256 Genus 199. — PISSODES. 



Elvtra oblonfja , tlioracis Lasi non latiora , anlice sub-trnncala , 

 hiniicris ferc rectan(;ulis; posterius atlcnu.ita , apice aut conjuiic- 

 tini aiit sirifjulalini sub-rotundata , supra iiiiiuis convexa, versus 

 apirem callosa. 



Fcniora clavata, nintira; i\])'\vc apice intus unco valiJo armata?. 



Ohscrv. — (Corpus ol)loiijfnm , iliirnm, obsrurum, maruiis srpia- 

 mosis varie{;afum , alafuui; aut iiieclia' aut uiiuoris ma{}nitucliiiis. 

 — Species hujus generis semper in truncis arborum resinosarum 

 vitam degunt. 



Patria : Europa, Sibiria , America scptenlrionalis. 

 * I. P. PiCEJ!. Illiffcr. 



Oblongo-ovatiis , convexior, piceus, palUJo-squamosvs, rostro elon- 

 gato, brunneo , thorace postice leviter sinuato, atiguUs sub-promi- 

 nulis, eljtris paüido fasciatis, punctato - stiiatis , scrobiculisque 

 paucis obloufjo-ovads in vudio impressis. 



Dejean, fatal. Cot. p. 87. 



Pinipliilas iil. Dom. IMegerle in Lilfrris. 



Curcitlio pini. Panz. Faun. Germ. XLII. i. 



Habitat in Austria. Dom. Megerle. Mus. Schh. 



Pissodis pini similis, sed paulo major, in clytris convexior, tho- 

 racis angubs posticis magis productis et textura elytroruni prae- 

 terea distinctus. Caput brave, convexu tu, obsolete punctulatum, 

 piceum, squamulis parvis, pallidis adspersum, fronle inier octilos 

 fovea magna, rotuiul.i impressa ; oculi ovati, brunnei, parum pro- 

 niinuli; rostrum longitudine fere capitis cum tborace , modice 

 crassum , cylindricum , sub-arcua(um, confertim punctatum, brun- 

 neum, basi parce pallido-squamosum. Antenne mediinn tboracis 

 vix superant, crassiusculie, rufo-jiicea;, setosa'et pubcscenles. Tlio- 

 rax latitLidiue baseos paulo I>revior, anleriiis nnilto angustior, 

 apire parurn profunde sinuato-emarginalus, et iiitra apicem ob- 

 solete conslrictus, lateribus niox pone stricturam am|)batus, basi 

 leviter bi-sinuatus, angulis lateraliijus nouniliil prominulis; supra 

 convexus, conlertim rugoso-jiimrtatus , nigro-piceus , s<]uauuiiis 

 depressis lutesrentibus undique adspersus; in medio dorsi carinula 

 valdc tenuis, abbreviata, et fovcola; dua-, pares, squamulis pal- 

 lidis repletae ; versus latera ulrinquc vitta nonniiiil obliqua , in 

 mcdio interrupta, pailido-scjuamosa , et extra illam puiutum ejus- 

 niodi in niedio lateris. Srulellum elevatum, semi-globosum, dense 

 pallido-squamosum. Elytra elongata , antice sub-truncata, ibique 



