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li 3) Miioiostha v ut pi na: pilosa rufef-fe» 

 mgiut.a, vaiie albido - micans , capite sub -orbiculato 

 amaiginato, tliorace c tobte subtiliter punctulato , ely- 

 tiis dilutioribui nitidis. 



Habitat in Rössia meridionali. Dom. Steven- Mu». 

 Schünherr. 



M> sol.stitiali paullo minor, brevior. Caput cum 

 clypeo sub-orbiculatum, rufo-ferrugineum, ciebrp pu/i- 

 ctatum; fionte veiticeque elevatig, mgii duabus trans- 

 veisis, anteriore in medio fiontis, bi-arcuata, posterio- 

 re in ipso veitice, irregiilari i dypei inargo valde ele- 

 VL.tuS in meclio profunde einargina tos, niargine late 

 nigro. A.n retinae rufo-ferruginex, clava maiis magna, 

 sub-rceta. Thorax antice angustior, fere truncatus, la- 

 teribus valde rotundaio -dHataius, margine angusto, ob- 

 solete crenulato; basi bi-sinuatus, >upra convexus, sa- 

 turate rufo-ferrugineus, parum nitidus, undiqu,e confer- 

 tissime punctulatus, in medio dotrsi canaJicula abbie- 

 yiata impressus, pilis longis albidis reclinatis minus 

 dense adspersus, lateribus secundum varium aspectum 

 albo- Sc niveo-micans. Scutellum trianguläre thoraci 

 Goncolor, crebre punctatum, apice rotundatuni, basi la- 

 na densa albida tectum. Elytra thorace plus tiiplo 

 longiora, apice truncata, supra modice convexa, dilutius 

 testacea, nitida, irregulariter ruguloso-punciata, costis 

 nonnulli; elevatis sub Iaevibus notata, pilisque parvis 

 cinereis parce adspersa, basi Jana densa albida, e pecto- 

 re adscendente, cincta. Pygidium sub cordatum, con- 

 vexum, confertisgime punctuiaium, pilosum, albo-mi- 

 tans. Pectus lana longa densissima albida ornnino te- 

 ctum; abdomen rufo-testaceum nitidum, crebre punctu- 

 latum, parce pilosum, lateribus alba micins. Pedes 

 longiusculi rufo-ferruginei nitidi, crebre punctulati SC 

 pilösi, tibiis anticis externe dentibus tvibus validisacj- 

 tis nigro-marginatis, armatis; tibia? posticx apice v.il* 

 de fHlatatae, infundibuliformes, spinis duabus, exterid- 

 re longa arcüata, apice diapliana ; unguli omne« inter- 

 ne, paullo infra medium, dente brevi acuto aimati.: 



Obs. M- pulveren, Knoch. N. Beytr. I. p. 88. 4. 

 hüic in multis simillima SC affinis, «ed longior; clypeus 

 totundatus integerrimus, Sc unguli juxta ipsam ba^in 

 anteriorem dente obtuso armaii. 



Gthinh. 

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