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nus fortiter Btriato-punclatis , interstitiis latiusculis , 
seriatim parce albido-hirHs. Long. J lin. 
Lathridius hirtus Gyll. In.s. Sv. IV. 130. 10. Redt. 
Faun. Aust. Ed. II. 3S3. 
Sällsynt; luuneii i Vcstorgiithliind , SmAland octi Skäiic. 
3. (J. vonsimilis : Oblonga, glabra, nigra, subopaca , an- 
tennis pedibusque fusco-ferrugiueis ; prothorace qua- 
drato , doi'so antice medio canalicula abbreviata , basi 
utrinque foveola impressis; elytris subtilius striato- 
punctatis, interstitiis planis, latis, alternis vix ele- 
vatis, 7:o carinato. Long. ^ lin. 
Lathridius consimili!i'^a.nmv\i. in Germ. Zeits. V. 00, 38. 
Var. Antennis pedibusque fenugineis. 
O. mimitce siiuillima, prothorace angulis anticis baud 
rotuudato-dilatatis , striis elytroruin minus profundis, in- 
terstitiis latis bone distincta. Capiit breviter triangulare, 
subporrectuin , prothorace paullo angustius, nigrum, sub- 
opacum , confertissimo subrugoso-pnnctatum , labro ct cly- 
peo Imviusculo fcrrugineis. Antennie protlioracis medium 
superantes, articulo 3:o minimo, transverso, 4-8 rotun- 
dis , ultimo ovato, apice oblique truncato, penultimo trans- 
verso sesqui longiore. Prothora.x latitudine sua vix brevior, 
apice subtruncatus, angulis anticis oculos baud attingenti- 
bus, coleopteris fere duplo angustior, lateribus parallelis, 
margine elcvato , ante medium lenissimo sinuato ; basi trun- 
catus angulis po.sticis rcctis; dorso parum couvexus , niger, 
opacus, confcrtissime subrugoso-punctatus , canalicula me- 
dia obsolcta, antice foveatim impressa, basi utrinque ju.xta 
angulos posticos fovea impressa. Scutellum minimum, 
transversum. Elytra protborace fere quintuplo longiora, 
lateribus dilatata, apice subacuminata ; dorso parum con- 
vexa, nigra, subopaca, subtilius punctato-striata , striis 
interioribus apicem versus obsoletioribus, interstitiis in- 
ternis latis, planiusculis, exterioribus augustis, 7:o cari- 
nato. Corpus subtus nigrum , subopacum ; prosterno utrin- 
