum. Palpi nigri, articulo ultimo 

 maxillarinm ovato. Antennae prothoracis basin paidlo snperan- 

 tes, quam in P. modesto multo tenuiores, aeneo-nigrae, tenuiter 

 albido-pnbescentes, articulo tertio elongato, angnsto, secundo 

 diiplo longiore, 4 — 6 sensim paullo brevioribus et crassioribus, 

 7:o 6:o snbaeqnali, latitudine distincte longioribns, 7 — 10 sen- 

 sim leviter incrassatis, penultimis duobns subcyathiformi- 

 bns longitndine paullo latioribus, ultimo ovato duobus ante- 

 cedentibus simul sumtis parum breviore. Prothorax coleo- 

 pteris distincte angustior, apicem versus fortiter angustatus, 

 lateribus subrectis, acute marginatis, apice utrinque obsolete 

 sinuatus, angulis deflexis, subrectis, basi late bisinuatus, an- 

 gulis posticis acutis, prominulis, disco valde subgibboso- 

 convexus, obscure aeneus, maculis 8 parvis nigro-cupreis, 

 quarum 4 in medio träns versim positis et 4 in basi magis 

 approximatis ; dense subtiliter punctatus, pube albida depressa 

 inaequali satis densa pilisque erectis nigris sparsis vestitus, 

 maculis cupreis subnudatis. Scutellum oblongo-triangulare, 

 nigro-aeneum, sublaeve, vix visibiter pubescens. Elytra pro- 

 tliorace fere 5:plo longiora, oblonga, lateribus parallells, dorso 

 alte convexa, nigro-aenea, maculis parvis obsoletis, irregulari- 

 bus cupreo-nigris variegata, superficie subinaequali, dense 

 subtiliter punctata, pube simili ut in prothorace albida pilis- 

 que erectis nigris sparsis vestita. Corpus subtus nigrum, vix 

 aeneo-mioans, subtilissime punctatum et tenuiter albido-pube- 

 scens; prosterno processu satis angusto, apice angustato, me- 

 sosterno tantum m.edio profunde emarginato. Pedes tenues, 

 picei, albido-pubescentes; tarsis articulo 3:o lobo distincto 

 membranaceo munito, tibiis anticis linearibus, extus subtiliter 

 denticulatis. 



Habitat in Sibiriae arcticae territorio friaido rarissime. 

 In loco arenoso prope vicum Dudinka (69° 25'j d. 3 Augusti 

 1876 duo specimina inveni. 



