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MEX.OI.ONTHA. 
not. d, exaöe correspondet, quare hanc nöstram de-' 
»cribere volumu*. Parva, M- pilosula Illigeri sequali* 
Sc similis, Caput rotundatum nigium, confertlm sed 
obsoletius subtilitei pundulatum, parce püosum^ cly- 
peu9 concolor, linea transversa elevata a fionte distin- 
dus, anterius paullo angustior, margine antico eleva- 
to, truncato, integro. Antennae fuscse, clava oblonga. 
Thorax antice emarginatus, lateribus lorundatu,, basi 
parum sinuatus, supra modice convexus, niger, subtili- 
ter rugoso-pundatus, pilis griseis xecHnatis redus. Scu~ 
tellum trianguläre piceum, obsolete pundulatum. Ely- 
tra thoiace quadruplo longiora, apice sub-truncata, su- 
pra convexa, ferrugineo-testacea, basi 8C circum scu- 
tellum saturatius fusco-brunnea, undique confertim m- 
goso^pundniüta, obsoletissime striata, pilis cinereis re- 
cUnatis adspersa, Pygidium lato-triangulare con vexurn, 
rufO“piceuin, obsolete pundulatum, pubescens. Pedus 
fC abdornen rufo picea, confertim pundulata, griseo- 
pubescentia. Pedes longiusculi validi lufo-ferruginei 
pilosi, anticis extern^ jtridentatis, superiore parvo, 
G T L I. E N H. 
142) Meloeo&'Tha sericans: oblonga rufo- 
picea, confertissime subdliter pundulata, undique ci- 
neieo-pubescens, clypeo antice reilexo, medio sub-ele- 
vato. 
Habitat in Italia; sub nomine Mel sericea Boneilif 
a Donu Dejean missa. Mus. Schönherr, 
Minuta, M, pilosula Ilügeri fere minor, tenera. 
Caput rotundatum fusco-piceum pundulatum, fronte 
plana cinereo-pilosa j clypeus brevis latus concolor gla- 
ber, antice alte reflexus, margine in medio paullulumj 
clevatiore; os palüde testaceqm, ut Sc stirps antenna- 
xum, sed clava elongata nigro-picea tri-phylla. Thorax' 
non admodum brevis, antice emarginatus, lateribus 
«qualiter lotundatus, basi bi-sinuatus, supra convexus, 
dilutc piceus, subriliter Sc obsolete pundulatus, pilis 
parvis depressls cineieo-albidis dense anspersus, alüs- 
que longioribus ad margines ciliatus. Scutellum trian- 
guläre fusco-piceum, pundulatum pilosum. Elytra 
thorace triplo longiora Sc ultra, apice «ub-truncata, su- 
pra modice convexa, rufo-picea, confertissime subtili- 
ter pundulata, denße cinereo-pilosa Sc ciliata ; in disco, 
interiori versus suturam rudimenfa striarum observartfp 
ftuij at^obsoictiisima. pygidium bieve latum rufo-pi*!: 
