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et apice rotundatis; supra Convexus, tous piceo-brunneus, parum 
nitidus, longe fulvescenti-vel griseo-pilosus, praecipue ad latera, 
dorso toto subaequaliter granulis et rugulis subtransversis cre- 
berrime exasperatus, linea media antice et postice obsoleta, laevis. 
Seutellum piceum, rotundatum, nitidum, laeve. Elytra latitudine 
basali thoracis et illo fere amplius duplo longiora, eylindrica, basi 
truncata, humeris vix elevatis, obtusis, lateraliter recta, paral- 
lela, a quadrante postico ad apicem obtuse rotundata; supra 
eylindrice convexa, brunnea, subnitida, pilis griseis, longis, 
subseriatis, praecipue postice, adspersa; punetis rotundis, minus 
profunde impressis, striata, interstitiis latis, subaequaliter, hie 
vel inde irregulariter seriato-punctatis, quare clytra fere irregu- 
lariter punetata videantur ; stria suturae proxima ceteris profun- 
dius impressa, praecipue anterius; apex obtuse convexe rotun- 
datus, in singulo elytro juxta suturam, obtuse elevatam, longitu- 
dinaliter impressus, absque tubereulis vel granulis. Corpus subtus 
brunneum, tenue pubescens, subuiliter punetatum. Pedes breves, 
validi, testacei. 
Patria : America borealis (Sitka, Lacus superior). 
5. D. MELAENUS, Eichh. 
Oblongus, niaro-piceus, subnitidus, glaber, thorace ovato an- 
trorsum angustato, toto profunde subrugulose punctato, elytris 
creberrime subliliter lineato-punctatis, apice obtuse rotundato, 
integro. 
Long. 2 mm. 
Bryocoetes melaenus, * Eicux., Bert. ent. Zeit. 1871, p. 156. 
Dr. affabro similis, sed obscure niger subglaber, thorace inter 
basin et medium dilatato, supra aliter punetato, elytris subtilius 
striato-punciatis apice-integro, etc. bene distinetus. Caput nigrum 
parce punctatam, fronte antice supra os plaga nitida laevi, in 
margine antico medio pilis parvis, densis, fulvescentibus, ciliata. 
