i(J2 Insecta. Pterodicera. 



emarginato ; tliorace fere quadrato , diarnelris subaequahbus , 

 postice parum anguslato, plano, punctulato, lineola dorsali iin- 

 pressa, obsoletissima ; elytriskevibus , dorso planis , subobsolete 

 punctulalis : postice in caudam brevissimam , obtusam pro- 

 ductis. 



Blaps mortisaga. Fab. System. eleut. , tom. 1 , p. i4i. 



Blaps mucrone. Oljv. Entom. , tom. 3, n". 60 , pl. 1 , fig. 

 2. b. 



Blaps mucrone. Latr. Hlst. nat. des Crust. et des Insect. , tom. 

 10 , p. 278,73/. 88, fig. 3. 



Herbst. Coleopt. 8, tab. 128 , fig. 3. 



Tenebrio mortisagus. Linn. System. nat. , ed. i3 , tom. 1 ,pars 

 2 ) p. 676. — Faun. Suec. , ed 2 , n°. 5g4. 



Le Tenebrion lisse a prolongement. Geoff. Hist. des Insect. , 

 tom. 1 , p. 346. 



Le Tenebrion a. etuis en pointe. De Geer. Mem. s. I. Insect. , 

 tom. 5 , p . 01. 



Panz. Faun. Insect. Germ., fasc. 5 , fig. 3. 



Habitat in Europa , domibus , locis suffocatis. 



Obsep.vatio. Blaps gages {Herbst. Coleopt. 8 , tab. 128, 

 fig. 1. — Panz. Faun. Insect. Germ. , fasc. 96 , fig. 1 , ) differt 

 magnitudine majore , corpore paululum angustiore, minus obs- 

 curo ; labro profundius emarginato ; thorace cordato-quadrato , 

 convexo , lseviori , punctis obsolelissimis ; elytris in caudam 

 longiorem productis. 



Datur varielas paulo minor. Blaps mortisaga. Herbst. Co- 

 leopt.8, tab. 128 , fig. 2. 



Blaps noster similis ( Hist. nat. des Crust. et des Insect. , tom. 

 10, p. 279 ) mortisagos affinis, at brevior et latior (latitudine 

 longitudinis dimidium paululum superante ) ; labro subintegro; 

 corpore magis punctato , punctis obviis , in elytris prassertim 

 quaa subtilissime rugosula quodam modo videntur ; thorace 

 paulo latiore quam longiore ; elytris postice vix caudalis. 



Pimelia lcevigata Fabricii ( tenebrio spinimanus. Panz. 



