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5. C. fufcus, oblongo-ovatus niger fub- 



pubefcens, thorace brevi poftice latiori, 

 eiytris fub-ftriatis, antennis elongatis, 

 p-clibusque ferrugineis. 



Panz. Crit. Rev. 1. p. 34. 



Helops ftifcus. Panz. jn. 18. /♦ 1. 



Catops fcriceus. Payk. fn. 1. J42, 1. 



Ptiwiaphagus cgilis. l{!ig, col. bor. 1. 8$. 2.? 



Habitat in quisquiliiSj locis fufibcatis, ra- 

 rius. 



Defcr. Statura fere C. fornicati, fed paullo lon- 

 gior. Caput maijniim convexum nigrum nitidum, 

 vix puncluiatum, tenue pubefcens, ore piceo» An- 

 tenn^e fufco- ferruginess thorace longiores, articulis 

 obconicis, ultimis^ paullo craffioribus, octayo per- 

 parum feptimo minori , uimno elongato acuminato. 

 Thorax brevior, antice pofticeque truncatus, anteri- 

 us an^uftior, lateribus & anguiis omnibus rotunda- 

 tus , fupra parum cpnvexus, crebre , at obfolete 

 puncluiatus , difco Iseviori , tenue grifeo -pubefcens, 

 niger, marginibus fufco-brunneis, Scutellum trian- 

 gulare fufcum punctujatum, Elytra elongata con- 

 vexa obfcurebrunnea, creberrimepunclulata, grifeo- 

 pubefcentia, apicem verfus attenuata, fub-acumiha- 

 ta, lateribus tenue marglnata, dorfo obfolete ftriafea> 

 futurali evidentiori. Corpus piceum nitidum, ano 

 dilutiori. Pedes ferruginei, valde elongati, prsefer- 

 tim poftici, tarfis omnibus attenuatis, 



6. C. elongatus: oblongus nigro-piceus 

 pubefcens, thorace poftice anguftiori, 

 elytris fubftriatis, antennis pedibusque fer- 

 rugineis elongatis. 



S 5 PayK 



