M e 1 o e. 485 



fflefot majalir. Fabr. eleut. 2. 588. 3* Qliu. ent. 



j. 4-r. V. 2. Tab. 1. /. 4. a, /;, & Tab. 2, 



/. 4, c. /^3. //*♦ 10. /. ij. Fallen Qbf ent. 



\. i> 

 Habitatin -c~niararius; Dom. Hiinsmoder tefte 



/}<>/?;. Balien. 



Defcr. M, profcaraljaeo paullo latior. Caput 

 defle^um., poftice thorace param latius, ohfcurfc cu- 

 preo- vioia-: euni , ur.dique confertiflime rugofo-pun- 

 ct.Kum, Uoeo|a tenui in antico frontis exaratum ; os 

 <Sf palpi nh?ri, longius pilofT • ocuii ublongi depreni 

 brunnei. AWean^e vix longitudine tUaracis, tiiifor- 

 mes , urr>piices, e*trprfurn paullo tenuiores, nigrae 

 pubefcen'es. Tborax breyis tnuisverfus , antice p.*ui- 

 Jo iatior, fub-rotuirdatus, haQ emargioat^, fimra 

 planus, Uitra margjnes & bafin impreuus, unde mar- 

 gines elevati appareant ; undique ponfertjfiSme rugq- 

 fo-punclatus, cuprft-o- violaceus , interdum virefcepti- 

 peneus, in medio iQngitudinajiter o«folete impreffus. 

 Scutellum. miautum depreffurn obfcurum fuh- teeve t 

 JSIytrorum forma ut in prioribus omnipo, obfcure 

 vioJaceo- cuprea, crebre poriaceo- rugofa. Abdomen 

 elQhgatum, ventricofum, fubtiiiter cjriac°o- rugo- 

 fu.-n ; fegmenta anteriora faturate cup-e-o rcnra, an« 

 tice lafriu* , poltice a ; :;:< ; Ie virefceofii. Corpus vio- 

 laceo cupreum, crebre rugo{b-puricr,4tura , tenue pu- 

 befeens, Pedes eiongati vatidi viuiaceo- cuprei pu- 

 befcentes. 



4. M. brevicollis; nigro- viofeceus, fubti- 

 iius punftacus, tborace brsViiiimo trans- 

 verfo, bii apipeque emarginato, antennis 

 brevibus extrorfum craffioribus. 



Fabr. eliut. z jSS % Payk. fn. J. 3^2. t. 

 Panz. fih 10. /. »> 



H h 3 Var, 



