190 Genus 18. — LAGOFEZUS. 



I. L. Tenüicornis. Fahricius. 



Oblongus, niyer, opacvs, pube tenui cinerea adspersus, supra atro- 

 sub-variefjatm ; rostro, tliorace clytnsfpu- inrequalibus, Ins tubercu- 

 latU, tibiis tarsisrpic densu fusco birsntuUs, anteiinis lotigis. 



AyithrUms id. Fabr. Syst. El. II. p. 407. \!\. 



Hiij. op. I. p. 182. 7. 



Lagopezus id. Dej. Cat. Col. ed. 3. p. 235. ed. 3. p. 257. 



Pairia : America meridionalis. Dom. Smidt. Mus, Reg^. Dan. 



Anthrihi albini individuis insignioribus paulo major, prasertini 

 latior. Caput latum, parum convexum, punctulatum, nigrum , te- 

 nuiter cinereo-piibescens, atro-variegatum, fronte plana; oculi 

 sub-ovati, parum prominuli, nigro-brunnei ; rostrum longitudine 

 et fere latitudine capitis , supra depressum , niedio triangulariter 

 Impressum, ad lalera longitudinaliter sub-sulcatum , colore et in- 

 dumento capitis. Antenne longitudine corporis, admodum graci- 

 les, piceas, clava compressa, fusco-pilosa. Thorax latitudine baseos 

 brevior, anterius angustatus, apice leviter emarginatus, lateribus 

 pone medium ampliatus, dein sub-sinuatus, angulis posticis pro- 

 minulis; basi leviter bi-sinuatus , mox intra basin carinulisduabus 

 transversis, undulatis,elevatis, posteriore medio late interrupta, 

 anteriore contigua, utrinque acutangulatim antrorsum flexa, mar- 

 ginem lateralem fere ad apicem sub-constituente ; supra inaequalis, 

 (lorso longitudinaliter sub-bi-sinuatns , niger, pube cinerea passim 

 adspersus, maculis atro-brunneis varlegatus. Scutellum oblongo- 

 iriangulare, concolor. Elytra thoracis basi vix latiora,at illo fere 

 triplo longiora, antice singulatim obtuse sub-rotundata, lateribus 

 vix ampliata; apice externe singulatim sub-rotundata, juxta angu- 

 lum suturalem sub-sinuata; supra niodice convexa, interne sub- 

 depressa, tenue et irregulariter punctato-striata, striis 3^ et 4' »i 

 suturabasi sub-lacunosis; superficie omni iuiequali, disperse sub- 

 foveolata, tuberculis obtusis, plerisque obsoletis, interjectis; ad 

 basin interiorcui singuli olytri gibbere sat elevato; tota nigra, 

 opaca, |)ube fusco-cinerea parce adspersa, maculis obsoletioribus, 

 atro-brunneis, passim sub-fasciculosis, praesertim in elevationibus, 

 notata. Pygidium parvum,planiusculum, basi emarginatum, apice 

 rotundatum, concolor. Corpus subtus nigrum, tenuiter cinereo- 



