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anteriore elevato, basi subquadratus. Elytra thorace longiora, convexa, 

 humeris prominentibus. Abdomen iinmarginatum. Tarsi art. 4P pro- 

 funde bilobo. 



In prov. occid. stagnorum ripis rarius occurrit. 



About this species everything is robust. It is well distin- 

 guished by the rounded club-joints of the antennae, the elevated 

 anterior margin of the thorax, the prominent shoulders, and its 

 general shortness and plumpness. The forehead is rather more 

 depressed or excavated than in the former, the two antenna! 

 ridges are shorter, the vertical one is altogether obsolete. 

 The palpi ar© robust. The third antennal joint is about one 

 third longer than the fourth. The thorax is shorter and plumper 

 than in the former. The elytra are less oval, having the shoul- 

 ders more prominent and only the apex rounded off or narrow- 

 ed. The legs are similar to those of the former, but more 

 robust, less hairy, and have the tarsi more cylindric. The 

 insect is of a blackish metal color, the legs and palpi are 

 yellowish, the tibiae, however, the apex of the palpi, and also 

 joints 1-2 of the antennae rather darker; the femora are 

 blackish towards the end, the mouth and joints 3-11 of the 

 antennae are chesnut, and the coxae pitch-color. The animal is 

 densely and deeply punctured all over, very sparingly covered 

 with small greyish hairs, nearly obsolete on the back but 

 more distinct below. It is less highly polished than the 

 former. 



17. Anthicus QUISQUILIARIUS.* N. 



A. castaneus, capite, abdomine elytrisque piceis, his fascia media trans- 

 versali interrupta maculisqne 6 humeralibus niveis, parce pilosus. 

 Long. corp. If lin. 



Caput globosnm, supra subtusque profundo punctatum, oculis parvis. 

 Thorax nodoso-pyriformis, infra medium constrictus, parte anteriore 

 crassiore lin. long. med. profunde divisa, subcordiformi. Elytra elliptica. 



Sub veget. putrescent, victitat, prope Colombo rarius legi. 



* A formicarius, of the first edition. I have changed the name, as I 

 have since perceived that it has been already used by Laferte. 



