My. Genus 42. — BELORHYNCHUS. 



;Utiti[;rntc, cxaratiis. Elytra clon{ifata , basi siib-truncala, et in 

 inc'dio iiiipressa, thoracis niedio nonnihii latiora et illo plus duplo 

 longiora, humeris sub-elevatis, obtuse anfjulatis , linearia, apicem 

 versus angustata, apice ipso dcliiscentia , utrinque nincrone acuto 

 arniata, supra dorso fere plana, nigro-pirea , subtiliter slriatini 

 punctata, striis duabus suturalibus, approximatis, continuatis , 

 profunde impressis, notata. Corpus subtus nigro-piceum , inipunc- 

 tatum. Pedes graciles, elongati, femoribus modice incrassatis, mu- 

 licis, nifjro-piceis, tibiis rectis, ferrugineis, anticis intus in uicdio 

 dentirulo parvo , obluso, instructis ; tarsis valdc elongatis , subtus 

 fulvo-spongiosis. BuN. 



Gekus 43. BRENTHÜS (i). 



Brcntliiis Ili.u>. , Germ. (2). — Brentus Fabr. et auct. (3). — Ciir- 



ciiliü LiNN. , De Gee«. — Brentus, Nemocephalus , Uroplerus et 



Stenorliyncus Latr. (4). 



Cliaracter generis. — Antennae saepius breviusculae, extrorsuin 

 l)aulo rrassiores ; articulis brevibus,aut sub-obconicis, apice trun- 

 catis , aut sub-rotundatis: raro longiusculae , articulis sub-cylin- 

 dricris. 



Rostrum porrectum , sajpius longissimum. 



(1) Forma partium coi|ioris singularium ia hac divisioue maxiuie varlabilis est ; 

 iiule melliüdi plurcs, illos in diversa gcnera et sub-divisioncs dislribuere proposita- 

 tucruni; sie Clar. lioin. (.atrcillc, in Dict. Clnss. d'Hist. )iat. XIT. p. SgS, se- 

 nindiini iliversam eapitis formani , Brcntkos genuinos in duo gcnera, Brcntlms nenipc 

 et Nemocephalus divisit, et ia sno opere : Regne yfnim. p. Sgo , tertlum addidit , 

 5ub nomine Sfenor/ynr/iHS, e spcriebus , anicnnas filiformes gcrentibus compositum; 

 sed limitcs , hos inter, pariim (ixi , nam occui-runt non raro species intermedia-, uno 

 vel alio modo trausituni parautcs. l'orro auctor illc illiistrissinius, suh nomine l'roptcrus, 

 jjcnns ])roposuit ex iis, qiiorum elytra apice appcndiculatu; sed bxc uota masciilis 

 tantum corapetit, et B. anchorngo, cujus mas etiam elytra apice, elongato-attc- 

 nuata ;;irit , transilura ad illos evidenter parat. Genera haec idco , ut nimis vacillantia, 

 a<lhil)ere non aplum ccnsui. Quum plures buc pertinentcs species, qua; in calidis 

 regionibus forie niunerosa;, detccta; cxstant , adicquatior distribiilio verisimilitcr cod- 

 slrui possit. 



(2) lllig. Mag. III. p. loi, M* i65. — Germ, in Nov. Wetter. Auiial. I. p. 127. 

 n" lü. — Scbh. Ciirc. Disp. Metb. p. 68. n° 27. 



(3) Fabr. Syst. el. 11. p. 545. n" i63. — Latr. Gen. Cr. et Ins. II. p. 242. — 

 Consid. G(5ner. p. 219. — Cuv. Bcgne Anim. 111. p. 928. — Id. Dirbist. II. g. 176. c. 

 — Dunier. /ool. Annal. p. 226. — Oliv. Enc. mtib. V. p. 187. — Oliv. Ent. V. 84. 

 p. 429. — Herbst. Cd. VII. p. 169. lostr. Tab. U. fig. 8-17. — Thunb. iu Nova 

 Acta Ups. Vit. p. 108. 



(4) Latr. Regne Auiin. p. 829. — /«/. in Diel. Class. d'Hisl. nat \IV. p. .SgS. 

 Hhyncliopliores. — 'l'lion Eni. Arcli. 1. III. p. 65. 



