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Habitat in floribus & lignis, locis aridis, 

 fat freque ns. 



Defcr. parv.a., ovata, depreiTa , fufco-nigra, ob# 

 fcure 3e,neo micans. Caput nigro-fubaeneum, tenue at 

 concinne retiealato-rugofum; fronte rejtufa parum con. 

 vexa. Antennse thorace. breviores crafliufcuiae nigrae, 

 obtufe ferratoe, Thorax brevis. transyerfus, antice 

 late emarginatus., laterihus. iinuato-rotu.nda.tus, po% 

 ftice fere truncatus ., fupra parum convexus, niger, 

 vel fufco r 3eneus, tenju ■: reticulato -rugofis, foveis 

 quatuor inypreilis, in linea transyerfa collocatis, qua- 

 rum marginaies. majores.; ante fq^telium etjam pun r 

 cliim impreffum. Scutelium, rqt^indatum nigrum laevev 

 Elytra tborace paullo latiora , ovata, late marginata, 

 apicem.verfus attenuata, rotunda, integra,., fupra pa- 

 rum convexa, creberrime vage rugofQ-pun&ata, ni- 

 gra, vel. oblcure fiifcossne^a, opapa. Corpus, fubtus, 

 nigrum, rc\agis nitidum, abdomine interdum ccerule-. 

 fcente. Pedes toti nigri punclati. 



19, B. nijtid.ula; ovata deprefla viridi-aurea, 

 fub - nitida , crebe rrimQ - rugpfo - punrflata, 

 thor^ce foveis duabus transverfis impreiTis. 

 Linn. Jyft. nat. 2. 662. ij. fiu fv. 7S7* Ifabr» 

 fjft. efmt* 2. 215. i(fo. Oliv. ent. 2. 32« Jp. 

 109. Tab. n. /1 11 p. a 9 b. Iferbfl. coL p, 

 3fl\ '5?- Taf), 147. /. 8, e. j. 9. f. PayL 

 fn. 2. 231. & 

 Var. b. Capite thoraceque rubro-aureis, 

 elytris coeruieo-virentibus. Liniu Herbft* 

 Payk. U #. var. 

 Bupreftis lceta. Fahr. fyft. eteut. 2, li$. i#2. 



Habitat in flpubus, apud nos rariffime. a 

 Linne\ 



Defcj, 



