202 Genus 319. — CORYSSOPCS. 



cotivexa , snb-yiljba. — Pcdes lonf;iiisciili , valitli ; fi'iiioiihus ;mte- 

 rioribus paiuin incrassatis, |)üstici.s ultra elvtroriiin apicciii pro- 

 tcnsis, sub-liiiearibus, oinnibus siibtus bi-deiitatis; tibiis siib-tere- 

 tibus, apice unco validoariiialis; tarsis pai lun latis, subtussponjjio- 

 sis,articulo penullinio paulo latiore, bi-lobo, ultimoclavato, bi- 

 imffuiciilato. 



Typvs. — Coryssoptts luxcisticus. 



A xopüffCTw anno, ttoO; pes. 



Patria : Sierra Leona AFricae. 



Observ. — Generis Ceiitrhii speciebus quoatl liabituni subsiuiile 

 (St lioc genus, sed notis indicatis ab illo abunde distinctum. 



* i . C. Hexasticus. Srlih. 



ßreuiter ovatus , convexus, niyer, coiifcrthn ntguloso-punctatus ; tlio- 

 race elytrhijui- iiitrrruptc flu'io vittatis; elytris apice sinyulatint 

 rotundatis. 



Habitat in Sierra Le^na Africa'. Dom. Afzelics. Mus. Schii. 



Sfatura convexa, utrinque attenuata Clcoyoni nihctnp , sed ]),iid() 

 minor. Caputorbirulatuni, Digrum,orbitis oeulorum et vertire dense 

 Havo-squainnsis,gula nuda, nigra; rosfrum longitudiiiccajiitis cum 

 thorace, arruatum , piceum, basi rugoso-puiuiatnm , Havo-squa- 

 niosum, evidenter carinaUim, apitcm versus glabrum , laeve, ni- 

 tiduin ; oculi niaximi , breviter ovatl , brunnei, in fronte valde ap- 

 proximati. Antennae thoracis basin fereattingunl, tenues, rufo-fcr- 

 riiffineoe, clava fusca. Thorax latittidine baseos inulto brevior, an- 

 terius angustatus, apice leviter emarjjinaius, intra apicem leviter 

 constrictus, margine elevato; lateribus obliquis, partim arcuatis; 

 basi profr.ndebi-sinuatusjsupra minus convexus, confertissimesub- 

 tiliter ruguloso-punctalus, niger, vitta latorali lata integra,alia ver- 

 sus medium iitrinqueangustiorc, posterius intcrrupta, niaculaque in 

 lobo medid ba.scos fhivis, e squamulis an{;uslis, depressis. Scutcllum 

 oblongum, apice obtusum , nigrum, jiuuctatum, flavo-squarnosum. 

 Klytra antice latitudine baseos thoracis illique arcte applicata, po- 

 ne luuneros subito iiuif)liala, dein versus apicem attenuata, apice 

 ipsu singulalim rolundata, thorace triplo lougiora, supra valde 

 convexa, prresertim posterius; sat profunde striata et in striis obso- 

 lete,rcmotcpun<lala,int(rstIti:sconfertissime rugulosis; nigra, vi ttis 

 flavo-squauiosis oruata ; vitta iiempe suturali, posterius abbreviata ; 

 luafula biiseos in intcrstilio sccimrlo a sutura; vitta utriiK(i.e abbri- 



