Lithurgus fuscipennis, 
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laete rufo-hirtis ; capite thoraceque subopacis dense inaequaliter 
punctato-rugosis; abdomine elliptico, nitido, segmento primo 
dorsali basi fovea magna profunda instructo ; alis obscure-hyalinis, 
apice parum fumatis violaceoque nitentibus, nervis et stig- 
mate piceis. 
^ fronte sub antennis protuberantia transversa, magna, 
semicirculari, medio leviter emarginata, subtus concavo-declivi, 
instructa, facie dense albo-, vertice valde parce nigro-pilosis, 
clypeo subtus et fronte circa antennas rufo-, thoracis lateribus 
fulvo-cinereo-villosis, mesothoracis disco valde late et scutelli 
parte antica subnudis ; abdominis subconvexi segmentis dorsali- 
bus: primo basi fulvescenti-cinereo-villoso, 2—5 parce breviterque 
nigro-pilosis, in locis tarnen certis glabris ac laevibus, 1—5 
margine apicali anguste fulvescenti-cinereo-ciliatis, sexto basi 
late fusco-nigro-, postice obscure-rufo-fimbriato medioque mu- 
crone mgro, sat longo, obtuso armato ; scopa ventrali ferruginea, 
segmento sexto utiinque acute dentato medioque marginis postici 
breviter uncato; alarum tegulis brunneis. — Long. 16—18 mm. 
i — facie dense fulvescenti-albo-, vertice, occipite thoraceque 
supra fulvo-, hoc postice fulvo-cinereo-villosis: abdominis sub- 
depressi segmentis dorsalibus: primo et secundi basi fulvo- 
cinereo-villosis, tertio parce fusco - cinereo-, 4 — 6 nigro-pilosis 
margineque apicali segmentorum 2 — 6 fulvescenti-cinereo-ciliatis 
septimo fusco-rufo-fimbriato medioque spina valida sat longa, 
supra subcanaliculata, armato ; segmentis ventralibus fulvescenti- 
cinereo-fimbriatis, ultimo apice obtuse-rotundato ; alarum tegulis 
rufo-brunneis. — Long. 13—14 mm. 
Praecedenti ( chrysurus ) valde similis et affinis, sed multo 
major; 9 insuper: protuberantia frontis aliter constructa, fimbria 
anali densa basi late fusco-nigra (?), postice obscure rufa; J: 
abdominis segmentis dorsalibus 2 .— 6 . parte basali parce nigro- 
pilosis, certe distincti. Species jam a me etiam in copula 
inventae sunt. 
In Hungaria centrali, meridionali et orientali, et etiam in 
Transsylvania, inde a medm Julii usque ad finem Augusti, in 
florenti Carduo acanthoide sat frequens, $ pollen hujus plan- 
tae colligens.« 
Lithurgus fuscipennis unterscheidet sich von dem häufigeren 
C’ rysurus vor allem durch seine Grösse, im ist das Stirnhorn 
