i42 OkxXls 186. — LARINUS. 



et pilosiim. Antrnnas breves, crnssinsculsp, fiisco-forruf^incne, cinc- 

 reo-j)uliescent('s. Thorax latitudiiie bascos pariim brevior, anto- 

 rius multo an^fustior, obsolete constrictiis , apice parum emargina- 

 tus,lateribus obliquis,nonnihilampliatis,basi evidenter bi-sinuatus, 

 supra nioilico convexns ,siib-reiiiote punctatus, snperficie interja- 

 eente subtilissiiiic piinctiilata ; ni(jer, opacus, in dorso paree, versus 

 latera et siibtus dense cinereo-tonientosus , pilisque longis , erectis , 

 albidis, adspersus.Scutellum parvum,trian(;ulare,depressum,dcnse 

 pallido-tonientosum. Elytra elongjato-ovata, antice sin[;ulatini ro- 

 tuiidata, thoracis basi arcte appücala, ibique illo noii latiora, la- 

 teribus perparuni anipliata, apice coiijunctiiii lotundala , thorace 

 triplo longiora, supra convexa,rude punctato-striata, punctispro- 

 fundis, sub-remotis, interstitiis subtilissime punctulatis; nigra, in 

 dorso parcius, versus latera densius cinereo-tomentosa, pilisque 

 longis, erectis , albidis , undiquc adspersa. Corpus subtus nigruui , 

 eonfertim punclulatum, cinereo-pubescens. Pedes niediocres, ni- 

 (jri, punctati , dense cinereo-pubescentes et pilosi; femoribus pa- 

 rum clavatis muticis ; tibiis rectis; tarsis dilatatis, subtus cinereo- 

 spongiosis. — Ghl. 



5g. L. PiLosus. Sclih. 



Ob.longus, niger,'suhtus dense, supra parcius albo-tomentosns , pHis- 

 (lue suberectis brevibiis adspcrsrts ; antennis, tibiis (arsisqm: lestaceis , 

 rostro brevi, crasso . fronte iinpressa , thorace obloiiyo, sub-conico , 

 punctata , elytris subtilius punctato-striatis. 



Patria: Caffraria. Ex Musaco üom. Ecrlon etZEYHER descriptus. 



Parvus, sitoia lincato minor; Larino fiirto sub-aequalis et affinis, sed 

 rostrum brevius, elytra subtilius punctato-striata, etc. Caput breve, 

 planum, punctatiun, ni{;ruui, alho-lomenlnsum et pilosum, fronte 

 impressa; oculi ovati, nigri,modice prominuli ; rostrum capite 

 parum longius, crassum, rectum, punctatum, nigrum, albo-to- 

 mentosnm et pilosum. AntennsebreviuscuLTß, testaceae, clava fusca, 

 albo-pubescente. Thorax latitudine baseos vix brevior, anterius 

 augustior, sub-conicus, apice levileremarginatus, intra apicem nun 

 constrictus, latcribus obliquis, parum ampliatis; basi bi-siiuiatus, 

 supra convexus,sat eonfertim punctatus, niger, subtus et lateribus 

 dense, supra parcius albo-tomentosus, pilisque suberectis, modicc 

 longis , ejusdem coloris, adspersus. Scutelium immersuiu, vix obsor- 

 vaudum. Elytra antice singulatim rolundata, thoracis basi latiora, 

 lateribus vix ampliata, apice conjuuctim rotundata, thorace plus 

 triplo longiora , supra convexa , parum profunde punctato-striata. 



