Genus 24. — CAMÄROTUS. 187 



Facies fere Cassidce et C. mor/o/u* niagnitudine aequalis. Caput 

 parvum, antice rugoso-punctatum , atrum , vertice elevatiore, sub- 

 laevi; oculi semi-globosi, brunnei; rostruni latitudine i'ere capitis 

 et illo paulo longius, deflcxum, supra ruyuloso-punctatum, fere 

 planum, maryinibus elevatis; totum nigrum. Antennae breves , 

 testaceae, pilos« , clava nigricante. Thorax brevis, antice abrupte 

 dimidio angustior quam basi, apice truncatus, longe intra apicem 

 transversim impressus, lateribus pone stricturam rotundato-am- 

 pliatus, basi profunde bi-sinuatus, supra transversim convexus, 

 pulvinatus, confertlm ruguloso-punctatus, versus latera granu- 

 latus, posterius in medio linea angusta, elevata notatus, totus 

 ater, non nitidus. Scutellum breve, trianguläre, atrmn. Elytra 

 antice sinuata, thoracis basi duplo latiora, lateribus explanata, 

 apice conjunctira rotundata, thorace vix duplo longiora, supra 

 convexa, mediocriter sulcata, sulcis dorsalibus obsolete, laterali- 

 bus distinctius sub-remote punctatis, interstitiis planis, obsolete 

 rugosis; tota atra, parum nitida. Corpus subtus tenuiter transver- 

 sim strigosum, nigrum, magis nitidum. Pedes breves, validi , ni- 

 gii , femoribus anticis maximis, trigonis, subtus serratis, tarsis 

 Omnibus brevibus, latis, subtus cineieo-albido-spongiosis. Ghl. 



Divisio IV. ATTEL ABIDES. 



Rostrum sub-cylindricum , deflexum , scepe filiforme , vel scepius apice 

 dilatatum. Caput pone oculos elongatum. Antennce clavatce, 11-12 

 arüculatcu. Elytra elongata, sub-quadrata. Pygidium nudum. 



Genus 25. — APODERUS(i). 



Apoderus Oliv., Latr., Dej., Sturm, Billb. (2). — Attelabus 

 LiNN. , Fabr., Germ., Gyllenh. , Latr., Thunb. (3). Illig. , 

 Herbst., Payr., Marsh. — Curculio DeGeer, Scopoli. — Rhino- 

 macer Geoffr., Laich. , Mull. — Bruchus et //wo/uw/ms Schrank. 



Character generis. — Antennae validiuscula?, in fovea irregulari 

 insertas, i2-articulatae, quorum quatuor ultimi crassiores , coarc- 

 tati, clavam formantes. 



Rostrum capite brevius, crassum , apice vix dilatatum. 



(i) Ab KTTOoäpw excorio. — Observ. Dom. Billberg. 



{2) Oliv. Ent. V. 81. p. 12.— Lalr. Regne anim. p. 388. —Id. in Dict. C.lass. d'Hist. 

 Nat. p. 592. — Schh. Cure. Disp. Meth. p. 42. n°6. 



(3) Latr. Consid. gener. p. 219. n'>2i7. — Germ, in nov. Annal. de Wetter: Ge- 

 sells. I.I. p. 121. n" 4. — Herbst. Col. VII. p. i4i. Instr. Tab. R. fi-; i-3. —Thunb. 

 in nova Acta Ups. VII. p. 1 1 i. 



