Tachinus II. 255 



adspersum, nigrum, segmentis singulis margine summo apicali rufo-pirvo. 

 Pedes rufi. 



Mas ahdominis segmento superiore sexto quadridentato, dentihus acu- 

 tis, fere spiniformihus, intermediis magis prominentihus, segmentis inferiorihus 

 3 — 5 suhimpressisj quinto apice leviter triangulariter emarginato, margine 

 intra sinum spongioso, sexto hifido, laciniis vix elongatis, compressis, leVrter 

 curvatis, acuminatis. 



Femina abdominis segmento superiore sexto trifido, laciniis interme- 

 diis longiorihus, spiniformihus , intermedio lato apice lanceolato-acuminato. 



Obs. T. pallens Gyllenh. secundum exemplum a Dom. Schiippel communica- 

 tum , ah autore ipso missum, ad T. humeralem quidem pertineat, licet specimi- 

 nihus genuinis minor, descriptio Gyllenhali autem potius huic speeiei adaptanda 

 mihi videtur, praecipue ob caput et thoracem multo subtilius punctata. 



* 20. jT. flavipes: Piceo-niger, pedibus elytrisoue brunneo-ferrugineis, his 

 thorace sesqui longioribus, dorso plerumque infuscatis, antennis basi 

 nigricantibus. — Long. 3 lin. 



Er Col. March. I. 398. 3. 

 Oxyporus flavipes Fab. Syst. Ent. 268. 3. Spec. Jns. I. 339. 5. Mant. Ins. I. 



222. C Ent. Sijst. I. //.534. 14. Si/st. Et. //.606. 13. — Panz. Ent. Germ. 360. 11. 

 Staphyl rufipes Marsh. Ent. Britt. 518. 60. 

 T achinus rufipes Grav. Micr. 137. 4. — Latr. Hist. nat. Crust et Ins. IX. 



294. 4. Gen. Crust. et Jns. I. 299. 1. — Gijll. Ins. Suec. II. 260. 9. — Zetterst. 



Faun. Lappon. I. 62. 3. /«5. Lappon. 57. 3. — Sahlb. Ins. Fena. I. 298. 7. — 



Mannerh. Brachetytr. 61. 7. — Boisd. et Lacord. Faun. Ent. Paris. I. 507. 2. — 



Runde Brachelytr'. Hal. 26. 3 

 T ' achyporus rufipes Grav. Mon. 17. 15. 



V ar. Thoracis limbo laterali latiore castaneo-testaceo. 



T achinus casianeus Grav. Micr. 140. 7. — hatr. Hist. nat. Crust. et Ins. IX. 



395. 7. 

 Tachyp orus fi metarius var. Grav. Mon. p. 15. 

 Tachyporus rufipes? Grav. Mon. p. 18. 



fachinus dubius Gyll. Ins. Suec. II. 258. 6. — Sahlb. Ins. Fenn. I. 298. 5. — 

 Mannerh Brachelytr. 61. 6. — Runde Brachelytr. Hal. 25. 2. 



Hahitat in Europa. 



Statura fere T. rufipedis, at minus convexus. Antennae capiiis thora- 

 cisqne longitudine, apice paulo crassiores, articulo tertio secundo paulo Iqii- 

 giore, 5 — 10 subobconicis, sensim paululum breviorihus, penultimis erassitie 

 subbrevionbus, ultimo breviter ovato, apice compresso, piceae_, basi nigri- 

 cantes. Palpi nigro-picei. Caput confertim subtiliter punctulatum, nigrum, 

 ore concolore. Thorax coleopteris vix latior, latitudine baseos tertia partc 

 brevior, antrorsum leviter angustatus, apice latp et parum profunde emargi- 

 natus, basi truncatus, angulis anterioribus leviter prominentihus posteriori- 

 busque rotundatis, parum convexus , confertim subtiJiter punctatus , nitidus, 

 niger, limbo tenuj basali lateralique testaceo. Scutellum piceum, subtiliter 

 punctulatum. Elytra thorace plus sesqui longiora, confertim subtiliter pun- 

 ctata, castaneo-testacea, dorso magis minusve infuscato, praecipue iu femina. 

 Abdomen minus confertim subtiliter punctatum, pube brevissima subtilissima- 

 que adspersum, nigrum, nitidum, segmentis singulis margine summo apicali 



