Genus 183. — LIXL'S. r)S 



punrtata, jux(a siituiam et versus apicem sub-striata , inlia basin 

 traiisversim late et profunde , pone callum posticum obsoletius 

 impressa, nigra, in disco parce, versus latera et apitem densiiis 

 plagiatim cinereo-tomentosa. Corpus subUis obsolete pnnctafum, 

 nigrum, tomento denso , depresso, cinereo, veslitum. Pedes lon- 

 »nusculi, validi , dense cinereo-tomentosi ; femoribus mulicis , 

 nigris , tibiis tarsisque obscure ferrugineis. — Ghl. 



* 71. L. iErnioPs. 



Elongntiis, iiiqer, sxib-iiiüdus , piibe temd cinerea adspersus , autenuis 

 tamisque rufescentibus , rostro birvi , cmssiusculo, tliorace aiujusto , 

 ruijuloso, dorso caiialiculato , iilrinque impresso, la;vi, obsolete bi- 

 tuberculato, basi truncato, elylris cylindricls, striato-pnnctatis, apic>- 

 punctato-striatis. 



Curculio id. Herbst. CoL VI. p. 48. n" 7. T. 62. f. 7. 



Palria : Surinam. A Dom. Schuppel missus. Mus. Schh. 



Affinis certe L. auriculati et biiwduli, sed triplo minor, rostro 

 brevi , elytris angustis , cylindricis , pube cinerea sequaliler ad- 

 spersis, ab illis distinctus. Caput mediocre, rotundatum , nigrum, 

 subtiliter crebre punctulatum, pube grisea adspersum ; fronle in- 

 ter oculos canalicula abbreviata insculpla ; oculi oblongo-ovati , 

 transversi, nigri, band prominuli;rostrum capite vixduplo longius, 

 crassiusculum , subrectum , nigrum , subtiliter punctulatum, parco 

 griseo-pubesceus. Antennae tenues,rufo-ferruginea;, clava oblongo- 

 ovata, acuminata, fusca, cinereo-pubescente. Thorax lalifudine 

 plus duplo longior, antice paulo angustior , truncatus , posterius 

 sensim ampliatus, basi sub-truncatus , supra convcxus, subtiliter 

 punctato-rugosus, sulculo longitudinali versus basin pruCundiori 

 excavatus , in medio lateris utriusque tuberculo minuto aimatus , 

 atque pone hoc impressus ; sub-lsevis , totus niger , parce grisco- 

 pubescens. Scutellum null um. Elytra elongata, antice tlioracis basi 

 paulo latiora,illoque vix triplo longiora, cylindrica, a basi apiccin 

 versus linearia, tum angustata, apice ipso rotundata, supra modice 

 convexa, nigra , sub-nitida, pube cinerea undique parce adspersa, 

 a basi longe ultra medium striato-punctata, apicem versus punc- 

 tato-striata ; foveola pone angulos scutellares obsolete impressa , 

 ante apicem callo obtuso instructa. Corpus subtus nigrum , sub- 

 nitidum, subtiliter punctulatum , parce griseo-pubescens. Pedes 

 mediocres,mutici, nigri, griseo-pilosi : tarsis ruFesrentibus, subtus 

 griseo-spongiosis. — Bhn. 



