rber clas XantboJineii-Subgenius Vuikla Jacqt. Diwial (Ooleoptera). 7 



2. Xantholínus (Vulda) ottomanus Cameron. 



Diese mir unbekannte Art soli sich (nach Cameron) 

 I durch die paralklen Seiten des Halsschildes imd naimentlich 

 durch nicht metallisch glánzenden Kopf und Halsschild un- 

 terscheiden. 



Da ich aber den Typus nicht gesehen hábe und die Be- 

 . tíchreibiing fiir diese Monographie sehr wichtig ist, lasse ich 

 ■) hier die Originalbeschreibung*) folgen: 



»Heaid nnich longer tban broad, black, shining- with sides 

 I parallel; eyes .moderately large, distinctly projeeting beyomd; the 

 \ IJeTel oí tbe sides, foreheaid impressied with two short, shiallow, pa- 

 1 rallel furrows placed close together, not meeting the oblique im- 

 i pression,, which starting near anterior margin of the eye, runs 

 \ backwaTds and in.W;aTd.& andi end.s in a setabearing póre; puinetura- 

 tion miodierately f ine anid ;scattered|, cloiser at the sides, with fine amd 

 I still more sparing punctnres between the larger 'Ones; ipubescence 

 I yellow, very slight; lateral margius with one ot two setae; poste- 

 rior a^ngles romnded. 



Antennaie l0'ng, red, Ist joint abi0^lt as long as the three fol- 

 I lowing together, 2nd and Srd of abotit equal length, 4th qiiadrate, 

 I 5th to lOth transverse. Thorax much lomger than broad, narrower 

 I than head and elytra, sides almost parallel behind the anterior 

 ■ angles, which, like the posterior, are ob tuše; black and shining, 

 narrowly reddish at posterior margin; puncturatioin double, consi- 

 \ sting of — (1) a row of 8 or 9 punctures on either side of disc, and 

 i irregular and sparing punctures at sides; (2) a much finer and spa- 

 ring puncturatioin over the whole surface, inciuding the spaee 

 between the ďorsal rows; sides furnished with two long setae — 

 oue before and one behind the auterior angles. 



Elytra rather lomger than thorax, shoulders strongly rotm- 

 ded and slightly widened behind; shining, yellowish red; with irre- 

 gular rather spariug and shallow pucturatioin and soanty yellowish 

 pubescence. 



Abdonien black, shining, sparingly punctured and pubescent, 

 i the apex ano hJnder miargins ol the segments reddish; the seventh 

 segment (Stli free) furnished at the posterior margin with a narrow 

 ^^ hite membráně, the last slightly emarginate. Legs red, slender, the 

 iniddle tarsi as long as the tibiae, the posterior pair nearly as liong. 

 Length, 7 mm. 



Taken at Beikos, in August, 1903, under a stone. Type in my 

 cnl]ection.« 



The Entomologisťs Monthly Magazíne. Vol. XXIII. 1912, 



