nodis dmbus oblongts, glabns distincto-elevatis, angulis jjo- 
dticis obtusîs, prominulis, divaricatis; elgiris thorace 2'!^ lon- 
gioribuHf medio subdilatatis, lateribus pnulo explanatis, apice 
valde attennatis, striarum interstitiis altemia subelevatis. 
Long. 5 1. — lat. 2 '/g I, 
Melanotos laficollis Motscli., fgura Mel. crassicolli Er., 
sed articulo 3:o antennarnm 2:do dimidio solum longiore; 
elongato-attenuatus , punctatus, subtestaceo-pubescens, niger, 
palgns, antennis j)edibusque nifo-brunneisj thorace subtrans- 
verso, fortiter gnincfato, antice arcuatim attenvato, medio am- 
pUato, angulis gwsticîs acutiusculis, valde productis; scutello 
elongato, parallelo, fortiter sparsim qmnctato, medio trans- 
versim impresso, apice sagittiforme aciiminato ; elytris thorace 
fere angustioribus, subarcuato-attenuatis, punctato- striatis, 
interstitiis sparsim punctulatis; corpore subtns punctato, pi- 
loso; antennis sen'atis, pavXo piliferis. Long. (iVa !• — lat. 
thor. 2 1 . 
Mclaiiotiis piger Motscli. Etud. ent. 18.53. (Cratonychiis.) 
Aclcniccriis pruinosus Motscli., figura Actcn. lessellati L., 
sed thorace medio profunde canalicxdato j elongatns, antice 
posticeque arcuatim attenuato, punctatissimo , subaequaliter 
cinereo-puberulus, fiusco- vel cujjreo-aeneus, pedibns riifo- 
testaceis, ociilis, palpis, antennis femoribusque medio plus 
minusve nigro-fuscisÿ capite rugoso-qmnctato, antennis m ^ 
thorace longioribus, depressis, lato serratis, nigris, in Ç tho- 
race 2>aulo brevioribuSf tenub serratis, picescentibus ; thorace 
subelongato, antice modice arcuatim angustato, medio longi- 
tudinaliter canaliculato, angulis qjosticis jiroductis, divancatis, 
lateribus medio suhampliatis, postice subsinuatis; elytris an- 
tice subparaUelis, qiostice ampliato-arcuatis, distincto qnmctato- 
striatis, interstitiis punctulatis. Long. 5 — 6 '/,. 1. — lat. 1^/4 
-2 1 . 
Teiiediles. 
Coryiielcs cocriileiis De Geer. 
Lathridiiis traiisversalis 01. 
var. mclaiioccplialiis Motsch. 
I.alhridiiis assiiiiilis Maiinh. 
