4S Geni's 183. — LI XUS. 



tulalis, medio transverslm , impressis ; totus piceus, pube cinerpa 

 adspersus. Sciitelliim immcrsum , vix observanduin. Elytra basi 

 siujjulaliin noiiniliil lotuiidato [noJucta, anüec tlioraoe paulo 

 latiora et illo vix triplo longiora , humeris parum prominulis , 

 rotundatis ; fere ünearia , cylindrica , apicem versus angustata , 

 apice ipso conjunctim rotundata, supra convcxa , snbtiliter piuir- 

 talo-slriata,sutma intcrstidisquealternis elcvatioribus, siil)-rostatis, 

 subtilissinie coriaceis; pone sculeHum profunde lateque supra hu- 

 meros leviter impressa ; tota obscure Ferru{yinea, sub-nitida, pube 

 cinerea undique parce adspersa. Corpus subtus ni(jro-piceum , 

 subtilissinie creberrime punctulatum , pube cinerea parce adsper- 

 suni ; seyinentorum ventraUuni niar{;inibus anoque diUitius lerru- 

 gineis. Pedes validi, obscure lerruginei, pube cinerea obsiti ; fe- 

 nnoribus modice clavatis , niuticis ;}tibiis rectis , apice uncinatis ; 

 tarsis dilatatis, subtus fulvo-spongiosis. — Bhn. 



63. L. NuniLOSus. Schh. 



Obtoiit/us, rufo-castancus , pube cinerea variegatus, capile roslroque 

 nicjro-piceis , rostro brevi, recto, basi carinato, ruqoso , thorace co- 

 riaceo, reniote punctalo , basi canaliculato , utrinqiie tiansversim 

 impresso, elytris ptinctato-striatis , cinereo-nebulosis. 



Habitat in Senegalia. Mus. Dom. Chevrolat. 



L. bardance paulo longior, sed fere duplo latior. Caput breve, 

 rotundatuni , nigrum , subtiliter punctulatum, pube cinerea ad- 

 spersuni ; frons deflexa, puncto parvo, inter oculos impressa; oculi 

 laterales, sat magni, oblongi, transversi ; band prominuli, uigri; 

 rostrum breve , capite dimidio longius , crassum , subrectum , 

 leres, nigrum, basi distincte carinatum , striolato-rugosum , ad 

 apicem subtiliter punclulatum , lincola inter antennas lonj;ilu- 

 dinaii , abbrcviata , impressum , pube cinerea tenue adspersum. 

 Antennae, minus tenues, rufo -ferruginea;, albido-pubescentes. 

 Thorax latitudine longior , apice sinuato-emarginatus , anterius 

 pauk) angustior, posterius nonniliil ampliatus, basi bi-sinuatus, 

 tenue ilevaio-marginatus, supra convexus , rufo-castancus, sub- 

 tiliter coriareus, remute minus profunde vage pnnctatus, sidcido 

 longitudinali versus basin canaliculatus, in medio lateris utrius- 

 que loveola parum profunda, transversim impressus,dorso parcius, 

 ad latera dcnsius ciiierco-pubcscens. Scutcllum nidlum. l'Jytra tlio- 

 racis basi band latioia, (juam lata vix triplo iongiora, cylindrica, 

 apicem versus citius angustata, apice ipso conjunctim obtuse ro- 



