Ifftelyris ni^rn, Fabricius. 
M. oblongo-ovata , niyra vel atro-coerulea , 
subnitida , cintennarum articulo 2 ,] et 3° rufescenti- 
bus, articulis 3° -5° sensim crassioribus , capite 
thoraceque laeve et dense cicatricoso-punctatis, 
elytris tricostatis , interstitiis confertim fortiter 
punctato-striatis, sutura curinulato , maryine late- 
rali valde reflexo, punctis yrossis disjuncto , epi- 
pleuris punctatisjutis et usyue ad suturam attingen- 
tibus, unguiculis fortiter dentatis. — Long. 
4 , 5 — 5,0 wm. 
il/as : antennis longioribus et validioribus , 
prothoracis basin attingentibus , inferne densius 
pubescentibus, oculis prominulis , tJiorace trans- 
verso , antice vix anyustiore, maryine lateral i valde 
disjuncto et reflexo , integro, angulis anticis pro- 
minentibus , ventrali segmento 5° emaryinato. 
Fern . : antennis brevioribus et tenuibus, tho- 
race antice magis anyustato, paulo marginato. 
Melyris niger F. Spec. Ius. I. p. 67, 2 (1781); id. Ent. syst. I 
p 226, 2. 
Melyris nigra F. Syst. Eleut. I p. 311. 4; Oliv. Ent. II 21. p. 5. 
t. 1 üg. 3, a b. 
Opatrum granulatuni Fabr. Ent. syst. I p. 90. 11 ^1792); id. S}st. 
eleut. I p 118. 17; Herbst Käfer V p . 220. 11 ; Coquebert Illnstr. 
Ins. III p. 132, t. 30 üg. 7. 
Melyris andalusica Waltl Reise II p. 62. 
Melyris granulata Redt. Faun, austr. ed. II p. 648; Küster, Käfer 
Eur. XX. 60 cfi Jaqu. du Val Gen. III t. 47 üg. 234; Muls. 
Flor. p. 258. 
XXXIV. 97. 
