me L O I, O N't H A. 
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elevato, anguMs rotundatis antennse. 8C paipi pallidi^ 
Thorax brevis transversus,* antice late emaiginatusj 
lateribus pamm rotundatus, basi sub-sinuatus, supra 
.convexus, fere pulvinatus, nigio-piceus, ^ versus solis 
radios metaUico-micaii'^, undique confeitim subtiliter 
pun£tulatus, in medio posteriori longltudinaliter obso- 
lete caiinatus. Scatellum oblongo-triangulare concolor, 
intra latera pundulatum, plaga media oblongo-triangu- 
lari elevatiore Isevi. Elytr.a tliorace quintuplo Jongio- 
Xa, apice truncata, supra convexa, nigro-picea, versus 
solem chalybso- SC metalüco-micantia , sat profunde 
sulcata, sulcis latis, confertim Vage punßatis, intersti- 
tiis angusti» elevato -subcarinatis fere laivibus. ^^ygi- 
diuui latO'triangulare rufo-piceum, confertim pun<äula^ 
tum. Corpus subtus mfo piceu rn nitidum, confertim 
punaulatum, glabrum. Pedes longiusculi rufo-ferrugi- 
siei, femoribus pun'aulatis 8C nonnihil lielvolo-pilosiss 
posticis compressis; tibiis anticis externe aqute biden^ 
tatis, reliquis spinulosis. 
Var. ß. Coloiq dilutiere tantum difTert. 
G r L I. E H ji. 
131) Mseoeontha VESPERT1NA2 oblongo-0-^ 
vata glabra rufo-testacea nitida, clypeb leflexo integro 
transveisim elevato, elytris sulcatis, gulcis vage pun-r 
aulatis. 
M. vesfertina Knoch, secundum D. Schneider. 
Habitat in Ameiica boreali, Dom. Hooher» Mus, 
Schönherr* . ■, j- 
5tatura oblongo-ovata omnino m. brunnea, sed di-r !!. 
snidio mlnor, m^gis nitid.», multis diversa. Ca« H 
put rufo-ferrugineum nitidum, fronte parcius, clypeo i|: 
eonfertissime pundulatis; clypeus concolor, antice alte |s 
reflexo-elevatus, integenimus, in medio disci transver« |« 
sim eie vato-sub-carinatus 5 antennae paMide testace^« | 
Thorax brevis transversus, antice bi-ernaiginatus, an- 
gulis acutis, lateribus pamm rotundatus, basi In-sinua- 
tus, supra modice eonvexus, mfo-testaceus nitidus g>a- 
ber, sat crebre pundatus. Scutellum oblongo-triangula- 
re concolor, simiiiter punaatum. Elytra thorace quin- 
tuplo longiora, posterius nonni iil latiora, apice trun«, 
cata, supra convexa, pauHo dilutius rufo-testacea nitida, 
sat profunde sulcata, sulcis latis confertim vage pun- 
aatis, interstitiis angustis sub-carinatis ; margo latera- 
lis pilis helvoUs cijiatus,» Pygidium Iato-triangu|ar# 
