ino Genus 338. - lUlYSSOMATÜS. 



<i. R. ViniDiPKS. Clievrolnt. 



Suh-ovatis, fusco-ceiieiis , nilidiis , ocults conchiiniti.s , rosfro hrevlnic. 

 valido, tliorocc piuicteilissiiiio ; clytris scrinto-foveolaiis , iiilcisliliis 

 postice elevatis, peälhus viridi-ceiicJs, nntenuis rufo-piceis. 



Pntria : Vera Cnix, Mexico. A Dom Chevkolat ad descril)enflmr» 

 Lenevole missus. 



MafjnitiuHne Ciono blattarice fcqualis. Caput rotundatum, viii- 

 di-aeneum , subtilitir punrtulatum, fronte fovcola obsoleta impres- 

 sa; oculi iiiajiisouli , siib-ovali, miniine promiiiuli, niyri , siipra 

 coiiiiivent{>s; rostruiii capite vix diip'lo Ion ',ius, panim arruafuni . 

 crassum, lineare, nigro-aeneiini , imdiqne piinctidatnin , glabrinii. 

 Antennae thoracis medium vix superant, obscure ferrufjinefB, clava 

 ovata, {jriseo-pubesceiite. Tborax latitiidine baseosdimidio brovior. 

 aritice valde angustatus, apire dorsi nonnihil productus, in niedio 

 levissime emarginatus, lateribus utrinque sinuatus, margine sub- 

 tu.s in spinam acutam prominente, lateribus intra apicera coarcta- 

 tus,dein nonnihil ampliatus, postice bi-sinuatus, angulis obliqiiis; 

 supra modice convexiis, iindiqne punctatus , ad latcra profundius, 

 remotius, in dorso crebrius , punctis minoribus interj<'ctis: totiis 

 obscure aeneus, sub-glaber. Elytra antice thoracis basi vix latiora , 

 basi tcnuiter marginata, conjnncfim trisinuata, liumeris obliquis, 

 antrorsum proininnÜs, angulatis; lateribus pi^nc bumeros fe.<' 

 recta, postice conjunctim rotundata , tliorace triplo feie longiora, 

 supra convexa , foveolis rotundis seriatim impressis, sutura inter- 

 stitiisque pone medium alternatim altius elevatis; tota fusco-picea , 

 sub-a?neo-spleiidentia , glabra. Corpus subtus obscure aeneum , pec- 

 torc profundius, scfmentorum ventralium marginibus subtililcr 

 punctatis. Pedcs \alidiusculi, viridi-a;nei, ptuiclalissimi; femoribns 

 parum incrassatis, subtus pone medium uni-dentatis; tibiis brevis- 

 siuiis, arcuatis, 4-posterioribus extus ante apiceni obsolete calca- 

 ratis; larsis nigropiceis, subtus griseo-spongiosis. — Fhs. 



