4:)o Gesvs 31^ — CONOTRACHELUS. 



Stips 2. Coxcc antice tlistantes , liina pectoralis magis disdncta ; aii- 

 tennce pone medhtm rostri insertw. (Species 54-6o.) 



54. <•• Alatls, Chevrolat. 



Ob-ovatus , ater, vakle nigofuts, rostro antcrius tibiisque fcrrugineis , 

 fronte miniuto-toiiienlosa ; (horace tipice valile producta suL-hispino- 

 so ; elytris dorso 6uh-cristatis, ad marginem seriatim piuiclalls , 

 Costa laterali inceqiiaÜ , elevala ; fetuoribus uni-dentath. 



Pinarus id. 13oin. Chevroi.at ui Littcris. 



Habitat in l'rasilia. A Dom. 'Iiievroiat ad (Icscribonduiii bone- 

 vole missus. 



Balanino nucum magnitudine sub-aequalis. Caput parvum, sub 

 marginethoracis fore orculfaliiin, iVonte impi-cssa, nipruiu, dt'iisc 

 niiniato-squam >suni , rarinula obliqua in voi tice iitriiiquc, la'vi, 

 notatum; ociili deinissi, baud prominuli, nigri; rostrum longi- 

 tudiiie fere diniidii corporis, subtenue, parum arcuatum, basi an- 

 gulatim elevatum , sdiolato-rugosum , dorso obsoletiiis carinatum, 

 fusco-ferrugin(>um,parce miiiiato-sqiiamosum, apice punctulatum , 

 la^ve. Antennae longe pone inedium rostri iuseitae, tboracis basin 

 fere attingentes, graciles, rufo-ferrugine», elava ovali, cinereo-pu- 

 bescente. Tborax brevis, transversus, margine antico bi-lobo, valde 

 producto, ru;;is (bial)us approxiuiatis, brevil)uj., elevatis, spinam 

 mentientibus , latorilnis postice parum ampliatus , ante apirem 

 abrupte angustatus, constrictus, basi sul)-quadrifariam sinuatus, 

 angulis obtusis; supra parum convexus, rüde rugosus, ater, opacus, 

 setulis griseis parre adspersus, margine apicis sul)-rufescente, mi- 

 niato-setoso; in niedio dorsi carinul;eabbreviata' rudimentmn ob- 

 servatur. Scutellum sub-rotundatum, piceum. Elvtra ampla, ob- 

 longe -quadrata, antice tlioracis basi dimidio hitiora, margine 

 singulatim sinuata, humeris obtuse angulatis, lateribus inHexa, 

 vix ampliata, apice sub-truncata, tliorace plus triplo longiora; 

 supra convexa , valde intricalo-rugosa , liiuc illinc , prirsortira 

 posterius, sub-tuberculata, striis punctorum , praeter unicam mar- 

 ginalem, vix exlricandis; in medio dorsi prope suturam utrinque 

 carina brevi sub-cristata, argutissime «^levata,extrorsuni recliuaute, 

 aiilerius mox evanesccntc, retrorsmu acute spinosa, rugula pra;- 

 lerea intra basia in eadeni linea, costaque laterali sub-crenulata, 



