Genus 3. — SPERMOPHAGUS. i35 



* 6. S. HoTTEisiTOTrvs. Schli. 



Breviter ovatus, niger, (ometito fusco-griseo adspersus , thorace sub- 

 remote, pygidio corporeque siibhis ad lalera crehrius rüde punctatis, 

 clytris evidenter punctato- striatis , übiis tarsisque postlcis fiilvo- 

 ciliatis, anlennis brevibus. 



Patria : Cap. bon. Sp. A. D. Drege benevole tlonadis. Mus. Schh. 



Spennophago Hoffmanseggi paulo brevior, totus niger vel nigro- 

 piceus, immaculatus.Caputsub-triangulare, posticeconvexum,sul)- 

 tiliter punctulatum, canalicula abbrevia^a, obsoleta, in medio verti- 

 cis impressa, niargine antico rostri fulvo-pubescenle; oculi magni, 

 prominuli, antice profunde emarginati, brunnei. Antennaj thoracis 

 basin vix superant, extrorsum parum incrassat«, arliculo secundo 

 sub-globoso, sequentibus sub-cylindiicis, nigras, unicolores. Tho- 

 rax brevis, transversus, antico sub-emaiginatus, angulis dellexis, 

 lattribus obliquis, usque ad basin dilatatis; basi in medio produc- 

 tiis, iitrinque leviter sinuatus; supra transversaliter convexus, 

 subtüissinie alulaceus, punctis majoribus disperse impressis, to- 

 iiiento griseo aequaliter obsidis. Scutelluin triangidare, apiee acii- 

 niinalnm, concolor. Elytra antice tlioracis basi vix laliora, con- 

 junctim late sinuata , callo bunierali elevato, pone basin nonnihil 

 ampliata, posterius paulo angustata,apicesingulatiinsub-rotundata, 

 thorace pkis triplo longiora, supra parum convexa, remote striata, 

 in striis sat evidenter punctata, interstitiis sub-coriaccis, tomento 

 depresso, fusco-griseo, undique obsita. Pygidium breve, apice 

 rotiuidatum, transversim convexum , rüde rugoso-punctatum,sub 

 scabrum, tenuiter griseo-pubescens. Corpus subtus convexum, in 

 medio subtilius, ad latera forlius at minus confertim punctatum, 

 pube tenui, grisea, obductum. Pedes concolores, quatuor anterio- 

 res breviusculi, tibiis apice fulvo-tomentosis, tarsisque subtus fulvo- 

 spongiosis, postici vaHdiores, femoribus mnticis , tibiis tarsorum- 

 que articulo basah subtus fulvo-ciliatis. — Fns. 



* 7. S. TlTIVlLITIUS. S(hll. Huj.'ip. ]. [>. io(). 5. 



Pattia : Mexico. 



