Htltica. 551 



rem tubercu ! a duo parva, elevata, paria, & aliud 

 maius, oblongum, inter sntennas; oculi magni, pro- 

 minuli, nigri. Antennse dimidio corpore parum 

 longiores, tofae teftacese, extrorfum gradatim crafli- 

 ore« , articalo ultimo acuminato, Thorax brevif- 

 fimus, rransverfus, anfice anguftior, late, fed minus 

 profunde emsrginatus , Iateribus rotundatus, evi- 

 denter marginatus, bafi valde finaatus, in medio 

 nempe rotundato-produ&us, & utrinque bis Ieviter 

 emarginatas, anguiis lateralibus iub- rectis; fupra 

 valde convexus , totus rufo- teftaceus, nitidiffimus, 

 crebre, fed fubtiliffime & valde obfolete pun&uiatus, 

 Scutellum parvum , triangulare, rufoteftaceum, lae- 

 ve. Eiytra antice vix thorace iatiora, humeris ro- 

 tundatis, fed mox pone batin valde dilatata, dein 

 verfu3 pofteriora attenuata, thorace quadrupio lon- 

 giora, fupra valde convexa, tota rufo- teftaces, niti- 

 diffima , paullo evidentius quam thorax punctulata* 

 ?"!orpus totum fubtus rufo teftnceum , nitidum, obfo- 

 lete puncluiatum. Pedes pallidius teftacei, femori- 

 bus nitidis, tibiis, praefertim mediis, arcuatis, apice 

 craffioribus. 



Obf Sub nomine Alt. Cardui, Dorn. Kirby et- 

 jam ex an^lia mifit, huic quidem fimiliimam , ied 

 coVpore magis oblongo, rainus convexo, & paullo 

 fortius pun&ato diftinctarn. 



Sectio 2:a, Elytris punctato-ftria- 



tis. 

 24. H. exoleta:ob!ongo-ovata, tufo-tefta- 

 cea, niricla, immacuiata, ocuHs folis ni- 

 gris, thorace poftice transverfim impref- 

 fo, eiytris regulariter pun&af o - ihiaris. 

 Ent. HefU 2. 17 S> P^nz. fn, 21. /♦ 14. Schonk, 

 Jynon* 2, 310. $6. 



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