Tachyporus. 235 



Stapliyl nitidulus Fah. Spec. Ins. I. 337. 17. Mant. Jns. I. 221. 2i. — Oliv. Enf. 



lU. 42. 34. 48, t. 3. /. 28. — Marsh. Ent. Britt. 520. 64. 

 Oxyporus minutus Fab. Ent. Si/sf. I. II. 535. 20. Sjst. El. II. 607. 20. 

 Oxyporus mar ginatus Panz. Ent. (rerm. 359. 4. Faiin. Germ. 27. 17, 

 Tachyporus mar ginatus GraiK Micr. 127. 5. 3Ion. 7. 13. — La(r. Hist. nut. 



Crust. et Ins. X. 6. 5 — Gyll. Ins. Suec. II, 237. 2. — T^etterst. Faun, Lappon. I. 



57. 2. Ins. Lappon. 55. 3- — Sahl!>. Ins. Fenn. I, 290. 2. — Mannerh. Brachelytr. 



59 3. — Giier. Jconogr. t. 10. f. 9. — Boisd. et Lacord. Faun Ent. Paris. I. 514. 



I. — Ilu de Brachelytr. Hal. 21. 2. 

 Staph. Blattinus Schrank Enum. Ins. .Just. 236. 447. Faun. Boic. I, 446. 878. 

 Staph. conicus De Fill. Ent. I. 42.i. 72. 

 Staph. martialis Schrank Enum. Ins. Aust. 237. 450. 



Staph. dispar var. /S Payk Mon. Sfaph. 78. 54- Faun. Suec. III. 421. 69. 

 Staph. chry somelinus var. 1 If^alk. Faun. Paris. I. 272. 19. 



liabitat iu Europa. 



Statura omniuo T. chrysomeluii. Antennae capitis thoracisque lougi- 

 tudiue vel paulo longiores, - graciliores, apicem versus parum crassiores, te- 

 staceaCj apice subinfuscatae. Caput laevi.ssimum, nigrum, ore testaceo. Tho- 

 rax coleopteris paulo latior, latitudine baseos dimidio brevior, basi truncatus, 

 angulis posterioribus postice haud prommentibus, obtusis, externe rotundati.s, 

 fortiter convexus, niger, nitidus, margine basali angusto lateralique basin 

 vensus sensim latiore testaceis. Scutellum nigrum. Elytra thorace paulo 

 longiora, subtiliter punctata_, rufa, macula parva triangulari circa scutellum 

 ruacidaque oblonga laterali nigris, tenuissime pubescentia. Abdomen cre- 

 brius subtiliter punctatum, nigrum, segmentis singulis margine apicali ferru- 

 gineo. Pectus nigrum. Pedes testacei, coxis piceis. 



Mas tarsis anticis leviterj femina vix dilatatis. 



* 7- T. anticus: IViger, niticlns, thorace eltjiris pedibusque ruj^o-lestaceis., 

 ihorace disco nigro. — Long. l^ lin. 



Habitat in Aegypto, Dom. Prof. Ehrenberg. 



T. hypnorum paulo minor et gracilior. Antennae capitis tlioracisque 

 prope longitudine, apicem versus haud incrassatae, testaceae, apice fusce- 

 scentes. Caput convexum, laevissiumm, nigrum, nitidum, palpis testaceis. 

 Tliorax coleopterorum Iatitudine_, latitudine baseos dimidio brevior, basi truii- 

 catu.Sj angulis posterioribus haud prominulis, rotundatis^ leviter transA'ersim 

 convexus, laevissimuSj nitidus, testaceus, disco anteriore late nigrOj seu ni- 

 ger, margine laterali et basali lato, anteriore angusto testaceo. Scutellum 

 piceum. Elytra thorace sesqui prope longiora, subtiliter punctata, rufo- 

 testacea, immaculata, nitida. Abdomeu subtiliter punctatum , nigrunij seg- 

 mentis singulis margine postico, quiuti latiore, ferrugineo. Pectus nigrum. 

 Pedes testaceij coxis anticis concoloribus. 



Obs. T. hypnorum simillimus, distinctus autem statura minore, minus convexa, 

 thorace coleopteris haud latiore, elytris constanter inimaculatis, coxis anticis testa- 

 ceis etc. A. T. brunneo differt statura duplo maiore, antennis apicem versus haud 

 incrassatis etc. 



>( * 8. T. chry somelinus: Niger^ nitldus^ antennarum basi, pedibus, thorace 

 elytrisque teslaceo-rujis, his thorace paulo longioribus, crebre subtiliier 

 punclatiSy circa scutellum et margine laterali nigris, — Long. 1| Un. 



