244 <^'ENus 193. - STEREMNIUS. 



rufjoso-pimctatum , nifjrum, postice carinula brevi instructum ; 

 ocnli oblongi, sub-dcpressi, briiniiei; rostrnni longitiuline feie 

 capitis cum tliorace, porrectum, parum arcuatuin, apire nonniliil 

 dilatatum, siipra confertim ru{yoso-piinctatiini rii;;i.s(pie trihus 

 undulatis loiiKitndinalibus obsoletis notatiim , nifpuiii, parce 

 sqiiamiilosuin. Antcnnic nigra", sefos.T, scapo obsrure ferrugineo, 

 Tborax latitudine medii paulo lotijjior, basi apircque truncatus, 

 lateribus aequaliter niodice ampliatiis, supra sub-depressus, in 

 medio carinula, antire distinctiore insirurtiis, ca'tcriini lacunis 

 variis pnnctisque variolosis, elevato-riiarjfinatis, insignitiis; ni|;er, 

 obscurus, squamulis brunncis inaequaliter adspersiis. Sciitclhim 

 parvnin , trianguläre, nigrum, sub-nitidum. Elytra anlice con- 

 junctim oinar(;iiiata, tbnraris basi bitiora, linmeris antrorsiim 

 proniinulis, elevatis, snb-rotnndatis-, latcribns jiarum ainpliata, 

 posterius atlenuata, apice sin{fulatini acuminata, tliorace fere 

 triplo longiora, supra anterius parum convexa, postice declivia ; 

 punctis remotis, ocellatis, sub-seriatim digestis impressa, sutura 

 interstitiisqne vernicis numorosis, magnis, ol)lonf;is, fascirnl.itini 

 dense brunneo-squaiiiosis notatis, tuberculisqne parvis, nilidis in- 

 aequaliter adspersa; nigra, obscura. Corpus subtus confertim ru- 

 goso-punctulatum, praesertim anterius, ventre posterius obsole- 

 tius punctato, segraontis 3 et 4 brevibus , utrinqne tubenulo co- 

 nico, acuminato armatis; nigrum , parce sqnamulosum. Pedos 

 longiusculi , validi , nigri, scabii ; femoribus clavatis, subtus dcnte 

 mediocri armatis; tibiis compressis , arcuatis, inlus sinuatis; tarsis 

 dilatatis, subtus fusco-spongiosis, articulo unguiculari obscure 

 ferrugineo. — (Jhl. 



Genls 194. 0RTH0R[1INUS. Nobls (i). 



RhynchcBnus Fabr. , Omv. 



Character generis. — Antennas mediocrcs, subtenues; scapo longo, 

 versus apicem perparuni incrassalo; funiculo 7-arliculato, arti- 

 culis, I, ■)■ lougiMsculis, obcouicis, reliquis breviorilius aut oliloii- 

 gis, sub-turbinatis , distantibus, aut transversis, lenticularibus, 

 coarctatis, exterioribus successive crassioribus, ultimo clavae arcte 

 adpresso; clava oblongo-ovata , acuminata. 



Rostrum eloiigatum, validum, perpeiidiculare, cylindricum, 

 omnino rectum; scrobs profunda, linearis, oblicpia. 



.Ocuiiparvi, sub-rotundati , parum convexi , in fronte sub-ap- 

 proximati. 



(1) Sclih. Cure- Disp. Melh. p. 3j3. 11° ij5. 



