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MoNOCHAMUS Dej. Kb. '* Evodinus. 



scutellatus Hd. I.e. 51. monticola. 



resutor Kb. N. Z. 167. Leptura mont. Rand. B. J. 2, 27. 



^ mutator. ^ Acm^ops. 



Rhagium Fahr. discoidea. 



lineatum Sch. Syn. 3, 414. Pachyta disc. Hald. I. I. 60. 



^ Argaleus, proteua. 



attenuatus. Leptura Proteus Kb. N. Z. 186. 



Pachyta atten. Hd. A7n. Tr. 10, 59. Pachyta suUineata Hd. 60. 



^^ nitens. *'strigilata. 



3S M. mutator. — Niger, pube cinereo variegatus, thorace confertim rugoso-puncta- 

 to, spinis horizontalibus dense albido-pubescentibus, scutello albo, elytris dense punc- 

 tatis, punctis antioe elevatis ; rufo-piceis, pube cinereo, fuscoque variegatis, antennis 

 nigris, cinereo annulatis. Long. -98. 



This is very similar to M. confusor Kb. (maculosus Hd.), but the thorax, which is 

 smooth in that species with a few small punctures, is rugosely punctured, and the 

 suture of the elytra is slightly prolonged. The 5 has very long black antennae. 



^'' Argaleus. Caput mox pone oculos non constrictum ore attenuato, palpis labi- 

 alibus modice dilatatis. Antennaj ante oculos inserts, longse ; oculi antice emarginati, 

 postice truncati. Tibias posticaj apice truncataj, calcaribus terminaliter sitis. Thorax 

 spinosus. Elytra triangularia. 



Differs from Toxotus cylindricollis, &c., in the form of the eyes, as well as the situa- 

 tion of the terminal spurs of the tibire. The spinous thorax gives an appearance like 

 Rhagium. To this genus belongs the European Toxotus cursor. 



A. nitens. — Minus elongatus, niger subtiliter dense punctatus longe cinereo-pubes- 

 cens, thorace eanaliculato, antice angustato, basi apiceque profunde constricto, lateri- 

 bus acute tuberculatis, elytris postice angustatis, apice subtruncata, glabris punctatis 

 luteis, disco ssepius infuscato ; antennis articulo 4'o abbreviato. Long. -6. Pic. 



39 EvoDixus. Caput mox pone oculos angustatum, ore attenuato ; palpis apice 

 oblique truncatis. Antenna; ante oculos insertne, longaj : oculi magni vix emarginati. 

 Thorax lateribus acute tuberculatus. Mesosternum angustum, parallelum, coxis mag- 

 nis. Elytra triangularia, apice truncata. 



E. monticola. — Niger, fulvo-pubescens, thorace eanaliculato, utrinqvie constricto, 

 elytris subtilissime rugose punctatis, flavis, utrinque maculis 2 parvis ante medium 

 transversim sitis, alteris 2 majoribus lateralibus, apiceque nigris : antennis rufescenti- 

 bus, corpore vix brevioribus. Long. -4. On the flowers of Cornus. 



40 AcMiEOPS, Caput mox pone oculos angustatum, palpis apice recte truncatis. 

 Antenna3 ante oculos insertaj. Thorax apice constrictus, vel tuberculatus, vel gibbus, 

 vel simplex. Mesosternum triangulare. 



A numerous group, which may be divided into two sections. 



A. Body thick, mouth short. — Pachyta thoracica Hd. some new species, with the 

 European P. virginea and collaris. 



B. Body more slender, mouth elongated : the species cited above, with 4-vittata. 



*i A. strigilata. — Niger, punctatus, flavo-pubescens, capite elongato, subrostrato, tho- 

 race convexo antice angustato, tenuiter eanaliculato, minus dense punctato, elytris 

 latiusculis, postice non angustatis, apice truncata, luteis humeris apiceque infuscatis. 

 Long. -28. 



