93G Genus 390. — SPIIENOPHORUS. 



G3. S. Imüs. Sclih. 



Eloncfütus , angiiatus , niger, nitidus; tliorace uiodicc convcxo , basi 

 truncato , ihique profunde punctato, cietentni spursim, siihtlliter 

 punctulato ; elylris sulcatis , sulcis cutenato-punctatis , iiiterslitiis 

 planis, subtilissime sparsim. punctulatis. 



Putria : Mexico. Ex Musaeo Dom. Chevrolat descriptus. 



Splienophoro meridionali vix brevior, sed duplo angustior, sub-Ii- 

 neari. Caput sub-globosum, vix punctulatum, nigruni, nitid um, fron- 

 te ad basin rostri striga angulata impressa; oculi sub-deprcssi, nigri ; 

 rostum thorace brevius , basi crassius, extrorsum sub-compressum, 

 modice arcuatum , undique sparsim obsolete punctulatuin , totum 

 nigrum, nitidum. Antennae mediocres, nigra. Tborax latitudine 

 baseos dimidio longior , antice fere duplo angustior quam basi; 

 apice leviter emarginatus , pone apicem obsolete constrictus, lobo 

 antico sub-tubulato , pallido-marginato; lateribus pone stricturani 

 oblique versus medium ampliatis, dein rectis; basi truncatus, su- 

 pra anterius modice convexus , in medio baseos sub-impressus , 

 ibique profunde sparsim punctatus, ca?tcrum subtilissime obsolete 

 punctulatus, totus niger, nitidus. Scutellum oblongum , hcve , ni- 

 gruni, nitidum, Elylra antice sub-truncata , elevato-niarginata , 

 pone basin subito nonnihil ampliata, callo humerali elevato ; pos- 

 terius paulo angustiora, apice singulatim obtuse rotundata , tho- 

 race vix dimidio longiora , supra paruni convexa , in dorso antico 

 plana , sat profunde et late sulcata , sulcis catenato-punctatis; in- 

 terstitiis planis , subtilissime sparsim punctulatis; nigra, nitida, 

 sulcis saepe furfure cinereo repletis. Pygidium senii-ellipticum , 

 paruni convexum, confertim punctatum , nigrum , cinereo-furfu- 

 rosuni. (iorpus subtiis punctatuiii nigrum, plagiatim cinorco-squa- 

 nmlosum. Pedes mediocres, nigri, fenioribus parum crassis, nitidis, 

 tibiis sub-arcualis, scabris, interne ciliatis, tarsis elongatis. angus- 

 tis, apice piceis. — Ghl. 



