lo Genus 183. — LIXUS. 



profunde regiilariter striatim punctata, interstitiis planis, subti- 

 lissiine coriaceis; supra humeros leviter ad angulum scutellarem sat 

 profunde impressa, singulo versus apiceni carinula parum elevata, 

 ob!i(jua,notato; tota nigra, pube sat densa , depressa , cinerea et 

 pulvere flavescenti adspersa, (larpus subtus niyrum, subtiliter 

 punctulatum , pube depressa grisea dense tectum. Pedes mcdiocres, 

 validi, nigri, pube grisea adspersi; antici validiores; tarsis piceis , 

 elouyalis, subtus fulvo spongiosis. — Bun. 



9. L. AcuMiNATUs. Dejean. 



Etonr/atits, nicjer, dense griseo-pabescens , sidphireo-pollinosus , rostro 

 subrccto, evidenter panctulato , Ixisi ean'iialo , lliurace elonyato , 

 cortaceo, remote varioloso , ante scutelluni profunde apicem versus 

 leviter impresso, elytris sat profunde striata- punctalis , apice acute, 

 niucronatls. 



Ilabitat in Scnepalia. Mus. Dom. Chevrolat, ad describendum 

 benevole missus. 



L. turbato minor , praesertini brevior et crassior. (>aputbreve, 

 nigrum, subtiliter crebre punrtulaliim , pul)e {',risea adspersum ; 

 h'ons deÜexa, lineola inter oculos louijitudiuali , abbreviata , in- 

 sculpta ; oculi laterales, ovati , transversi , nigri , baud prominuli ; 

 rostrum tborace mullo brcvius , crassiusculum, teres , parum ar- 

 euatum,abasi ultra medium, carinula parum elevaia, instructum; 

 dorso subtiliter confertim versus latera profundius punctatum , 

 totum nifjrum, pube cinerea ads])ersum , teuuissinie üavescenti- 

 poUinosum. Antennae longe pone medium rostri sita;, vix lonfjitu- 

 dine thoracis , minus tenues , nigraB , pulvere tenui flavescenti 

 obsita?, clava oblonga , arurainata, cincrco-pubcsrente. Tborax la- 

 titudine baseos multo lon{;ior, apice truncatus, anlerius anjjustior, 

 posterius sensim ampiiatus, basi bi-sinua(us, supra modice cou- 

 vexus, niger , subtiliter coriaceus, punctis vagis, sat profundus , 

 minus crebre impressus , anle scutellum foveola profunda , ovata , 

 et in dorso antico alia obsolela insculptus, polline flavescenti pu- 

 bequeyriseadorsoparcius ad laleradense obsitus.ScutellumnuUum. 

 Elytra thoracis basi haud latiora, quam lata triplo lonyiora, sub- 

 cylindrica, pone medium apicem versus angustata , apice attenuato, 

 in spinam elongatam , rectam , excurrcnlia; supra ronvcxa, ni{;ra, 

 rejjulariter sat profunde slriato-punctata , insterslitiis |)lauis, sub- 

 tiliter coriaceis , pulvere sulpbureo pubeque cinerea undique sat 

 dense adspersa ; faveola supra humeros et pone angulos scutellarcs 

 obsolete impressa. Corpus subtus nigrum, dense cincreo-pubesceus 



