Haltica. 535 



Chryfomcla putiearia. Linn. Py(l. z. jyj. 64. 



Altica pulicaria. Thunb. AcJ. Upf 5. 113,45. 



Habitat in pratis humentibus, non inire- 

 quens. 



Defcr. Statura convexa prsecedentis, fed p!e- 

 rumque dirnidio major. Caput triangulare, nigrum, 

 nitidum, iubtiiiffime punclnlatum, fronte inter an- 

 tennas carinula longitudinali eievata; oculi promi- 

 nu!i, nigro brunnei. Antennae dimidio corpore Ion- 

 giores, articulis tribus primis pailide teftaceis , re- 

 liquis nigris , exterioribus gradatim craffioribus. Tho- 

 rax latitudine brevior, antice paulio latior, trun- 

 catus, iate,ribus fub-obliquis, vix rotundatis, evi- 

 denter mar^inatis ; bafi eciam truncatus, fupra valde 

 convexus, totus niger, nitidus, crebre, fubtififfime 

 pun&ulatus. Scuteilum breve, triangulare, nigruoi, 

 nitidum, Jaeve. Elytra antice thorace latiora, hu- 

 meris rotundatis, & ultra medium vajde diiatata, 

 tborace quintuplo longiora, apice rotundata, angu- 

 lo faturali fub-re&o; fupra vaide convexa, nigra, 

 nitida, creberrime & profundius quam thorax, pun- 

 ttata; ante apicem cujusvis eiytri macula rotunda- 

 ta, rubra, peliucida, interdum parva, pun6liformis, 

 pSerumque vero major, rarius ad apicem usque di- 

 latata. Corpus fubtus nigrum , nitidum, crebre fub- 

 tiliter pun&ulatum* Pedes mediocres, femoribus 

 nigris, anterioribus faepe apice teftaceis ; tibiae & 

 tarfi. anteriores teftacei, poftici fufco-picei, 



Var. b,' differt tantum macula rubra apicali e- 

 lytrorom antice emarginata, cordiformi. 



ObL Chryfomela bi-puftulata, Thunb. Aft. 

 Upf. 4. 13. 2r, a Dom. iSchonherr ad Haiticas re- 

 lata, Synon, 2. 311. 63» certe coccinella Reppenfij, 

 Payk. Fn, »♦ 27, *8» var. b* 



Ll 4 13. H. 



