A llotnrsus melaleiicotrfcliiis, 
Gr aells. 
A. oblongus , coeruleo-niyer, supra nigro-hir- 
sutus , efytris fortiter rugoso-punctatis, antennis 
medio fertig ineis. — Long. f 7,0— 8,0 , 5 6 ', < 5 — 9,0 mm. 
Mas: nigro-pilosus, tibiis extus griseo-pilosis, 
elytris apicem versus leviter ampliatis, prothorace 
parcius subtiliter punctato, antennis fortiter ser- 
ratis, compressis, articulo 3° triungulari, articulis 
4° — 5° ralde dilatatis, reliquis multo majoribus, 
articulo 4° triangulari , 5° quadrato , articulis 
6°—10° longitudine latioribus, articulis 9° — 10° 
praecedcntibus brevioribus , inferne excavatis , 
femoribus anticis valde incrassatis , tibiis medio 
ampliatis , introrsum excavatis, margine superiore 
medio triangulär iter exciso , margine inferiore 
emarginato , tarsis anticis articulo 1° semicircula- 
riter curvcito , tarsis intermediis articulo 1° spinis 
duabus longis divergetitibus armato , articulo 2° 
unispinuloso, tarsis posticis articulo 1 0 sequenti- 
bus simul sumptis longiore, apice deute curvato 
producta. 
Var. a major (9,5 mm), supra nigro- 
metallescens. (Malaga; Korb!) 
XXXII. 31. 
