(JiNiis ;M)!). — CliATOSOMlJS. f) 



stitiis latis, planis; iii{jr;i, squamulis depressis ocliraceis ilcnse 

 tecta; in siiigiilo iiiterstitio seiies sat rejjiilaris e tuljerculis ciiciter 

 iGvel 18, iiigris nitidis, unde elytra dense tuberculata evadunt. 

 Pygidiiiiu inflexiim , semi - orbiculatum , punclatimi, nigrum, 

 squaniosum. (lorpus subtus confeiliin puiK tatiim, nigrum, deuse 

 ocJiraceo-squamosnin , vcntre iiiaculis nonnulli.s deiiudalis riigiis 

 notato. Pedes validi , punctati, nigi'i, dense ochraceo-squaniulosi ; 

 femoribus sub-clavatis, posticis subtus dente obsoleto armatis; 

 tarsis dilatatis, subtus brunneo-spongiosis. 



Obseni. — Squaniositate detrita tubercula elytioium majora ap- 

 parent et Facies aliena evadit; nulla vero nota essentialis distinctio- 

 neiii specificani, postulat. — Ghl. 



5. C. Mesicanus. Hopc. 



Oblongo-ovalus , niqer, pallide r/risco-sqriamosi/s ; thorace plaf/a seini- 

 circulari baseos maculisque clecein denudatis atris notato ; elytris ob - 

 solete punctato-stiiatis, atro-sub-bißisciatis , sulura interstitihque 

 alleniis senatim atro-tubercu latis. 

 Gorgus id. Dom. Hope in Litteris. 

 Patria : Mexico. Ex Musreo Dom. Hope ad describendum amice 



communicatus. 



Cratosorno stictico (siCÄe s'im'ihs, paulo major, textura ihoracis prteci- 

 pue distinctus. Caput 1 olundatum, grauulatum, nigrum, fronte im- 

 pressa, dense griseo-squamosa ; oculi ovati, nigro-brunnel , parum 

 convexi; rostrum capite duplo longius, latum, complanatum, sub- 

 tiliter alulaceum, basi leviter carinatum, nigrum. Antennae breves, 

 nigra?, parce cinereo-pubescentes. Tburax latitudine vix brevior, 

 anterius angustior, apice tiuncalus, lateribus parum anipliatus, 

 basi leviter bi-sinuatus, supra modice convexus , alutaceus, squa- 

 niositate densa pallide grisea vestitus, relicta plaga majore semi- 

 C'irculari baseos maculisque decem denudatis atris , per paria coUo- 

 catis, excepta inlinia lalerali utrinquo solitaria. Scutellum oblongo- 

 triangulare , nigrum, griseo-squamosum. Elytra antice sinuata, 

 thoracis basi multo latiora, callo humerali alte elevalo, sub-rectan- 

 gulo; lateribus non ampliata, apice conjunctim rotundata, tborace 

 plus triplo longiora , supra convexa, obsolete punclato-striata, 

 squamositate pallide grisea inoequaliter vestita, relictis fascia ante- 

 riore interrupta , abbreviata, aliaque media communi , latiorc, 

 margines non attingente, denudatis, atris ; proeterea in sutuia intcr- 

 stitiisque altcrnis tubercula numerosa, seriatim digesta, atra, ni- 



