INSECTS. COLEOPTERA. 46. Dytifcus. 439 



Signatus. Black ; head and thorax rufous with black marks^ 

 Inhabits Patagonia. 



Head rufous with a black band in the middle between the eyes : 

 thorax fmooth rufous with a tranfverfe black abbreviated line; 

 faells black, the edge a little rufous : legs ferruginous. 



\i-puftnla- Teftaceous; fhells black with 6 teftaceous fpots. 



tuT " Inhabits fize of D. chryfomelinus. 



Head and antenna: teftaceous : thorax teftaceous, the fore and 

 hind margin black; fpots on the Jhells 2, 2, 2. placed 

 obliquely : body and legs teftaceous. 



%-puftulatus Black ; front, fides of the thorax and 4 marginal dots on 



the fhells ferruginous. 

 Inhabits Sweden ; middle-fized: 

 Antenna: ferruginous : thorax margined black, the fides widely 



ferruginous, the edge itfelf black: body black fpotted with 



ferruginous : legs rufous. 



Halenjs, Black ; thorax rufous, the bafe black in the middle with a 

 rufous dot : fhells cinereous ftriate with black. 



Inhabits Germany ; fmall, flat. 



Head rufous immaculate : thorax rufous with a large black fpot 

 at the bafe, and in this a rufous dot ; jhells cinereous with 

 numerous approximate confluent black ftrise not reaching the 

 bafe or tip; body black : legs rufous. 



*Granula- Black; fhells with 2 yellowifh lines: legs rufous. 

 ris. , Inhabits Northern Europe* 



Confluent* Black ; head and thorax ferruginous : fhells pale with 4 

 black lines on the difk. 

 Inhabits Kiel in Germany. 

 Lines on the Jhells confluent behind : legs yellowilh. 



Obliquus. Ferruginous ; fhells with $ oblique brown fpots. 

 Inhabits Germany. 

 Outer fpot on the Jhells hooked : legs ferruginous. 



* Impreffus* Oblong, yellowifh : fhells cinereous with ftriate imprefTed 

 dots. 

 Inhabits Europe. Body oblong, tapering before. 

 Body, head and thorax yellowifh : eyes black. 



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