452 Ge.ms 3i0. — CONOTRACHELUS. 



laleiibus inflexa, ab liuineio versus apicem scnsim anjyustata, apicc 

 conjunctini obtiisc roriin<lata, supra in tlorso paruni convexa, 

 postice dcclivia, sulitilitcr striiUo-punctata, punciis per paria ap- 

 proxiiiiatis, interstitiis alternis planis, alternis elevatis, carinatis ; 

 squarniilisjfriseis et fiisco-brunneis minus dcuse varicfyata, pubeque 

 fusca adspeisa. Corpus subfiis ni;;ruiii, rciiiolc sal prolunJu punc- 

 tatuin, squaniulis setiscjuc biunneis adspersutn. Pedes robusti , 

 nijjri , puiutati, squaniulis l)runncis setisque pallidis adspersi ; 

 fenioril)US paiuni cbivatis, ouiuibus subtus deatf; obluso ainialis, 

 apicem versus dense la'te miniato-s(piamosis ; libiis sub-com|)iessi;-, 

 fererectis; tarsis fcrruyineis, subtus lusco-spongiosis. — J3hn. 



56. C. CosTiFr.nus. Clievrolat. 



Suh-ovatiix , fitsco-pirctis , sulj-tiitidus , fere (jlabcr, fronte carinalu , 

 albo-squamosa ; rostro mediocri, minus tenui, arcuato, utrinquc 

 bi-stilcato ; thorace crrhre sat profmulc nujüso-pnnctalo, carinato , 

 antice valda coiirctato ; clyfris trebre punctato-strialis , interstitiis 

 alternis carinatis ; femnn'bns snb-nciite dentatis. 



Patria : Oiizaba in Mexico. A Dom. CuEVROLATaddescribenduui 

 amice niissus. 



Conotraclielo verlicali aequalis eique affinis, sed fere glaberposlio 

 utiinque tantum bi-sulcato , fronle carinata, etc.,distinctus. Caput 

 rotundatum , crebre su])tiliter punclidatnni , fronte carinata, nia- 

 cula magna, rolundata , albo-stpiamosa , ornata; oculi demissi, 

 sub-depressi , infra caput approximati , orbitis elevatis; rostrum 

 longitudine thoracis, subteiiue, paulo arcuatum , sub-angulatum , 

 utrinque bi-sulcatum , cseterum , sub-lteve , picemn , nitidum , apice 

 perpanmi incrassatiKii. Antenna; prope apicem rostri insertae , tlio- 

 racis medium superantes, validiuscuht , rufo-picene, clava ovata , 

 acumiiiala. Tborax latiludine postica vixbrevior, apice supia valde 

 rotundato-productus , lobis ocularibus mafjnis, antice latitudine 

 majori fere duplo angustior, intra apicem valde coarctatus, lateri- 

 bus dein modice fere a'qualiter lolundatus, postice paulo angusta- 

 tus , b.isi bi-sinuatus, supra modice couvexus, crebre sat profumle 

 ru{{oso-puncla(us, carina laliuscula medio instructus. Scntcllum 

 rotundatum sub-elevatum. Elytra breviter sid)-ovata , antice tho- 

 racis basi fere dnpl(j latiora , iI!o(pie diijilo longiora , basi con- 

 junctini tii-sinuala, bumeris obtuse anyulalis; lateribus parutn 



