10 GtNus 2. — IJRUCIIUS. 



10. 15. Ar.u;iiidks. Chwiobü. 



Ovatus , niger, tenuiter giiseo-pubesce.ns ; thoracis lobo macida hifuhi. 

 a'iho-puficsccnti' , clytrifi disco rufn-fvrmguu'is , liinho shiiintiin iii- 

 fjro, pytjidio sub-pcrpendicular! , in media stiitja obsoicta iii/a, dit- 

 tennis tolis pedlbus(pie ferrncjineh , femoribiis poslicis basirdlra me- 

 dium nigris. 



Habitat in Brasilia. E Mus. Dom. Chevrol.vt ad describenduin 

 benevole missus. 



Magnitudine Bruclü scutellaris ; facie ceterum Bnicho sinualo 

 simillimus, vix nisi antennis concoloiibus, profundius serratis, ai- 

 ficulo priino breviore ut et pVi'jidii colorc plafyaque tomoiitosa tlio- 

 racis ab illo dislinctus. Caput dcfle.\um , sublililcr graiiulalum , ni- 

 grum, tenuiter griseo-pubescens, inter oculos longitudinaliter ca- 

 rinatum; oculi lunati , modice prominuli, nigri. Antennas dimidio 

 corporis longiores , extrorsum sat distincle scrrata^, rufo-testaceas , 

 articuloprimo bascosbrevi, tertium vix sequante. Thorax sub-coiii- 

 cus, antice duploanguslior, truncatus, lateribusperparuin aniplla- 

 tis, basi bi-sinuatus; lobo ante-scutellari emarginato, angulislate- 

 ralibusprominulis; supraconvexus, confertim punctulatus, niger, 

 nitidus, pube tenui, grisea, adspcrsus; lobo bascos macula bifida 

 albo-tomentosa notato; oanalicula longitudinalis in disco antico 

 vix observatur. Scutt-llum oblonguiu, nigrum, tenuiter griseo-pu- 

 bescens. Elytra thoracis basi parum latiora , liumeris rotundatis , 

 lateribus parum ampliafa, apice singuLitim rotundata, supra fere 

 ])lana, punctato-striata, interstitiis subtilitcr coiiareis, parcc griseo- 

 pubesccntia, disco rulo-leiruginea, regione sculelli, margine ba- 

 seos, lateribus bi-sinuatini, apiceque late nigris; sutura vix vcl pa- 

 rum infuscata. Pygidiuni sub-perpcnd!cularc, apice rotandatum, 

 nigruni, nitidum, punctidatum, tenuiter gri.seo-puboscens , striga 

 abbreviata, ob.^olela. in niedio Cerruginea. Corpus std)tus con- 

 vexum, punctulatum, nigrum , (enuiter cinereo-pubcsccns. Pedes 

 quatuor anteriores tonues, ferruginei, immaculati, poslici vali- 

 diores, femoribus nigris , apice fcrrugineis, subUis spina acuta cl 

 juxta illam externe dente sat valido niunitis, tibiis lerrugiueis, lar- 

 5is elongati.s, ruio-piceis. — Tus. 



* II. 1]. RniENS. Sihh. — Iliij.np. \.\^.'^\.?>■ 

 Ptiliia : India orientalis. 



