9.o6 Genus 311. - COELOSTERNUS. 



lalis; lateribus apicem versus -sensim perparum angustata , apice 

 ipso ronjuiictini obtuse rotiindata, supra parum convexa, sub- 

 tilifrr pnnrtatn-striata , interslitiis niodice convoxis, rufjulosis ; in 

 ipsa basi non prociil a sulura, tuberculo elongato, paniin clevalo, 

 instructa: ni;;ra, sqiiamulis dilute umbrinis tecta, mox pone me- 

 dium punctis duobus, transversim positis et versus apicem tertio, 

 atrn-sipiamosis. Corpus sulitus ni{{rum, crebn; punclatiim, pimclis 

 stjuamulis silaceis repletis. Pedes longiusculi, robusli, nijjri, dilulc 

 nmbrino-squamosi ; femoribus parum davatis , subtus deute sat 

 valido , armatis ; tibiis basi arcuatis , poiic mediiiiu nonniliil 

 ampliatis, apice uncinatis ; tarsis modice dilatatis, subtus tulvo- 

 spon{]iosis. — Hün. 



SriRPS ?.. Clava antennanmi minus e.lomjata, stih-cyÜndrica, funiculu 



imilto brevior. 



Mnn/'puhis I. Elytra haiid tuberculata, aut cequalia, anl tarinala. 



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Centitria i. Oculi suh-approximat't. 



* 9. C. CoNSPUTUS. Chevrolal. 



Oblongo-ovatus , niger, squamulis cervinis cinereisque mixtis, densr, 

 aJspersus ; rostro breviori, tond, modice arcunto , basi striolato, 

 carinato; tliorace supra sub-dcprcsso , crcbre rur/oso-punctato , in 

 ipsa basi carinato'; eljtris mediocriter punctato-striatis , interslitiis 

 convexis, alternis elevatioribus , carinatis; femoribus anticis bi- 

 posterioribus uni-dentatis. 



Patria : Mexico. Ex Musseo Dom. CiiEvnoi.AT ad describendum 

 amice communicatus. 



Cryptorhyncho lapathi magnitudiuc fcrc a^qualis. (laput par- 

 vum, semi-f[lobosum, crebre ruguloso-puuctatum, nigrum, squa- 

 mulis cervinis sat donse adspcrsum; oculi majjni , in Ironie sub- 

 approximati , ovati , band promiuuli, nigro-brunnci ; roslrum 

 thorace nonniliil longius, sul)tenu(', teres , modice arcuatum , a 

 basi fere ad medium striolatum, punctulatum, tenue carinatum 

 et parce squanjosum,deiH apicem versus subtilissime punctulatum, 

 nitidum, glabrum ; totum nigro-piceum, apice dilutiore. Anlennff" 

 in mcdio rostri insertai, subt<Muies, fennjjincic, clava elongata, 

 acuminata, cinereo-pubesconle. Tborax latiludiue media brevior, 

 apic<' litrinque late sed parum profunde emarginatus, lobis ocula- 



