148 Rhyncticenug, 



anfennis, pedibus, rofttoque Jongiffirpo 

 tenui rufis, thorace fub-dtprtffo bi-tu* 

 bercuiato. 



Var. b, corpore toto rufo-teffeceo. 



Habitat in florihus Ericse vulgaris, mente 

 Auguito, paflim, non infttqvens» 



Defcr. ^taUira Rh. floraiis, & vix il!» major; 

 corpus reapfe nlgrum , fed plerumqve polline florutn 

 vtMcenti denfe adfperfum. Caput rotun,datum ni- 

 grum, crebre punclulatum, pilis & fqvamuiis ci* 

 rereis adfperfum, vertice fub- carinsto * ocuii pro- 

 minali nigro- brunnei; roftrum lon^itudine dimiiil 

 corppris , tenue, arcuatum, rubrum nitidum, apice 

 faepe magis fufcum. Antennee lon^itudine roftri 

 cum capire, tenues , pailide rnfefcenres , c^ava ova- 

 ta pub fcente. Thorsx antice anguftioF, mirgine 

 fub-rt-flexo, medio parum emarginato , poftice fub- 

 truncatus, vel in me^io parum produftus, fupra 

 fub depreffus, niger, creberrime granuato pun6ta- 

 tus, piiis rr.inimis ctnereis parce adfperfus, in medio 

 vix canaliculatus , tuberculo parvo elevato utrinqve 

 armatus. Scufellum parvum trisngulare nigrum de- 

 prefTum. Elytra thoracis Nfi muito iatiora, humes 

 ris prominuiis, fed illo vix triplo 'ongiora , fupra 

 modice convexa , nigra, far pronir.de pun&ato ftria- 

 ta , interftitiis tuberculato- rugofis , & pi is rigiriis 

 cioertis fenatis arMperfis; futura a baii verfus me- 

 dium a!bo • fqvamofa. Cofpus fubtus nigrum pun- 

 elulafum, tborace pefror^que denfe, abdomine par- 

 cius albu - fqvamofis. Ped< s mediocres validi, toti 

 rufo- t« ftacf-i, rinereo- pub foentcs. 



Var b, differt, corpore tofco rufo-ferruginect # 

 artencis pedibusqve pailidioribus, iorte nuper ex- 

 clitfa, 



7o, R, 



