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Caput thorace quarta parte latius, fronte 2-costata. Antennae 

 robustae art. 3° quarto paulo longiore, 9-10 globosis, 11° 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 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 

 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. J\T. 

 A. castaneus, capite, abdomine elytrisque piceis, his pilorum 

 niveorum fascia media transversali interrupts maculisque concolo- 

 ribus 6 humeralibus obsoletis, parce pilosus. Long. corp. If lin. 



