A n t h i c u s. 



493 



cordatus, cspite anguftior, bafi spiceque truncatus, 

 lateribus iramarginatus* ante medium dilatatus, po- 

 fterius anguftus, fupra valde convexus, undique ni- 

 ger opacus, confertiffime fubtiliter puncntlatusj te- 

 nue pubetcens. Scuteilum parvum nigrum, apice ro- 

 tundatum. Elytra thoracis bafi fere duplo latiora, 

 fk iilo plus duplo longiora, apice rotundata, fupra 

 convexa, nigra iub-nitida, tenue pubc-feentia, minus 

 crebre, at paullo fortius quarn caout & thorax pun- 

 ctata / ab humero, obiique verfus fururam, fafcia 

 ferruginea, raro futuram attingens & pone medium 

 aiia, antrorfum obliqua, ad futuram antrorfum <k 

 retrorfum cuneiformirer dilatata, nnde figuram cru- 

 cis irregulatis monltrat, Corpus fubrus nigrum fub- 

 nitidum, vix , vel fubtilimme punetulatura , tenne 

 pubefcens. Pedes eiongati teiiues, femoribus nigro- 

 piceis , tibiis, prxfertim verfus apicein » tarfisque di- 

 lutius fufco- teftaceis. 



Var. b. differt tantum fafcia pofteriori elytrorum 

 fere recta, transverfa, &quaii, nec ad futuram di- 

 latata* 



♦ 

 4, A. fellatus: niger obfciirus, tenue gri* 

 feo-pubefcens, crebre punciulatus, anten* 

 nis pedibusque rurb- teilaceis, elytris teiU* 

 ceis, fafcia media lata nigra» 



Schuiih. Jynon. 2, 57. 2/. 



Notoxus fellatus. tllig. col. bor. 1. i£f. u 



Panz. Jn. 3$. f. 2. 

 Anthicus anthermus. Payk. Atl. Holm. 1801. p * 



116. var. c. 



Var. b. Elytris fufcis, macula tsntum poftica 

 obfcure teftacea* 



