Tachypovws. 24.7; 



Defcr. Statura omnino T. pubefcentis , fed qua- 

 druplo minor & ultra, magis niger, antennis craf- 

 fioribus, totis teitaceis dilHnctus. Cuput breve Ia- 

 turn transverfum convexuoi nigrum niridiflimum lae- 

 v<?, ore palpisque pallide tefi.-Ciis, Antennae vix: 

 thorace iongiores , totse ruto • tcitaccae, extrorfum 

 crafli »res , apice obtufae. Thorax amplus f antice 

 atigultior, fub - tmarginatus , angulis producTtis aeu- 

 ti:s, Iateribus vix marginatus , pofterius muito latior, 

 bali late emarginatus , angulis nempe retrorfum lon- 

 ge productis aeutis ; fupra valde convexus, niger ni- 

 tidus, omflium fubtilifiime punclulatus , tenue pube- 

 fcens, margine fummo poftico, aogu!i«que ruto-te- 

 ftaceis peliucidis. Scutellum triangulare nigrum 

 punctulatum. Elytra thoracis poftico angnftiora, 

 & tnorace vix dimidio longiora, apice truncata, 

 anguiis rectis; fupra convexa , nigro- fufca , interdum 

 fufco- brunnea vel ob f cure teftacea , margine poftico 

 paliidius teitaceo ; creberrime fubtiliter punclulata, 

 tenue pubetcentia. Abdornen conicum . in vivo e- 

 longatum, fubuUtum, nigro-piceum nitidUm, fub- 

 tiliter punftujatum , fr gr.ennMum marginibus tam 

 fupra quam iofra rufo- tt-ftaceis. Corpus reliquum 

 fubtus ni^rum niddum punctuiatum. Pcdes toti ru- 

 fo- teftacei. 



Var. b, tanhim colore totius corporis pallide 

 rufo- teftnceo differt; folum ocu!i ni.^ri, & abdo- 

 men pius minusve ir.fufcatum, praefertim apice; ce- 

 tera omnia conveniunt, adeoque vix fpecie diftingui 

 queat. 



Sect. 2. Corpore elongato, etjara 

 antice a 1 1 c n u a t o. 



$%. T. lepidus: elongstus niger nifidus gla- 



ber ? ore, antennarum bali, pedibusque 



Q^4 rufo- 



