Genus 136. — CYRTÜPS. 



92a 



Ohs. — Quoad faciem ßenerl Macrostjlo sub-simile est Loc genus, 

 sed structura antennarum rostrique aliquaato diversa. 



* I. C. Sparsus. Schh. 



Oblongus, niyer, squamuüs argenteh setulisqne erectis atris adspersiis , 

 fronte rostroque dishnvte[canalicu latus; ihorace temere gramdato , 

 elytris profunde punclato-strialis , antennis fcrruijinels. 



Palria : insula S. Johanna. A Dom. Sommer ad describenduni 

 missus. 



Magnitudo Skonce lineati vel paulo minor, totus, antennis ex- 

 ceptis , niger, squamulis argenteis, interdum virescenti-micantibus, 

 plus minusve dense obsitus, setulisque rigidis atro-fuscisadspersus. 

 Caput cum rostro latitudine verticis dimidio longius, extrorsuni 

 modice angustatum, apice triangulariter emarginaUim , supra 

 deplanatum, rugoso-punctatum , medio canalicula distincta exara- 

 tum, oculi sub-semi-globosi, brunnei. Antennae basin thoracis 

 attingentes, tenues, ferrugineae, parce pilosse, scapo, apice clava- 

 que infuscatis. Thorax latitudine postica haud brevior nee antico 

 angustior, medio a?quahter modice ampliatus , basi apiceque 

 truncatus, supra modice convexus , undique temere granulatus , 

 squamulis in vittam longitudinalem utrinque, plus minusve dis- 

 tinctam, sub-condensafis. Elytra sub-ovalia, antice truncala ibi- 

 que basi thoracis haud latiora, lateribusaequaliter ampliata, postice 

 breviter attenuata , apice ipso conjunctim acute sub-rotundata , 

 thorace triplo longiora, supra convexa, |>rofunde punctato-striata, 

 interstitiis angustis, convexiusculis. Corpus subtus parce punctu- 

 latum, abdomine postice angustato, depresso. Pedes piceo^nigri, 

 squamulis setulisque albidis adspersi. 



Obs. — Specimen lustravimus, typo descripto paulo minus, tho- 

 race nonnihil angustiore, de caetero autem vix essen tialiterdiscre- 

 pans; an mas? — Fhs. 



