i88 Genl-s 17. — MECOTAHSUS. 



I. M. ROSENSCHOELDI. Scllf). 



Oblongo-ovatus , niger, tenuiter fusco-pubescens , capite tkoraceque 

 vittis Hufibjis ; elylris striga liumerali pjmctisrpic sparsis , abdotnine 

 lituris marginalibiis, libiis tarsiscpic basi albo-tomentosis ; elytris basi 

 uni-luberczdatis, tarsis anticis longissiinis. 



Patria : Madagascar. Mus. Reg. Gall. 



Longitudo,rostro excl. 6, latit., 2 '/a lin. Par.; totus niger. Caput 

 deflexum, punctatum, fusco-pubescens, vittis duabus. in vertice 

 distantibus,ad insertionem anlennarum productis ibique confluen- 

 tibus, albo-tomentosis; fronte niedio caualicula, ad apicem rostri 

 continuata, inter antennas sub-duplicata, insculpta; oculi ovales, 

 modice convexi ; rostrum longitudine capitis eoque parum angus- 

 tius, basi nonnibil attenuatum, supra deplanatum, rugoso-puncta- 

 tum, apice sub-integrum. Antennaj (maris?) corpore parum bre- 

 viores, graciles, nigrae. Thorax latitudinebaseos brevior, sub-coni- 

 cus vel pone medium parum ampliatus , apice sub-truncatus , basi 

 bi-sinuatus, angulis acuminatis, margine demerso, mox supra ba- 

 sin carina transversa , secundum marginem sinuata, elevata, ad 

 anjjulos posticos excuriente, indeque acutangulatim flexa, 

 versus medium laterum provecla; dorso sub-quadrangularifer im- 

 pressus, fusco-tomentosus, vittis duabus dorsalibus, capitis conti- 

 guis, lituraquecomposita ad angulos baseos utrinque albo-villosis. 

 Scutellum minutum, rotundatum. albido-pubescens.Elytra thoracis 

 basi vix latiora, at illo triplo longiora, sub-ovata, antice singulatim 

 obtuse rotundata, marginata, apice conjunctim sub-rotundata; su- 

 pra modice convexa , basi interne tuberculo oblongo , elevato, pra;- 

 dita, confertim striato-punctata, pube tenui fusca adspersa, inter- 

 stitiis dorsalibus alternis atro-sub-tessellatis, striga liumerali obli- 

 quasub-maculari,cum linea marginali baseos connexa, punctisque 

 numerosis dorsi, ante medium et longe pone medium sub-fasciatim 

 congestis, albo-pubescentibus. Pygidium parvum, scmi-ellipticum, 

 planum, pube fusca, in limbo albida, obductum. Corpus subtus 

 modice convexum, tenuiter fusco-tomentosum, abdominis margine 

 lituris albido-pubescentibus notato. Pedes validiusculi , fcmoribus 

 nitidis, ferc glabris, tibiis albo-tomentosis, anticis longioribus, 

 apice nigris, tarsis parum dilatatis, articulo basali albo-pubescente, 

 primi paris rcliquis triplo ferc longiore, apice nigro, plantis grisco- 

 spongiosis. — Fhs. 



