Genus 404. — DRYOPIITHORÜS. 109! 



Pacifici Dom. Eschscholtz. California Dom. Besser. Mus, 



SCHH. 



Dryopliflioro lyiuexylone paulo longior, sed dimidio latior, rostro 

 basi iion impresso, thorace latiore, utrinque magis ampliato, intra 

 apicem minus profunde constricto, elytris postice minus attenua- 

 tis , minime crenato-striatis, interstitiis latioribus, paulo elevatis, 

 ab illo iniprimis distinctus. Caput convexum , sat profunde et 

 crebre punctatum , punctis griseo-repletis, fusco-piceum , opa- 

 cum; oculi parvi, depressi, brunnei ; rostrum capite vix di- 

 midio longius et, illo angustius, validum, niodice arcuatum, api- 

 cem versus nonnihil ampliatum , subtilius punctulatum , basi 

 nonnihil constrictum , ibique rugosum , colore et indumenti capitis. 

 Antennaj validaj, rufo-ferrugineas, clava parva, articulo ultimo 

 albo-pubescente. Thorax latitudine media vix longior, apice trun- 

 catus, antice caput arcte amplectens , latitudine baseos multo an- 

 gustior, ibique constrictus, lateribus pone stricturam fere rotunda- 

 tus , postice truncatus , supra sub-depressus, undique punctis 

 majoribus, sat crebris, griseo repletis, excavatus, tuberculis autem 

 a celeb. Fabricio memoratis , minime conspicuis ; fusco-piceus , 

 opacus. Scutellum vix conspicuum. Elytra antice truncata, 

 thoracis basi nonnihil latiora , humeris sub - rotundatis ; fere 

 linearia, apice rotundata , thorace duplo longiora, dorso sub- 

 depressa , late striata, punctis regularibus, sat profundis, griseo 

 inductis, impressa, interstitiis latioribus, minus elevatis, sub-punc- 

 tatis. Corpus subtus profunde sub-remote punctatum, punctis 

 pube grisea indutis, fusco-piceum, opacum. Pedes breviusculi , 

 rufescentes, obsolete punctulati parce pubescentes. — Bhn. 



