358 Stnphtjlinuf. 



Habitat fub lapidibus, & in truncis putridis, 



mmus frequens. 



Defcr, St. tricolori major, praefertim latior. 

 Caput thoracis latitudine, oblongo-ovatum, nigrum 

 jiitidum , in medio Iseve, lateribus fat crebre fed non 

 profunde punctatum ; in antico frontis puncta 2 aut 

 4 parva , transverfim pofita, & fupra bafm antenna- 

 rum ftriga obfoleta abbreviata ; os & palpi rufo-te- 

 ftacei; ocu : i & co lare ut in prioribus. Antennae 

 thorace pauilo breviores, obfcure rufo- ferrugineae, 

 articulo primo longo arcuato, fed minus valido 

 quam in prioribus ; ultimo oblongo acuminato. Tho- 

 rax antice paullo iatior, truncatus, angulis deflexis, 

 poitice rotundatus , fupra convexas, nigro • picens 

 iaeviiTimus , verfus margines foepe magis rufefcens; 

 juxta marginem ipfum lareralem & apicaiem pnn&a 

 nonnulla parva ; intra apicem utrinque puncta duo , 

 oblique pofita, & pone medium tertium , majufcu- 

 la , profundius impreffa. Scutellum triaugulare de- 

 preftum, rufo-piceurn Iseve. Elytra longitudine tho- 

 racis , & vix ejus bafi latiora, fupra fub- deprefla, 

 rufo-teftacea nitida , fat profunde, fed minus crebre 

 punctata , tenue pubefcentia. Abdomen pone elytra 

 reliquo corpore b^evius, nigrum lub-nitidum, vix 

 pu^ctuiatura , grifeo-pubefcens, ano ferrugineo* 

 Gorpus fubrus rufo-piceum.nitidum , obfolete pun- 

 cniiatum , fegmentorum ventralium marginibus iate, 

 anoqua dilutius teftaceis. Pedes toti rufo-teftacei, 

 tarfi-i anticis valde diiatatis. 



Var. b, praecer mignitudinem , etjam differt tho- 

 ra f e toro fufco- rnfefcente, & fegmentorum abao- 

 minalium marginibus quoque dorfo ferrugineis. 



Obf. Nsque St. fulgidus, Fabr. Efeur. 2. 596* 

 32, n-c ^aederus fulgidus, ibid. 609. 6. propter pe- 

 du a colorem nigrum . huc referri pofTunt, quare 

 no<nen J. Gravenho-ftii retinui; Paederus fuivipen- 

 nis Fabr. Eteut. 2. 609. 4. vid-tur mera varietas P. 

 eu>j£4r.i, elytris totis rufo - teilaceis, 



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