Ocvpus. I. 407 



confertissime siibtiliter piuictahis, Jinsa teniiissiiua niedia longitiiflinali, ante- 

 riiis obsoleta, lae ri, flense subtiliter ferrijgineo-piibescens. Scutellum con- 

 fertira subfiliter punctatnm, subtiliter nigro-pubescens. Eiytra thorace dimi- 

 flio breviora, flepressa, confertissirae subtiliter punctata, rufo-brunnea, flense 

 ferruginea pubescentia. Abtlomen fiensius subtilissime punctatura, opacuui, 

 subtiliter ferrugineo-pubescens, subtus subnitidura, tenuiter nigro pubescens. 

 Pedes nigri. 



O bs. Simillimam O. macrocephalo hanc speciem, distinctam autem capitis tho- 

 racisfpie punctura confertissima, hoc basin versus subangustato, basi fortius rotundato, 

 Dom. Schiippel nomine Staph. Italici Gene signalam aDom Frivaldsky accepit. 



* 4. O. macro ce phalus: jlplerns, niger, ferru^ineo-puiescens, capHe Iho- 

 raceque deusius suhtililer puncla/is, hoc lasi sublruncalo, elylris thorace 

 brevioribus, ruj^o-hrunneis- — Ijong. 10 — 1 I lin. 



Sfaph. niacr oc ephalus Grav. Micr. 160- 3. j}Ion.. III. 116. — Lalr. Hist- naf. 

 Crust. ef Jns. IX. 305. 21. - Nnrdm. Symb. 64. 52. 



Habitat \n llercyniae Austriaetpie niontibus, in Carpathibus et in Vol- 

 hynia. 



Statura fere O. sirailis, at multo maior, niger, capite tlioracecpie sub- • 

 aeneis, subnitidis, undifjue pube brevi fusco-ferruginea vestitus. Antennae 

 capite plus sesqui longiores, articulo tertio secundo sesqui prope longiore, 

 4 — 10 sensim paulo brevioribus, subcylindricis, penultimis leviter obconicis, 

 ultimo apice oblique truncato et inferne acurainato, nigrae, apice rufo-testa- 

 ceae. Palpi picei, apice rufescentes. Caput magnum, thorace latius, sub- 

 orbiculatum, supra subdepres.sura, densius subtiliter punctatum, subtus laeve, 

 glabrum, iiitidum. Thorax coleopterorum latitudine, subquadratus, latitudiiie 

 vix longior, basi subtruncatus, lateribus parailelis, ante medium subangulatis, 

 ajiice truncatus, anguiis posterioribus obtusis, subrotundatis, anterioribus le- 

 viter deflexis, obtusiusculis, leviter convexus, densius subtiliter punctatus, 

 basin versus obsolete canaliculatus. Scutellum piceum. Elytra thorace di- 

 midio breviora, depressa, crebrius subtiliter obsoleteque punctulata, rufo- 

 bruimea, opaca. Abdomen subtiliter punctulatum, piceum, segmentis singulis 

 margine postico rufo-piceo. Pedes picei. 



*!' 5. O. me gacephalus: Aplerus , nigro-aeneus , capite ihoraceque dense 

 forlius punctatis, hoc basi fortiler rotundato, ilytris ihorace longe bre- 

 vioribus , rufo-testaceis. 



Staph. megacephalus Nordm. Symb. 63. 51. \ 



Habitat in Carinthiae montibus, Dahl. 



Statura omnino praecedentis, at minor. Antennae capite sesqui lon- 

 giores, articulo tertio secundo sesqui longiore, sequentibus sensim paulo 

 brevioribus, subcylindricis, penultimis leviter transversis, ultimo apice obli- 

 que truncato et inferne acuminato, nlgrae, apice testaceae. Palpi rufo-picei. 

 Caput thorace latius, subquadrato-orbiculatum, basi emarginatum, supra pa- 

 rum convexum, obscure aeneum, nitidulinn, dense fortius punctatum, linea 

 media longitutiinali subelevata laevi, subtiliter griseo - pubescens, lateribus 

 parce pilosellum, subtus parce punctatum parceque pubescens, nigrum, niti- 

 duni. Thorax coleopterorum latitudine, latitudine paulo longior, basin versus 



