172 OENts 190. — IIEILTPUS. 



Q 20. II. I'iCTLS. Klug. 



Oblotujn-ovattis, atcr nitidus, rostro hreviori, arcuato , bnsi cnnfertim 

 punctata, tlinracc subtiliter remote punctuLito, maculis sex dilute 

 silaceis oniato, elytris subtiliter striato-punctatis, htterslitäs hwi- 

 hus, li'/ica manjinali , inacuta in dorso antico vittaque suturati a 

 rncdio apiceni versus cum linea maryinali conjuncta, silaceo-pu- 

 bescentil) us, ornatis. 



Habitat ad Rio de la Plata. Mus. Dom. Com. Mannerheim et Sciih. 



Mvi^,n\lii(io Heilipi apiati. Caput mediocre, globosum, atrum, ni- 

 tiduni, subtiliter sat crebro jiunctulatum; fronte iuter oculos fo- 

 veola profunda impressa ; oculi ovati , ni{;ri; rostrum thorace pa- 

 rum brevius, teres, minus crassum, modice arcuatum, a Ixisi ad 

 medium sat profunde creljrc tum apiiem versus subtiliter remote 

 punelatum. Antenna; mox pone medium rostri inserta^, ad dimi- 

 dium tUoracIs vix pertinyentes, crassiuscula?, ferruginete, parce 

 pilosa-, clava oblongo-ovata , sub-acuminaia , fusco-pubescente. 

 Thorax latitudine media longior, apice latc sed parum profunde 

 emaryinatus, mox pone apicem coarctatus, fere tubulatus, ante- 

 rius anfjustatus, lateribus modice rotundato-ampliatus, postice le- 

 viterbi-sinuatus, tenueelevato-marginatus, supra parum convexus, 

 ater, nitidus, subtiliter remote punctulatus, dorso antico obsolete 

 longitudinaliter impressus, utrinque maculis duabus, una basali, al- 

 tera apicdli, quadratim locatis, et prffiterea macula laterali in me- 

 dio posita e pube dilute silacea , ornatus. Scutcllum parvuni, 

 sub-trian{julare, atrum nitidum. Elytraoblonyo-ovata, antice tho- 

 racis basi nonnihil latiora, liumeris prominulis sub-elevatis, ob- 

 tuse rotundatis, lattribus inflexa , thorace plus triplo longiora , 

 apicem versus angustata, apice ipso conjunclim obtuse rotundata, 

 supra convexa , ante apicem callo obsoleto instructa, atra nitida, 

 subtiliter slriato-punctata , interstitiis planis, I.Tvibus, linea mar- 

 ginali , apice, vitta suturali ab apice ad medium fere cxtensa, 

 ramulum versus lalera emitlente, punctis nonnuUis anterius prope 

 suturam niaculaque in dorso antico oblonga, obliqua, dense dilute 

 silaceo-pubescentibns, intra apicem macula parva, sub-triangulari, 

 denudata, atra, nitida. Corpus subtus atrum, nitidum, subtiliter 

 remote punctulatum. Pedes longiusculi, validi , remote punctati, 

 pube albida parce obsiti; femoribus clavatis, nigris, subtus pone 

 medium dente valido, acuto, armatis; tibiis obscure ferrugineis, 

 intus in medio ampliatis; tarsis dilatatis, ferrugineis, supra palli- 

 do-pubescentibus, subtus fulvo-spongiosis. — Bhn. 



