Genus 203. — PHYTOPIIILUS. 283 



gustior, apice sub-truncatus , lateribus sub-obliquis, fere rectis, 

 basi leviter bi-sinuatus, siipra perparum convexus, confertissime 

 {jranulatus, niger, maculis Septem niveo-squamosis ornatus,tribiis 

 intra marginem iitrinque, in serie recta localis, etseptima majore, 

 ob-conica, a medio versus basin diicta. Scutellum vix observandum. 

 Elytra anlice sub-truncata , hunieris elevatis , angulato-prominu- 

 lis, mox pone humerum angustiora, apicem versus attenuata, apice 

 conjunctim acuminata , tliorace vix plus quam scsqui-longiora , su- 

 pra fere plana, regulariter punctato-striata , nigra, squamulis 

 densis albis, in dorso anteriore brunneo tinctis, tecta, relicta vitta 

 laterali utrinque, postice abbreviata, lituraque suturali communi 

 in medio, posterius ramulum utrinque exserente, denudatls, ni- 

 gris. Pygidium exsertum, ob-conicum , dense albido-squamosum. 

 Corpus subtus nigrum,punctatum, dense niveo-squamosum. Pedes 

 validiusculi, dense niveo-squamosi; femoribus sub-clavatis piceis, 

 subtus valide dentatis; tibiis breviusculis, dilutius ferrugineis; 

 tarsis longiusculis, non dilatatis, fuscis. — Ghl. 



Genus 204. ERIRIIINUS. Nobis (i). 



Rliincliccmis FABR.,Ohiv., Gyllenu. , Latr ,Thunb.,Zetterst(2), 

 Dejean, Sturm, Steven. — Curculio Lin>-. , Latr. , Herbst. (3). 



Character generis. — Antennas longiusculas, tenues; funlculo j- 

 articulato ; articulis duobus basalibus longiusculis, ob-conicis, re- 

 liquis brevibus, nodosis; clava oblongo-ovata. 



Rostrum elongatum, longitudine varians, cylindricum, lineare, 

 arcuatum , in plerisque sub-filiforme. 



Thorax basi sub-truncatus , lateribus in medio ampliato-rotun- 

 datus, anterius angustior, pone oculos plus minusve lobatus. 



Scutellum distinctum, trianguläre, apice rotundatum. 



Elytra oblonga, antice thoracis basi latiora, basi conjunctim 

 leviter sub-emarginata, humeris obtuse angulatis, sub-elevatis ; 

 supra convexa, versus apiccni sa?pius callosa, apice ipso conjiuic- 

 tim rotundata. 



Obs. — Corpus oblongum, sub-ovatum, aut squamosum, aut 

 tomentosum , alatum ; aut mediocris aut minoris magnitudinis. 



Pair/a ; Europa , Sibiria, India orientalis, Africa meridionalis. 



(i) Sclih. Cure. Disp. Melh. p. 229. n" i3o. 



(2) Fabr. Syst. El. II. p. 439. n" 169. — Oliv. Ent. V. S3. p. 72. n» 4. - Gyllenk 

 Ins. Suec. III. p. 63. —Latr. in Dict. Class. d'llist. Nat. .\1V. p. .'182. — Tliiiub. in 

 N. Acta Ups. VII. p. 107. — Zettersi. Faun. Ins. Läpp. 1. p. 3o5. subJiv. 3. 



(3) Lat. Gen. Cr. tt lus. II. p. 261. 



