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marginibus, antennarum bafi, elytris am- 

 plis, pedibusque abfcure teftaceis.' 



Grav. Monogv. 213, tp. 



StaphylimuT teffins. Payk. /«. J. 41U 56. OUv. 

 ent. 3, 42. 36. $2. Tab. 3. /. 21. a, b. 



Habitat in fungis & fucco arborum paffim. 



Defcr, Statura fer® praecedentis , fed paullo mi- 

 ims, tenue punclulatum , & elytris aropHs, abdo- 

 men fere totum tegentibus diftinclum ; variat etjam 

 magnitudine dimidro niinoru Caput porre&um fub- 

 triangulare nigrum, ve} fulco-seneum nitidum, fat 

 crebre, fed tenue pun&ulatum; in vertice inter an- 

 tennas ftriga impreffa, & ante fingulum oculum ftria 

 obliqua, verfus antennarum bafin ducta; inter an» 

 tennas utrinque foveoli parva rotundata; os fufco- 

 teftaccum, palpis piceis; ocuii magni globofi brun- 

 nei, Antermae tliorace parum longtores, ftruclura 

 ut in praecedentibus, 'ligrse, pilofe, articulis fcribus 

 primis teftaceis, faepe fupra fufcefcetibus , 4-10 

 fenfim crafifioribus , uirimo majori ovato aeuminato» 

 Thorax transverfus, antice pofticeque trurxatus, ia- 

 teribus late marginaf us , margine reflexo, angulis 

 omnibus, lateribasque aequaliter rotundatus; fupra 

 modice convexus, crebre at tenue punclulatus , ni« 

 ger, vel fufco-aeneus nitidus, margine lafcerali & 

 poftico anguftq fufco- teftaceis; in medio dorfi li- 

 neola Jongitudinaiis impreiT*, plerumque valde ob- 

 foleta, & intra margiris medium urrinque foveola 

 rotundata, Scuteilum breve triangulare fufco-ae- 

 reum. Elytra magna, thorace triplo longiora , ab« 

 dominis maximam partem tegentia, antice vix tho- 

 racis medio iatiora, verfus apicem valde di ! atata, 

 apice ob!ique tnuicata , angulo exteriori rotundato, 

 futurali recfco vel fuh> acuminato; fupra parum con- 

 vexa, fufco- teftacea , crebt-rrime tenue punclulata, 

 pua&ig in difco flrias 2 feu 3 abfoletas foimantibus* 



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