246 CathereteK 



Catheretes gravidus. Illig. col. bor. l. $p$, 1. 



Devviefles gravidus. Payk. /n. 3. add. 44I. 

 p«io. 



Brcichypterus fcntellatus. Kugell. Schneid. Mag* 

 5 . j6h. 3. 



Scaphidiiim agaricimim. Herbft. eol. $. 1J4. 2. 

 Tab. 41 f. 5. e. 



Habitat in fioribus, prsefertim anemones 

 nemorofe, tempore vernali paffim. 



Defcr. C. Urticse ouplo major, & ultra ; atriojr, 

 creberrime at fubrniffime puncl:ulatus« Caput angu- 

 la^um atrum punchitiffimum, ore piceo; Oculi pa- 

 lum promauu. Antennse thorace breviores, obfcu- 

 Te rufo- lerrugintse, clava pyriformi, apice obtufa, 

 Thorax nansvtrfus, anterius anguftior, vix vel pa- 

 rum emarginatus , lateribus rotundatus tenue mar- 

 ginatus. poftice finuatus , angulis acutis; fupra val- 

 de convexus, creberrime fubtiliffime punclulatus, to- 

 tus ater, tenue pubefcens* Scutellum magnum trian- 

 guiare atrum punctatiflimum. Elytra lata convexa* 

 tenue marginata, creberrime punctulata, atra, apice 

 tmncata, abdomine multo breviora, pube fubtiliflima, 

 aureo- fu'gente adfperfa. Abdomen pone elytra, ut 

 et totum corpus fubtus, atrum pubefcens, 'puncta- 

 tifiimnm. Pedes breves validi, anteriores quatuor 

 oMcure rufo - ferruginei , poftici nigru 



Obf. Utrurn Synonyma CX« Linnaei huic vel fe- 

 quenti Speciei tribuenda, vix certo dijudicandum; 

 magnitudo tamen, in defcriptione Faunae Svecicae in- 

 dicata, huic aptius competitj Synonymon Herbftii 

 etjam quodad magnitudinem & fuperriciem puncta- 

 tam , hanc fpeckm exprimere videtur, ideoque apud 

 Scaphidium agaricinum, antea defcriptum, deien- 

 duru eft, 



% c. 



