O x y t t l u /♦ 4.55 



&t> piccu/. Linn. Jyft. 2. 6g6. 25. Fabi\ eleut. 

 2, 601. 67. Payk. fn. y j$4. 22. a. Pcrnz. 

 fn. 27. f. 14, Marfk. ent. br. 1. 500. 23* 



Var. b. elytrig fufco-picei*. 



Var. c. thorace abdoirnnrque rufo-piceis. 



Habitat inftercoratis, quisquiliJs, ublque frc- 

 quens ; var. b. & c f tamen rarius occur* 

 runt. 



Defcr. Medius in hoc gpnere, prsecedente minor, 

 thoraci* ftructura, punctur» fubti!iori, &c, diftiDcVus. 

 Caput in aliis thorace majus, Utiu*, in aliis paulfo 

 anguftius, nigrum nitidum i«-aeqiial<5, fubtiUus p'in- 

 etuiatum; in antico frontts fovea niagna fub laevis, 

 margine anfcico & lateralibus eleWis ; in vertice 

 fuicuii duo obliqui breves ; os teftsceum, aut to- 

 tum, aut mtndibalis palpisque anferio.-ibus ptceis 4 

 Ancennae Jongitudine thoraci*, extrorfum crafiiorea,, 

 nigrae, articuiig quatuor bafeos teftaceis, primo 

 cruilb elongato, 2,3, tenuibos ob conicis , 4 aeque 

 tenui, fub-globofo, Thorax brevis tran*verfus , an- 

 tise vix vei parum latior. fruncnus, anguds defle- 

 xis , lateribus integerrimis tenue marginatis, ante 

 medium diijtato-rotundit-s, bafi etiam truncatus, an- 

 gulis parum prominuiis; fupra deprefius, inaeqjLilis, 

 niger fub nitidus, fat crebre punctuUtus; in rnedio 

 dorfi fulcus Iongirudina'i, f fat profundus, linearis, 

 feu undique latitudine aequalis ; juxta illum utrinque 

 aiius, oonnihi! arcuatus , etiara ittb-finearis , & intra 

 tnarginem utrinque fovea lafa obiongo-ovata. Scu- 

 tellura parvum triangulare nigrum laeve. Elytra 

 thoracis medio non l«riora, fed illo ditnidio lon^io- 

 ra, fub-transverfa, fupra deprefla, fere plana, rufo- 

 teftacea , interdum livida, fub-nitlda, crebre fubtiiiter 

 punfrita; juxta fururam ftria unica tenuis imprefa, 

 Abdomea pone elytra iongitudiue reiiqui corporis, 

 if f 4. uu- 



