794 Genus lOi. - STEINOTARSÜS. 



79. H. NiGRosPiNosus. Donovan. 



Etongato-ovatus jßavrscens, rostro brevicrasso ; elytris appcndiczttads, 

 lineis Iribus espinis minut/'s snturaque nkjris. — DoNOV. 



DoNOv. Epilom, oflhe ins. cf New. Holt. 

 BoisDuv. Foy. de i'AstroL II. p. 335. 6. 



Patiia : Nova HoUandia. 



(O65:— Genus PIIYPNUS huj. op. I. p. 493. Vide Dnisio CLEO- 

 NIDES, prope Genus LEPTOPS.) 



Genus 102. STENOTARSUS. Nobis. 



Chat acter generis. — Antonnae mediocres, minus tenues ; scapus 

 oculosfere attingens, basi tenue, extrorsuni modice clavatus ; arli- 

 culus primus funiculi clongatiis, sub-obconicus, reliquis ])revibus, 

 sub-turbinatis , crassitudine paulo crescentibus; clava oblongo- 

 ovata, acuminata. 



Rostrum thorace brevius, crassiusculum, modice arcuatum, supra 

 canaliculatum. 



Oculi oblong! , perpendiculares, haud prominuli. 



Thorax latitudine baseos multo longior , apice in medio produc- 

 tus, utrinque late emarginatus, postice truncatus, basi multo an- 

 gustior, apicem versus sensimampliatus, supra inrequalls. 



Elytra oblongo-ovata , antice sub-coarctata, sed mox ponc basin 

 subito ampliata , supra convcxa , antice posticeque declivia, apice 

 sub-acuminata. 



Pedes mediocres, femoribus nonnibil incrassatis, muticis, tarsis 

 longiusculis, tenuibus , band spongiosis. 



Descripüo. — Corpus obloiigo-ovatum , durum , sculpturatuni , 

 squamosum etparce pilosum, forte apterum; minoris magniludinis. 

 — • Antcnme apicem rostri propii-sinäerlie, adtlioracis medium per- 

 tingentes, minus tenues, fract;e, 12-articulata;; articulo juinio ocu- 

 lorum marginem inferiorem vix attingente, sub-recto ; basi tenui, 

 apice clavato, ?." clongato, apicem versus incrassato, 3-8 brevibus^ 

 sub-turbinatis vel sub-nodosis, crassitudine paulo crescentibus , 

 <lavn parva, oblongo-ovata, acuminata, ^a'*''^"'*''^'' ' ariicidis 



