Genus 183. — LIXUS. 85 



* III. L. Aberratus. Sclili. 



Elongatus, niyer, tenue chiereo-pubescens , anlennis tarsisque rufes- 

 centibus , roslro lonyiori , tenuiori , apice sub-incrassato , obsolete 

 punctata, thorace confertim siibtiliter ruc/uloso, utiinque obsolete 

 cinerea lineato , clytris subtiliter punctata -striatis, basi leviter bi- 

 impressis, apice obtuse rotundatis. 



Habitat in Persia. A Dom. Faldermann missus. Mus. Schh. 



Lixo cinerascenti magnitudine et statuia valde similis ; structura 

 rostri , thorace subtiliter riiguloso , elytris obsoletius punctato- 

 striatis, ab illo distinctus. Caput paivuin, rotundatum, nigruni , 

 subtiliter punctulatuin, infra ociilos dense cinereo-pubescens;frons 

 deflexa, transversim leviter inipressa ; oculi oblongo-ovati , trans- 

 versi, depressi , nigri ; rostrum lonoitudine fere tlioracis, teres , 

 minus crassinn , apiceni versus sub-incrassatunn,paruiTi arcuatum, 

 nigiuin, sub-nitidum, subtiliter punctulatum, pubo cinerea parca 

 adspersum. Antennai subtenues , rufo-ferruyineas , clava oblongo- 

 ovala , acuminata, cinereo-pubesce'nte. Thorax antice angustior, 

 tiuncatus, posterius sensiui ampjiatus, basi bi-slnuatus , supra 

 Diodice convexus , undique confertim subtiliter rugulosus, pube 

 tenui cinerea adspersus, in utroque latere,in linea obsoleta con- 

 densata. Scutellum nullnm. Elytra basi singulatiin nonnihil ro- 

 tundato-producta, tlioracis basi haud latiora,sed triplo longiora, 

 linearia, mox ante apicem citius angustata, apice ipso singulatim 

 rotundata, supra modice convexa, subtiliter punctato-striata, in- 

 terstitiis planis , subtilissime coriaceis, pone scutellum et supra 

 humeros obsolete impressa ; tota nigra, pube depressa cinerea, 

 versus latera inagis densa, adspersa. Corpus subtus nigrum, sub- 

 tiliter punctulatum, sat dense cinereo-pubescens. Pedes validiusculi, 

 nigri, mutici, cinereo-pubescentes; tarsis rufo-ferrugineis , subtus 

 fulvo-spongiosis. — Bhn. 



* 112. L. ViRENS. Bartels. 



Elongatus , niger, pubescens ,ßavescenti-pol'inosus , fronte tenue cana- 

 Uculata , rostro longhudine fere tlioracis, crassiore, subtiliter punc- 

 tulato, thorace sub-conico , subtiliter crebre rugulosa, darsa parce, 

 lateribus dmse ßavescenti- pollinoso , elylris subtilissime punclato- 

 striatis, supra humeros et pone scutellum obsolete impressis, apice 

 obtuse rotundatis. 



Habitat non procul a litore orientali maris (^aspü. A Dom. 

 Bartels missus. Mus. Schh. 



