48o Genus 247. - OMOPIIORUS. 



I. O. Stomachosus. Sciili. 



Breviter ovattts. pube gr'isea et polline ßavescente parce adspersux, oii- 

 touu's peililmsfjtie obscure ferntfjineis , rostro basi sulcato , tliorace 

 inrenuali , subtilker sat crebre punctulato , clytris profunde punc- 

 tato-striatis, strüs ad basin proßinde insculptis, interstitüs sat crebre 

 rugoso-punctatis. 

 Patria : Caffraria. A Dom. Ecklon et Zeyuer, ad describendum, 



amice communicatus. 



Statura fcre Cioni et Ciono scropliularia; quadruplo major. Caput 

 mediocre, oblonjjum, supra parum convexum, inter oculos trans- 

 versini impressum , undique subtililer confertim punctulatum, 

 pube depressa , yrisea dense obsitum; fronte canalicula tenui in- 

 sculpta; oculi laterales, transversi,ovati, parum prominuli, nigri; 

 rostrum capile vix dimidio longius, eodemque paulo anyustius, va- 

 liduuj, teres, rectum, basi evidenter sat crebre punctulatum, late 

 sulcatum et in sulco tenuiter canaliculatum, apicem versus sub- 

 laeve; totuni nigrum, parce cinereo-pubesccns, apice ipso piceo. 

 Antennffi breviusculaj , validse, ferrugineaj, parce pilosaj, clava sat 

 magna, oblongo-ovata, dense cinereo-pubescente. Tborax latitu- 

 dine baseos multo brevior, a basi apicem versus angustatus, apice 

 truncatus, longe intra apicem constriotus et impressus, basi bisi- 

 nuatus, lobo ante-scutellari leviter eniaiginato ; supra modicecon- 

 vexus, valde ina^qualis, utrinque in dorso antico gibbo modice 

 elevato instructus , subtiliter sat crebre punctulatus , canalicula lon- 

 gitudinali in medio dorsi valde abbreviata insculptus; totus nigcr, 

 pube depressa, cinerea et polline flavescente adspersus. Scutellum 

 magnum, oblongo-trigoimm, apice rotundatum, nigrum, subtili- 

 ter crebre punctulatum, pube cinerea adspersum. Elytra ampla, 

 breviter ovata, antice singulatim sinuata, sub-retusa, thoracis basi 

 arcteapplicata, ibiqueilli duplo latiora, quam lata paulo longiora, 

 humeris alte elcvatis, obtuse angulatis; lateribus parum angustata, 

 apice ipso conjunctim rotundata, supra convexa, pone scutellum 

 in'tuberculum transversum, modice elevatum, compressa, ante api- 

 cem callo obtiiso instructa, sat profunde punctato-striata, punrtis 

 sub-anproximatis, liinc inde conlUicntibus; in ipsa basi profunde 

 sulcata, interstitiis planis, basi carinatis , undique sat crebre rugoso- 

 punctatis; tota picea, pube grisca et polline flavescente parce ad- 

 spersa. Corpus subtus nigrum, subtiliter punctulatum, pube de- 

 pressa grisea dense, polline flavescenle parce obsitum. Pedes valldi , 

 obscure ferruginei, punrtulati, pube grisca sat dense obsiti ; femo- 



