Oenus 290. — CENTRINUS. 7^,3 



ciili, nigii , profunde punctati. setulis palUdis adspersi-, femoribus 

 motlice clavatis, iiiulicis ; tarsis subtus fulvo-spongiosis. — Bhn. 



* 10. C. Trigammicus. Sclih. 



Oualis, niye.r, antennis fernirjinds, rostro vctlde arcuato , subti liier 

 punctato, thorace profunde crebrc punctato, silacco tri-linealo, cly- 

 tn's striafls, interstitits coufcrfhn punctulatis , sutura anyusle, h'nea 

 utrinque disci apice abbreviata , silaceo-squamosis. 



Habitat in Brasilia. Dom. Freyreiss. Mus. Schh. 



Centmio Olfersii dimidio minor et in elytris apicem versus minus 

 angustatus. Caput parvum, globosum,nigrnm,remote,s;it profunde 

 punctatum, inter oculos transversim impressum; oculi laterales , 

 ovati, transversi, sub-depressi, nigri ; rostrum longitudine elytroruni, 

 lenue, filiforme, valde arcuatum, nigfrum, sub-nitidum, subtiliter 

 punctulatum. Antennoe in medio rostri inserta;, ad dimidinm tlio- 

 racis pertingenles, subtenues, ferraginese, extrorsum parce pubes- 

 centes, clava oblongo-ovala , sub-acuminata, obscuriori. Thorax 

 latitudinc baseos multo brevior, apice truncatus, anterius valde 

 angustatus, ibique coarctatus et transversim impressus, mox pone 

 apicem valde anipliatus, lateribus parum rotundafus, hasi leviler 

 bi-sinuatus , supra parum convexus, niger, sat conferlim profunde 

 punctatus, punctis setulis depressis, obscure unibrinis obsitis, dorso 

 lineis tribus silaceo-squamosis, quarum laterales obliquae , an- 

 terius angustatpe, media recta, tequalis. Scutellum sub-quadratum, 

 nigrum , silaceo-squamosum. Elytra antice thoracis basi parum la- 

 tiora, liumei'is sub-elevatis, obtuse rotundatis; lateribus inflexa, tho- 

 race sesqui longiora, a basi apicem versus sensim perparum angus- 

 tata, apice conjunctim obtuse rotundata, supra sub-depressa, nigra, 

 sat profunde striata, striis in fundo obsolete punctatis, interstitiis 

 planis, confertim minus profunde punctulatis; sutura tota an- 

 gusta silaceo-squamosa ; in singulo elytro inter strias 3 et 4^ ^ 

 sutura linea angusta, apice abbreviata, e squamulis silaceis. Cor- 

 pus subtus nigrum, sat confertim punctidatum, punctis squa- 

 mulis silaceis repletis; pectoris lateribus, lateribus abdominis basi 

 silaceo-squamosis. Pedes elongati , validiusculi, profunde punctati, 

 nigri, setulis squamulisque pallidis adspersi ; femoribus modice 

 clavatis, mulicis; (arsis elongatis, fusco-piceis, subtus obscure 

 fulvo-spongiusis. — Bhn. 



