I02-2 Geni.'S 3M. — COSSOMJS. 



■2[). C. Ei.üNGATUixs. l'ubficais. 



Antjnslus, panim convexus , feirugineus , nitidus, (jlaher, capileyicto, 

 mslro hicvi , sub-lineari , craxso, busi lale siilcato, apice vix mn- 

 pb'alo; tlionice aiußtsto , profunde sut confcrliin pitnclaio , lonyitu- 

 dinalitei obsolete bi-iniprcs60, mcdio sub-caiiiiaio , basi Icvitcr bi- 

 siaualo ; elylris stdcutis, sulcis sat profunde punctatis, inlersliliis 

 lievibus , sutura maryinerpie lulerali infuscatis. 



Fabr. Syst. El. II. p. 496- 2- 



Curculio id. Fahr. Suppl. Ent. Syst. p. i(>8. i 1 i-i i?.. 



Cossonus sulcißons. üej; an, Cal. Col. cd. •?.. p. 3()5. cd. 3. p. 33(). 



* Var. t. Dimidiofere niiiioi-, luio-testaccus. 



Patria : Capui Bona» Spei. A Dom. Toe.nd. Ltjnd. cominuiiicatiis. 

 Mtis. Scini. India oricntalis el l!e de France. Mus. CHtVKOLAT. 



Cossono cyUndrico panlo major. Caput jiorrectum, picmiui, niti- 

 diim, postire Is've, inter oculos minus profunde sub-remole punc- 

 tatum ; oculi rotundali , parum prominuli, nijjri; rostrum capiie 

 paulo brevius, crassiusculum , parum arruatum, apicem veisus 

 nnnniliil ampliatum, fere lineare, ferrujfineum , niliduni , sat pro- 

 IV.nde punclulatum; supra sulco sat lato in fronte usipie |)rodu(la , 

 aiiice abbieviata, exaratum. Antennas crassiusoul;c, ferru[;ine;e, 

 clava ovato-acumitjata, cinereo-pubescente. Thorax elongatus, 

 aj)irc truncatns, anlerius scnsim anjjustatus, ibique leviter con- 

 slrictus, latcribus pcrparuni rotundatiis, basi sub-bi-sinnatns, 

 .-npra ferc planus, profinide sat confertim punrtatus, dorso lonyi- 

 üKÜMaliter obs :le(e bi-impressus, intra imprcssiones linea parum 

 elevata, sub-bievi, notatus; ferrugineus, lateribus et subtus inter- 

 dum infuscatu.s. Srntelluni parvum, rotundalum, ferrugineuni. 

 Elytra elongata , basi sub-truncata, tlioracis medio parum laliora, 

 bumcrissub-.ectangulalis; tliorace duplo longiora, linearia, apice 

 «onjunctim rolundala, supra in dorso fero plana, sulcata , sulcis 

 sat profunde punctatis, interstitiis angustis, modiceelevatis, laevi- 

 bus; tota ferruginea, sutura et marginibus lateralibus plus minusve 

 infi^^ratis. Corpus subtus ferrugineum, snb-nitiduai, reniote evi- 

 deiiler pnnclulaluni. Pedes breviusruli, lenues, fcrrnginei, obso- 

 lc!e remote pmiciulali , jjeniculis parum infuscatis. - BiiN. 



