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rufo ferrugineis» CorpUs nigro - piceum punfratum, 

 *no ferrugineo. Pedes breves valtdi rufo- teftacei, 



T R I P L A X, 



Patpi incpqiiales ficiiriformes. IJgnfa triftda. 

 Antennce cfava perfoliafa, triarticulata, cbtufa. 



Corpusut in Genere pnecedente. 



1. T. Ruffica: obiongd-ovata rufo-ferfu- 



ginea nitida, antenriis, elytris, ped:or£ 

 fcutelloque nigris. 

 Herbft. coL 5. 147. i. Tab. 4p. J. iz. m. 

 Silpha Rujfica Linn. fyfl. nat. 2. 370. id. fn.Jb. 



44p. Marjh. ent. br. 1. izi, tj. 

 Triplax nigripennis. Fabr. fyjh eltut. 2. 5St. L 



PayL fn. j. 346. 1. 

 jps nigripennis. Panz. fn. jo. f. 7. 



Habitat in fungis arboreis non infrequens. 



Defcr. j Major in hoc Genefe* Caput triangularc 

 rufum nitidum pun&atum^ oculis nigris. Antema; 

 breves craffae nigrse. Thorax tranSverfus convexus 

 punchtus, iatefibus & poiiice marginatus , undiqoe 

 rufus nitidus. Scutelium ovatum transverfum nigrUm; 

 Elytfa obiongo- ovata , modice convexa . nigfa ri- 

 tida , tenue pUncfoto- (rrrata, interftitiis Icevibus. IV- 

 clus nigro- ccerulefcens nifidum punctatum. Abda. 

 tneri fufo- ferru^ineum nitidum. Pedes rafo- ferrtf- 

 jrinei, femoribus prsefertim pofticis . bafi nigricanti- 

 bus ; Tarfuum articuius tertius bilobusj qiiartus mi- 

 nutus, inter Jobos teftii occuitatus. 



2. T. bicolor: oblongo-ovata rufd-fefw 



ruginea nitida, elytrisnigriSj antennis fufco* 

 piceis, bafi ferrugineis. Silphd 



