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paullo breviores nigrse , bafi tefticese. Thornx bre- 

 vis transverfus , antice & lateribus obtufe rbtiindatas, 

 p oftice bi-finuatus , lateribus pxptanato- margimtns, 

 diico convexus , crebre puneliuiatus , nigro - fnfcUS 

 pubefcens , margine laterali late, antiro angufte te- 

 ftaceis. Scutellum trianeulare nigro-fufcum puncca- 

 tum. Elytra thorace latiora , oblOngo - ovata . apice 

 acuminata, fupra convexa , creberrime pu^cT ta. pu- 

 befcentia, nigro fufca irnmaculita, Corpus niyro- 

 fufcum pun6lulatum pubefcens, fegmentonim margi- 

 nibus tenuepallefcentibus. Femora nigra, tibiis tar- 

 fisque fufco teftaceis. 



Var. b. fimillima, fed in elytris ptaea m^gna dt- 

 fci pallide teftacea, limbo omni, apicis latius nigri- 

 cante; in abdomine fubtus maciiia media bafeos mi- 

 gna, etjam teftacea; cetera ut in var, a, omnia. 



4. C. pubefcens: ovatus nicfro - fufcus 

 fub-pubefcens, thorace brevifiRmo finuatb, 

 fupra, elytris tibiisque grifeo-teftaceis. 



JFabr. fy/l. eleut. 1. 502. 4. 



Cantharif variabilif var Thttnb. Mttf. Upf.4 $4* 



Habitat in frutetis frequens. 



Defcr. Statura proxime prsecedentium , fed ton- 

 ge minor, Anthreno mufseorum fere sequalis. Ca- 

 put ovatum mgrum, fronte convexa , fubfiliflime 

 punftulata, ore fufco-teftaceo; oculi globofi nijjri 

 prominuli. Antennse vix dimidio corpore longiores, 

 articulo primo majjno dilatato nigro-fufco, 2&3 

 parvis, obfcure teftaceis, reiiquis nigris obconicis. 

 Thorax brevifiimus transverfus, antice & poftice bi- 

 finuatus, angulis fub-acutis, lateribus deflexis oblt- 

 quis breviffimis marginatis; fupra convexus , fubri- 

 JifTime pun&uiatus , totus grifeo teftaceus , pube 

 breviflima rigida adfperfus. Scutellum parvum trian- 

 A a gu- 



