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Caput thorace quarta parte latius, fronte 2-costata. AntennLc 
robustsD art. 3° quarto paulo longiore, 9-10 globosis, 1 1° conico. 
Thorax cylindricus, medio fortius incrassatus, latitudine quarta 
parte longior, margine anteriore elevato, basi subquadratus. Elytra 
thorace longiora, convexa, humeris prominentibus. Abdomen im- 
marginatum. Tarsi art. 4° profunde bilobo. 
In prcv. occid. stagnorum ripis rarius occurrit. 
About this species everything is robust. It is well distinguished 
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 2 antennal ridges are shorter, 
the vertical one is altogether obsolete. The palpi are robust. The 
3rd antennal joint is about one- third longer than the 4th. The 
thorax is shorter and plumper than in the former. The elytra are 
less oval, having the shoulders more prominent and only the apex 
rounded off or narrowed. The legs are similar to those of the 
former, but more robust, less hairy and have the tarsi more cylin- 
dric. The insect is of a blackish metallic color, the legs and palpi 
are yellowish, the tibise, 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 
chestnut and the coxae pitch color., The animal is densely and 
deeply punctured all over, very sparingly covered with small grey- 
ish hairs, nearly obsolete on the back but more distinct below. It 
is less highly polished than the former, I have known this species 
for a long time and specimens of it must exist at the Mus. Berol. ; 
the former I have met with but lately. 
I may mention that in dissecting these two species I have ob- 
served the same remarkable production of the oesophagus with the 
ligula, characteristic of the g. and noticed in many of the European 
kinds. 
23. Anthicus quisquiliarius. JV*. 
A. castaneus, capite, abdomine elytrisque piceis, his pilorum 
niveorum fascia media transversali interrupta maculisque concolo- 
ribus 6 humeralibus obsoletis, parce pilosus. Long. corp. If lin. 
