i72 Genus 39. — CAHANISTES. 



Ö 2. C. Languidus. Schh. 



Oblongus , testaceus , pube subtus albida, supra concolore, obaitus, 

 tlioracea(bo-bi-viltato,clorso incBfjuali, elytris vitta intra manjinali 

 alba , fusco-terminata , fasciaquc. dorsali obliqua fusca. 



Q Var. p. Colore pallidiore, viltis thoracis elytrorumque defi- 

 oientibus. 



Patria : Insulse Bourbon et Madagascar. Mus. Reg. Gall. et 

 Schh. 



Long. praeffM- rostiuin 2^4, lat. i >/^ lin. Par. — Caput parum 

 convexum, piinctulatiun, piccuni, griseo-pubescens, orbitis oculo- 

 rum albo-villosis;oculi tnagni, senii-globosi, glauci; rostium capite 

 paulo brevius, inter antennas canaliculatum, maris ibi sub-gibbo- 

 suiii , colore, sculplura et indumento capitis. Antennae testaceae , 

 maris corpore longiores, feniina? dimidium coleopteroruiii vix 

 excedentes. Thorax breviter sub-conicus, postice tarnen iionnihil 

 ampliatus, basi apireque sub-truncatns, mox ante basin carinula 

 transversa instructus, utrinque elevaliore versus medium laternni 

 arcuafim producta; supra parum convexus, punctulatus, dorso 

 longitudinaliter , late at vadü?im bi-inipressus, testaceus, pube 

 tcnui concolore obsitus, vitta laterali albo-villosa ornatus ; subtus 

 piceus, densius albido-pubescens. Scutellum parvum, rotundatuni, 

 concolor. Elytra antice sub-lruncata , marginata, thorace paulo 

 latiora et Fcre triplo longiora, lateribus haud ampliatis, apicc con- 

 junctim rotundata ; supra niodice convexa, evidenter punctato- 

 striaia, testacea, pube tenui concolore obsita ,vitta laterali ab luime- 

 ris fere ad apicem ducta, albo-villosa, fusco-terminata, strigaque in 

 medio dorsi obliqua , fusca , signata. Pygidium oblongum , attenua- 

 lum, apice sub-acuiiiinatuin, concolor. Pectus et abdomen lusco- 

 teslacea, albido-villosa. Pedes longiusculi, sub-globosi , flavo-testa- 

 cei, tarsorum articulo tertio parvo, infuscato. 



For. ß diflert colore pallidiore, corpore supra et subtus ubiquc 

 flavo-iestaceo, thorace elytrisquc vittis laleralibus destiuitis. 



Fns. 



