94 IIIIOIOHIHA. 



elevato, angulis rotundatis; antennse Sc patpi— frall idi. 

 Thorax brevis transversus, antice late emarginatus, 

 Jateribus parum rotundatus, basi sub-sinuarus, supra 

 Convexus,' fere pulvinatus, nigro-piceus, versus solis 

 radios metallico-rnican' , undique confeitim subtiliu-r 

 punftulatus, in medio posteriori longitudiualiter obso- 

 lete caiinatus. Scutellum oblongo-triangulare concolor, 

 intra latera punclulatum, plaga media oblongo-triangu- 

 lari elevatiore laevi. Elytra thorace cjuinluplo longio- 

 la, apice truncata, supra convexa, nigro-picea, versus 

 solem chalyhseo- SC metallico-mipanti.i , sat profunde 

 sulcata, sulcis latis, confeitim Vage punftatis, intersti- 

 tiis angustw elevato-subcarinatis fere laevibus. J'ygi- 

 dium lato-triangulare rufo-piceum, confertim punftula- 

 tum. Corpus subtus rufo-piceum nitidum, confertim 

 nunftulatum, glabrum. Pedes longiusculi rufo-ferrugi- 

 nei, femoribus punftulatis Sc nonnihil helvolo-pilosis, 

 posticis compressis; tibiis anticis externe acute biden- 

 fatis, reliquis spinulosis. 



Yar. ß. Colore dilutieretantum differt. 



G UIEKH, 

 l3l) Ml^OIONTHA VESPERT! NA: oblongO-O- 



vata glabra rufo-tesiacea nitida, clypeo reflexo integro 



transversim eltvato, elytris sulc.itis, sulcis vage pun- 



ciulati». 



M vetpe.rtlna Knorh, secundum D. Schneider. 

 Habitat in America boreali, Dom. Hooker. Mus. 



'Schönherr. . 



Statura oblongo-ovata omnino Wl. brunnea, *ed di- 



midio minor, migis nitida, gc in multis diversa. Ca- 

 put ru'.o-ferrugineum nitidum, fronte parcius, clypeo 

 confertissime punftulatis; clypeu» concolor, antice alte 

 reflexo-elevatus, integer imus. in medio disci transver- 

 sim elevato sub-cavinaius ; antenna» pallide testaceae. 

 Thorax brevis trahSyersus, antice bi-emaiginatus, an- 

 gulis acutis, lateribus parum rotundatus, basi bi-sinua- 

 tus, supra modice convexus, rufo-U;staceus nitidus gla- 

 ber, sat crebre püffi&ätfts. Scutellutn oblongo-triangula- 

 re concolor, similiter punctätum. Elytra thorace quin- 

 tuplo longiora, posterius non nihil latiora, apice trun- 

 cata, supra convexa, paullo dilutius rufo-testacea nitida, 

 sat profunde sulcala, sulcis latis confertim vage pun- 

 ftatis, interstiiiis anguitis sub-carinatii ; margo latera- 

 lis pilis helvolis ciliatus, Pygidium lato-triangulaie> 



