H y p h y d r u t. 535 



Defcr. Statura H. erythrocephali , fed fere duplo 

 minor; (uperficies tota fubtilifiime crebre pun&ulata, 

 & pube cinerea adfperfa. Caput rotundatum rufum, 

 macuia fufca ante fingulum oculum. Antennse bafi 

 rufoe, extrorfum nigricantes. Thorax quoad ftru- 

 fturam ut in praecedenti , fupra in medio convexus, 

 niger, lateribus late rufo teihceis , in fafciam medio 

 interruptam dilatutis. Elytra ob.ion^o-ovata, in me- 

 dio no.inihil dilatata, ap.ice rptundata, fupra parum 

 convexa , nigra, parum nitida; in medio bafeos ma- 

 cula pallide grKea, jam m.ajor, ovata, cum flavedi- 

 ne humeri connexa, jdm minor, transve-rfa, folita- 

 ria; mar^o humeralis verfus medium usque palli- 

 dus; pune medium, intra marginem, macula alteja 

 paliida, jam major, s.ntice dilatata, finuata, pofte» 

 rius acuminata, jam parva , linearis; intra apicem 

 macula tertia, transvena, lunata, faepe cum priori 

 connexa, Corpus fubtus nigrum, fub punclatum pu« 

 befcens. Pedes elongati rufo- ferruginei. 



Var, b. differt tantum defeftu maculae interme diae 

 elytrorum; interdum macuiae omnes obfoletae* 



*q. H. nigrita: obfongo-ovatus fub-depref- 

 fus niger pubefcens, antennarum bafi pe- 

 dibusque rufis, elytris ftria difci pun&ata. 

 Schonh, Jynon. 2. 36. i$, , 



Dyttfcut nigrita. Fabv. [yft. eleut. 1. 273. 84» 

 Payk. Jn. 1. 224 J4. Thunb. Inf.fuec. 6. 76. 



Var b. paullo major, capite rufo-piceo, 

 antennis totis ferrugineis* 



Habitat in aquis ftagnantibus paflim. 



Defcr. H. 6-puftulato forevior, magis depreflus, 



fed vix anguftior^ fuperffcies tota fub oculo armato 



fubtiliffime crcbre punttulata , & pube tenui depref- 



Li 4 fa 



