Genus 183. — IJXÜS. 83 



illo triplo longiora , sub-linearia , apice obtuse rotiindata , supra 

 convexa , regulariter striatim punctata, interstitiis planis, siibti- 

 lissime coriaceis, pone scutellutn et supra bumcros leviter impressa; 

 nigra, fasciculis e pube cinerea adspersa. Corpus subtus nigrum, 

 punctulatum, cinereo-pubescens. Pedes niediocres , volidiusculi , 

 niutici, cinereo-pubescentes ; femoribus nigris; tibiis tarsisque 

 ferrugineis ; tarsis subtus fulvo-spongiosis. — Bhn. 



109. L. Angusticot,lis. Clievrolat. 



Elongatus , niger, tenuhsime cinereo-pubescens , antennis basi fcrru- 

 gineis , fronte deßexa , striolato - rugosa , rostro longo, crassioie , 

 subrecto, thorace medio latiori, profunde magis crebre varioloso , 

 vix carinato , elytris striato-punctatis , pone scutellutn et supra hu- 

 meros leviter vnpressis. 



Habitat in Gallia meridionali. Mus. Dom. Chevkolat. 



Lixotrisli affinis et simillin]us,vix an(justior,sed nonnibil b>ngior; 

 fronte slriobuo-rugosa, rostro nonnibil crassiore vix arcuaio, tlio- 

 race raedio latiore, profundius varioloso ut et colore peduai, ab 

 illo distinctus. Caput parvuin, breve, nigrum, opacum, subtiliter 

 confertim punctulatum; frons deflexa , striolato - rugosa ; oculi 

 oblongi , transvcisi, haud prominuli , nigri ; rostrum longiludine 

 fere tboracis, crassiusculum, teres, vix arcuatum, nigrum, obscu- 

 rum, remote minus profunde punctatum , pube grisea tenuissimo 

 adspersum. Antennae subtenues , nigro-piceae , articulo primo fer- 

 rugineo, clava oblongo-ovata , acuminata, densius cinereo-pubes- 

 cente. Tborax latitudine media vix longior, apice truncatus, antice 

 posticeque perparum angustatus, lateribus nonnibil ampliatus , 

 basi leviter bi-sinuatus, supra modice convexus, punctis profundis 

 variolosis, sat crebre impressus, superficie reliqua subtiliter gra- 

 nulata vel coriacea , dorso non carinatus, niger, obscurus, pube 

 cinerea tenuissime adspersus. Scutellum nulluni. Elytra basi sub- 

 truncata, antice tboracis basi haud latiora,sed illo quadruple lon- 

 giora, sub-linearia, cylindrica, apicem versus angustata , apice 

 ipso conjunctim obtuse rotundata, supra convexa, regulariter stria- 

 to-punctata, interstitiis planis, subtilissinie coriaceis, pone scu- 

 tellum vix, supra bumeros obsolete impressa, nigra, sub-opaca , 

 pube cinerea tenuo, a;qualiler , adspersa. Corpus sub(us nigrum , 

 pectore profunde, ventre obsolete punctulatis, parce cinereo-pu- 

 bescens. Pedes mediocrt'S, validiusculi, nigri, cinereo-pubescentes; 

 femoribus modice clavatis, muticis; tibiis reclis, apice uncinatis : 

 tarsis piceis , subtus fulvo-spongio-iis — Uhn. 



