788 Oxytelini. (Genuini.) 



3Hc Thorax margine laterali integerrimo. 



* 4. O- piceus: Niger, nilidus, antennarum basi, elytris pedibusque testa- 



ceis, ihorace frisidcato, fronte punctata, posterius cunaliculata^ antice 

 impressa laevique. — Long. 2j- lin. 



Grav. Micr. 105. 5. Mon. 190. 6. — Latr. Ilist. nat. Crust. et Ins. IX. 363. 5. 

 t. 80./. 4. — Oliv. Encycl. meth. VIII. 614. 6. — Gyll. Ins. Suec. II. 454. 9. 

 — Sahlb. lns. Fenn. I. 414. 11. — Zetterst. Faun. Lappon. I. 93. 2. Ins. Lapp. 

 73. 2. — Mannerh. Braihelytr. 47. 2. — Boisd. et Lacord. Faun. Ent. Paris. I. 

 461. 1. — Runde Brachelytr. Hal. 20. 2. — Er. Cnt. March. I. 590. 4. 

 Staph. piceus Linn. Sust. JYat. I II. 686. 25. -— Fab. Syst. Ent. 267. 20. Spec. 

 Ins. I. 338. 25. Mant. Ins. I. 222. 35. Ent. Syst. I. II. 530. 55. Syst. El. //.601. 

 67. — Goeze Ent. Beitr. I. 722. 25. — De Vitl Ent. I. 418. 25. — Payk. Mon. 

 Staph. 20. 12. Faun. Sttec. III. 384. 22. — Panz. Ent. Germ. 358. 44. Faun. Gcrm. 

 27. 14. — Marsh. Ent. Britt. 500. 23. — Walk. Faun. Paris. I. 270. 9. 

 Staph. sulcatus Miill. Prodr. 97. 1094. 

 Staph. rngosus Schrank Faun. Boic. I. 648. 886. 



Habitat in Europa; in Syria, Dom. Prof. Ehrenberg. 



Statura omnino O. rugosi, niger, nitidus. Antennae capite thoraceque 

 brcviores, articulo tertio secundo paulo breviore, ab articulo quinto inde 

 abrupte incrassatae, articulis 6 — 10 fere transversis, 4 primis testaceis, reliquis 

 fuscis, ultimo apice testaceo. Palpi testacei. Caput maris thorace sesqui 

 maius, suborbiculatum, feminae dimidio minus, oblongum, crebrius subtilius- 

 que punctatum, fronte inter oculos leviter canaliculata , clypei spatio sub- 

 impresso, laevi, nitido, margine exteriore elevato. Thorax coleopteris parum 

 angustior, latitudine in mare duplo, ih femina plus dimidio brevior, basin 

 versus subangustatus, lateribus leviter rotundatus, angulis posterioribus ob- 

 tusis, subdepressus, minus fortiter inaequaliter punctatus., dorso trisulcatus, 

 sulcis exterioribus subarcuatis, antice obsolescentibus, intermedio integro, 

 utrinque obsolete impressus, margine laterali integerrimo. Elytra thorace 

 sesqui longiora, dense punctata, subtiliter longitudinaliter rugulosa, testacea. 

 Abdomen laeve. Pedes flavi. 



Abdominis segmentum inferius sextus maris apice bisinuatum, lobo 

 intermedio longiore, apice truncato, septimo bis profunde inciso, lobis laterali- 

 bus acuminatis, intermedio paulo breviore, apice tricuspi, feminae segmento 

 septirao apice bisinuato, lobo intermedio lato, leviter triangulariter producto, 



Variat minus maturus corpore magis minusve pallide testaceo, capite 

 saepius obscuriore. 



* 5. O. sculpfus: Niger, nitidus, antennarum basi pedibusque tesfaceis, 



thoracis disro elylrisque piceis , ihorace irisulcaio, fronte crebre pun- 

 ctaia, canaliculata, antice impressa laevique. — Long. 2 lin. 



Grav. Mon. p. 191. — Say Transact. Amer. Philosoph. Soc. Philadelph. Nov. Ser. 

 IV. 460. 1. — Er. Col March. I. 591. 5. 

 Oxyt. longicornis Mannerh. Brachehjtr. 48. 3. — Sahlb. Ins. Fenn. /. 415. 12. 



Habitat in Europa; in Aegypto Dom. Prof. Ehrenberg, in America 

 septentrionali, Knoch. 



Praecedente parum minor, niger, nitidus. Antennae capitis thoracisque 

 fere longitudine, articulo tertio secundo paulo longiore, sequentibus sensim 

 paulo crassiotibus, haud transversis, nigrae, articulis tribus prirais testaceis, 



