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D^fcr, Lathrobio elcngato fere dimidio minor, 

 ahguftior. Oput m;>gnum, thorace feie htius, ob- 

 Jongo- quadratum , convexum nigrum nitidum, in 

 meiio frontis laeviffimum, verfus latera & verticem 

 punclis fubtiliffimis haud crebris impreffum; fupra 

 antennarum bafin fulci duo ioagitudinales arcuati, 

 abbreviati; os & palpi rufo- fetrugitied; oculi minu- 

 tl brunnei; collare valde anguftum Iseve. Antennae 

 thorace brevjores, craffae, rufo- ferruginece , articu- 

 lo primo maximo elorgaro, extrorfum crafiiori, ul- 

 timo fub - aourninato. Thorax antice anulto Iatior, 

 in rnedio productus, fub-rotundatus , angulis ob!i- 

 c)ue deflexis obtufis , lateribus obiiquis, poftice mul- 

 to anguftior, obtufe rotundatus, fupra convexus, 

 niger nitidus, parum virefcenti- rnicans; in medio 

 dorfi area lata longitudinaiis Iseviffima , quam utrin- 

 que circumfcribit feries e punclis 12 ad 16, &; extra 

 feries fere tota regio lateralis puuclis crebris , abs- 

 que ordine fparfis, impreffa; punfta omnia parva, 

 seqtialia. ScuteSIurh triangulare depreffum nigro-pi- 

 ceum , crebre fubriliter pun&ulatum. Elytra thora- 

 cis ba(i paullo latiora, fed vix ejus Jongitudine, a- 

 pice oblique truncata , fupra fub-convexa, fufco-pi- 

 cea , faepe dilutius fufco- ferruginea, parce & pa- 

 rum profunde vage punclata, tenue pubefcentia. 

 Abdomen pone elytra reliquo corpore br^vius, ni- 

 grum fubnitidum, obfoletiflime pun&ulatum, te- 

 Uue pubfcens. Corpus fubtus nigro-piceum fub- 

 nitidum, vlx punclulatiim ; fegavmturn ultimnm par- 

 vum conicum, plerumque retractum; fexus diiTeren- 

 tia in hac fpecie & fequentibus ignota , occultata* 

 Pedes breviufculi rufo-ferrugfnei, tariis anticis vix 

 eeteris latioribtis. 



Obf. St. pun&ulatus Grav. loc* cit, St. linea- 

 fis Marfch. ex Anglia miffus , paullo major, cete- 

 rum cmni punclo converiens, vix fpecie diftin&us; 

 utrum vero Sr. linearis Fabricii ad jam defcriptunl 

 vel ad SU ochraceum alligandus, vix ex defcriptio* 

 fce per-brevi dijudicari queat, ^ 7 gg« 



