36o Gemjs 54. — HOMALUCEKUS. 



Lixo Bar'lancB nonniliil brevior et ilimidio angustior. Caput 

 quadralum, prominens, supra feie planum, fronte producta, 

 deflexa , transverse convexa ; totum ni(jruni , subtiliter confertim 

 ruguloso-punctatum, pubealbida parce adspersum; oculi laterales, 

 sub-ovati, convexi, nigri; rostrum thorace vix longius, sub- 

 tenue, teres, modice arcuatuni, obsolete punctulatum, nigrum, 

 nitidum, glabruni. Antennae basi rostri insextae, minus tenues, 

 nigr«, parce pubescenles; articulo basali obscure ferrugineo, ul- 

 timo oblonge, acuminato. Thorax latitudine media nonnihil 

 brevior apics truncatus, intra apicem leviter transversim constric- 

 tus, lateribus rotundato-ampliatus, basi olisolete bi-sinuatus, su- 

 pra modice convexus, undique confertim subtiliter rugoso-puncta- 

 tus, dorso postico medio obsolete impressus, niger, utrinque 

 vltta laterali e pube dejiressa, albida, superne maculis nonnullis 

 obsoletis aurantiacis adjecta , decoratus. Scutellum mediocre fere 

 quadratum, sub-depressum , nigrum, parce pubescens. Elytra 

 antice conjunctim leviter emarginata, thoracis medio vix latiora, 

 humeris retusis, oblique angulatis; apicem versus paulo latlora . 

 apice ipso simullana^e obtiisc rotundata , ad suturam breviter mu- 

 cronata, thorace quadruple longiora, supra in dorso parum con- 

 vexa , obsolete crebre, minus regulariter striato-punctata , inter- 

 stitiis angustis, obsolete coriaceis, nigra, sub-opaca, pube depressa 

 cinerea adspersa, singulo vitta laterali antice posticeque abbrovi- 

 ata, e pube densa sordide albida ornato , margine ipso laterali 

 anguste ferrugineo. Corpus subtus nigrum, rugoso-punctatum , 

 pube pallida parce adspersum. Pedes mediocres, obscure ferrugi- 

 nei, pube cinerea parce adspersi ; femoribus apicem versus intus- 

 catis , Omnibus muticis , tibiis teretibus , sub-rectis , paulo compri- 

 niatis, anticis intus obsolete crenulatis. — Bhx. 



Divisio VI. ITHYCERIDES. 



Huj. op. I. p. 24^- Divisio VI. 



Genus 55. ITHYCERUS. Dalman. 

 Huj. op. I. p. a46- Cenus. 34- 



* I. I. CuRCULioNoiDEs. He.rbst. — Huj. op. \. p. 24^. i. 

 Arlrlc : Sat. Descr. ofCuic. of N. Jinrr. p. 8. \. 



