Genus 390. — SPHENOPHORUS. 909 



* 36. S. FossoR. Guilding. 



Ellipticus, niger, nitidus, glabcr ; ihorace anterius sub-convexo , 

 sparsim ptmctulato, postice in medio impresso , fortius punctato ; 

 elytris sulcatis, sulcis obsolete punctatis, lituris quatuor transversis 

 pallide rußs notatis. 



Calandra fossor. Dom. Guilding, teste Dom. IIope. 



Patria : Insula St -Vincent. Guilding. A Dom. Hope amice com- 

 municatus. Mus. Scch. 



E minoribiis generis, Sphenophoro variabili vix major. Caput 

 sub-globosum , obsolete sparsim punctulatum , nigrum , nitidum, 

 fronte ad basiu rostri foveola oblonga impressa; oculi sub-depressi, 

 nigri; rostrum thorace vix brevius, basi crassius, supra planum, 

 extrorsum cylindricum, valde arcuatum, undique sparsim punctu- 

 latum, totum nigrum, nitidum. Antennae validse, nigrae, clava 

 mäjuscula, ovata. Thorax latitudine baseos longior, antice fere du- 

 plo angustior quam basi; apice sub-truncatus, pone apicem cons- 

 trictus, lobo antico sub-tubulato , punctato ; lateribus pone strictu- 

 ram oblique versus medium ampliatis , dein rtctis ; basi leviter 

 bi-sinuatus, elevato-marginatus; supra anterius modice convexus, 

 in disco sparsim, versus latera densius punctulatus, in medio 

 postico impressus et fortius punctatus, totus niger, nitidus. Scutel- 

 lum oblongo-triangulare, nigrum , apice rotundatum. Elytra antice 

 singulatim rotundata, pone basin subito ampliata , callo humerali 

 elevato ; posterius paulo angustiora, apice conjunctim rotundata , 

 thorace dimidio longiora, supra in dorso plana , distincte sulcata, 

 sulris obsolete punctatis, interstitiis antrorsum latioribus, planis, 

 posterius convexis, subliliter seriatim punctatis; nigra, sub-nitida, 

 in singulo lituris duabus pallide rufescentibus, transversis notata , 

 priore paulo ante, altera paulo pone medium; apex ipse etiaui 

 anguste rufus. Pygidium sub-triangulare, punctatum , nigrum, 

 opacum , cincrco- furfurosum, apice carinatum et rotundatum. 

 Corpus subtus versus latera densius, in disco sparsim, punctatum, 

 nigrum, nitidum. Pedes validi , nigri, nitidi , femoribus, clavatis, 

 tibiis interne ciliatis, tarsis dilatatis, subtus testaceo-spongiosis. 



GUL. 



