Professor Fischer on three New Species of Lclhrus. 249 



Art. XXXII. Descriptions of three New Species of 

 Lethrus. Bi/ Professor Fischer.* 



1. Lethrus scoparius, niger, supra scabriusculus, infra villosus, 



tibiis anticis scopatis. Long. 8^ lin : lat. 5. lin. 

 Lethrus scoparius, Fischer, lett. a Pander, p. 11. 



Of the same size as Lethrus cephalotes, from which it differs in 

 the scabrosity and villosity of the body; and in the auricles or 

 wings of the head being larger and rather square. Head large 

 like that of cephalotes, but rougher; clypeus with two longitudi- 

 nal tubercles, apex reflected, auricles wider, rather square. La- 

 brum and Mandibulae hairy. Thorax rough with impressed dots, 

 sides hairy, reflected. Scutellum broad at the base, triangular, 

 rough with impressed dots. Elytra rough with dots, hairy. Cody 

 beneath hairy, feet very villose, legs distinctly toothed on the out- 

 side, hairy on the inside, hairs collected into a little brush near 

 the apex. Inhabits the Southern steppes of Orenbourg. Pander. 



2. Lethrus longimanus, nigrescenti-violaceus, nitidus, scabriuscu- 



lus, tibiis anticis longis, totis dentatis. Long. 5^ lin. lat. 

 4 lin. 

 Lethrus longimanus, Fischer, Lettrea Pander, p. 12. Coleopt. 

 t. 13. f. 3. 



Smaller than Leth. cephaloies^ from which it differs in all re- 

 spects. Head rough, with a frontal impression of confluent dots, 

 auricles or lateral wings much dilated. Thorax rough with im- 

 pressed dots, margins reflected on^both sides. Scutellum short, 

 triangular, grooved. Elytra joined together, much narrower than 

 the thorax, and rather longer, rough, with several slightly im- 

 pressed lines. Body somewhat villous beneath, the anterior feet 

 smoother, the legs very long, compared with the thorax as 3 |: 



* Translated from his Entomographia Imperii Russia, torn. 1. p. 136, et seq. 

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