396 Altochara. 



planus, niger fub-opacus, vix punctatarus, in roe- 

 dio obfolete canaiicuiatus. Scuteilum trianwulare 

 fufco-piceum. JSIytra thorace Uriora & Songiora, 

 apice truncata, vix finuata, fupra depreflfa, ni^ra 

 opaca fub-l3e v ia, tomento breviftirno, uti thorax, 

 adfperfa. Abdomen pone elytra vix longitudine re- 

 liqui corporis, nigrum, parum nitidnm. fub- iseve, 

 ano concolore. Corpus fubtus nignim, mag-s niti- 

 dum , fericeo pubefcen*. Pedes elon^ati tenues, fe- 

 rooribus fufco piceis , bafl (ub tefhceis; tibiae fufco- 

 teftacese; tarfi pallidiores, eiongati, tenues. 



Var. b, differt tantnm colore pjili.iio^i, forte 

 ruper cxclufa; c^put fufco-piceum; thorax, elyra 

 & bafis abdomiois dilutius ftjico-ferruginea j Pede§ 

 paliidi. 



18. A- elongatula: nigra lub-opaca, anten» 

 nis longioribus elytrisque fufco • piceis, 

 pedibus ' anoque teftaceis, thoracc fub- 

 quadrato, foveola anfe-fcutellari impreilo, 



Grav. Micr. 7p. z/. Nlonogr. KJ. iS. 



Var, b. nigrior, fegmentorum ventralium 

 marginibus concoioribus, 



Aleochara oblonga knoch. Grav. Monogr. p. 154, 



Habitat in fungis, qvisqviJiis, paflim. 



Defcr. Prascedente paullo minor, anguftior, 

 antennis crafiloribus , t»».orace Jatiori, pedibus tefta- 

 ceis diftincla. Caput thorace paullo anguftius & mU 

 nus, rotu.idatum nigrum fub-nitidum, vix, vel om- 

 nium fubtiiiffime punclulatum, ore palpisque tcfta- 

 ceis. Antennce thorace longiores, fufco- ferru^.in-. 3?, 

 interdum bsii ditutiores, extrorfum craffjores, articu- 

 lo u'timo oblon^o-ovato, acuminato. Thorax: an-* 

 tice paullo latior, tf uncatus , lateribas mte medium 

 tfilatatus, pofterius angutuor, bafi tiuucaiu.», angu* 

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