Genus 249. — OXYOPS. 489 



(latus, basi bi-sinuatus, supra parum convexus, tlorso obsolele 

 impressus, cum carinula parum elevata, abbreviata, punctis im- 

 pressis, marjnis, confertissimis scabrosus; niger, setulis alJjidis ad- 

 spersus. Scutellum minulum, oblonjjuui, nigro-piceum , griseo- 

 pubcscens. Elytra oblougo-ovata, antice siiuiata, tlioracis basi 

 dimidio latiora, liumeris A'ix prominulis, obtuse rotundalis, apice 

 paulü angustiora, tlioiare triplo longiora, apice ipso lotundata, 

 cum mucrone parvo apicali ; supra modice couvexa , rüde et pro- 

 funde punctato-striata, interstitiis angustis, confeitim rugulosis ; 

 ante apicem non caJIosa ; interstitium a sutura secundum postice 

 magis elevatum; tota nigro-picea , setulis albidis adspersa, pone" 

 medium fascia transversa , obliqua , irregulariter dentata et excisa 

 deuse niveo-squamosa , ornata. Corpus subtus obscure fcrrugi- 

 neum , crebre rugulosimi, setulis albidis sat dense obsitum. Pedes 

 validi , mutiti , obscure ferruginei, punctati, setulis albis sat dense 

 vestiti; femoribus modice clavatis, muticis; tibiis teretiusculis , 

 anticis apicem versus nonnibil arcuatis, intus crenulatis; tarsis 

 dilatatis, subtus griseo-spongiosis. — Bhn. 



Genus 250. ORCHESTES. 



Orehestes Illig. , Oliv., Cuvier, Schh. , Steph. , Zetterst. (1), 

 Dejean, Creutz. , Stev., Sturm. — 4'rt//uÄ Schrank., Germ. (2). 

 liliyncliceniis Clairv., Lath. , Oken (3), Fabr. , Gyi.lenh. — 

 Rampluis Thunb. (4). 



Character generis. — Anlennce mediocres , subtenues; funiculo 

 6-(in nonnullis 7-)articulato : articulis tribus basalibus longiusculis, 

 ob-couicis; 1° longiore et crassiore, reliquis brevibus, sub-nodosis; 

 clava crassiuscula , oblongo-ovata. 



Rostrum elongatism , validiusculum , sub-teres , arcuatum , in- 

 flexum. 



Oculi magni , rotundati , proiuinuli, approximati (5). 



Tborax parvus, sub-conicus. 



Elytra oblongo-ovata, tborace latiora, apice obtuse rotundata, 

 in plerisque pyyidium baud obtegentia. 



(1) Illig. May. I!I. p. lo,'). n" 1-76. — Oliv. Eni. V. jj. 71. n» 2. — Cuvier. lli'gde 

 Aiiiinal. III. p. 327.— Latr. in Dict. Chiss. d'Hist. Nat, XIV. p. 601. — Zetterst. I'aun. 

 Ins. Läpp. I. p. 338. — Schh. Cure. Disp. Meth. p. 234. u° 1/(8. 



(2) Germ. Majj. IV. p. 326. 



(3) Clairv. Eni. Helv. I. p. 70, — Lat. Geu. Cr. et Ins. II. p. 267. — Id. Regne 

 Anim. p. SgS. — hl. Consid. gener. p. 222. n" 227. — Oken Naturg. p. ^^o. u" 3, 



(4) Thunb. in Acta Ups. Nov. VII. p. 107. 



(.•1) Oculi non nuni((uani paulo Uistantes : ex gr in Onliest. sciilellari cl pratcitsi. 



