iJ2 Genls 14. — TllüPIDERES. 



* g. T. EpHippitM. 



Oblongus, nifo-piceus , antennh pedibusquc fcrnujineh, rostro basi 

 purum niiijustato, (jriseo-pubescente, tliorace punctulato , dorso bi- 

 fasciculato, postice slrüja transversa elevata, sub-recta instructo, 

 elytris ferrugineo-varüs , macula dorsall communi , nigro-fusco 

 notatis, 



yinthribus id. Dej. Cut. CoL p. 78. 



AnOir. biUneatus? Germ, m ;/. Annal.d. IVetter. Ges. I. I. p. i ig, 



Ilabitat in Kreininicc. Dom. Besser. Parisiis; Dom. Chevrolat. 

 Mus. SCHH. 



Statura T. niveirostris , sed dimidio fere minor, Caput latum, 

 deflexum, planum, pubedilutegriseadensetectum; vertice macu- 

 lis obsoletis fuscis notato ; oculi laterales , semi-globosi , integri , 

 obscure brunnei; rostrum vix latitudine capitis, sed illo fere lön- 

 gius, apicem versus nonnibil ampliatum , supra planum, colore 

 et indumento capitis ; mandibular validae , piceae , nitida?. Antennae 

 thoracis basin attingunt, ferrugiueae, medio tenues, clavae articu- 

 lis magnis , sub-remotis. Thorax latitudine baseos nonnihil brevior, 

 anterius angustior , apice truncatus , intra apicem leviter con- 

 strictus , lateribus rotundato-ampliatus , pone medium elevato- 

 marginatus, basi etiam sub-truncatus , margine elevato , reflexo, 

 angulis acutis ; longe intra basin striga transversa, recta, nota- 

 tus, supra in disco convexus, in medio dorsi utrinque fasciculo 

 parvo e pilis fuscis obsitus, pireus, ferrugineo-variegatus, pube 

 depressa grisea hinc inde maculatim condensata , adspersus. Scu- 

 tellum parvum , rotundatum , piceum , griseo-pubescens. Elytra 

 antice sub-truncata, thoracis basi paulo latiora, humeris vix pro- 

 minulis, lateribus parumampliata apico conjunctim obtuse rotun- 

 data, thorace duplo longiora , supra convexa , parum profunde 

 punctato-striata, interstitiis fere planis; fusco-picea, ferrugineo- 

 variegata, pube depressa cinereo-albida insequaliter adspersa, im- 

 mixtis postice punctis obscure umbrinis; in dorso postico plaga 

 magna communis, oblongo-ovata, transversim locata, nigro- 

 fusca, ornata. Pygidium deHexum, rotundatum, griseo-pubescens. 

 Corpus subtus obscure ferrugineum , subtiliter punctulatum, 

 parce cinereo-pubescens. Pedes mediocres, dilufius ferruginci, pu- 

 bescentes; femoribus basi obscurioribus; tibias omnes aiinulo um- 

 brino cinctae ; tarsi subtus griseo-spongiosi. Bhn. 



