.28 Genus 186. — LARINüS. 



sub-emarf;inatiis, lateribiisobliqiiis, parumam|)Iiatis;basi profunde 

 hi-sinuatus, siipra modice coiivexus, punctis niafjnis, parum pro- 

 fundis, varioltf-forniibiis, inaequaliter impressus, niger, parce 

 cinereo-tomentosus. Scutelliim vix observandum. Elvtra antice 

 sinffulatim rotundato-producta, elevato-mar(;inata, tboraris basi 

 paulo latiora,pone basin nonniliil ampHata, dein lere linearia, 

 apice etiani singulatim rotundala, thorace quadrnplo lonyiora, 

 supraconvexa , intra basin transversim impressa , distincte, sub-re- 

 nriote punctato-striata, interstiliis latis, planis, confertim subtiliter 

 alutaceis; nipra, tomento cinereo niaculatim tessellata. Corpus 

 subtus confertim punctulafuni , nigruni, niagis nitiduni, parce ci- 

 nereo-pubescens, Pedes mediocres, nigri , cinereo-pubescentes; fe- 

 moribus sub-clavatis, miiticis; tarsis longiusculis, paruni dilatatis. 



GnL. 



ÖQ 38. L. Obtusus. 



Breviter ovatus, niger, tomento ßisco -ßavescente variegatiis , rostro 

 brevi , crasso , incurvo, supra Icviter carinalo , sub-ancjulato , tho- 

 race hrevi, punctata, elytris punctato-striatis , interstitiis planis, sub- 

 tiliter granulatis. 



Larinits id. Sturm. Ins. Cat. 182G. p. iGo. 



Rhinobatus maculosus. Dom. Megerle a Muhlfeld in Litteris. 



Larinus sturnus. Steph. Brit. Ent. IV. p. iSg. n° i.? 



Habitat in Austria , Bannatu, Caucaso, Tauria, Volhynia. Mus. 

 ScHH. et Ghl. 



Larino piano Germ, multo brevior, sed non angustior, rostri forma 

 longo alia, etc. Caput latum,sub-depressuni, confertissinie puncta- 

 tum, nigrum , opacum , tomento cinereo adspersum : oculi perpen- 

 diculares, ovati, brunnei, parum prominuli ; rostrum capite parurn 

 longius, valdecrassum, deflexum , incurvum ,sub-angula turn, con- 

 fertim punctatum. supra carinula abbreviata instructum, nigrum, 

 opacum, cinereo-tomentosum. Antennae braves, crassoe, subrectas, 

 piceae, cinereo-pubescentes. Thorax brevis, transversus, antice 

 multo angustior, apice leviter emarginatus, lateribus oblitpic am- 

 pliatus,basi profunde bi-sinuatus , angulis lateralibus acutis; supra 

 convexus, sub-pulvinatus, confertim ruguloso-punctatus, niger, 

 opacus, tomento obscure flavescente, versus latera dcnsiore, ad- 

 spcrsus. Scutellum oblongo-triangulare, nigrum, punctatum. Elvtra 

 breviter ovata , antice singulatim rotundata, tlioraeis basi arctc ap- 

 plicata ibique illo paulo latiora, lateribus am[)liata , apice conjunc- 



