Genus M«. - CEÜTIK )r,HVi\CHLS. 4;y 



suturuÜ, <ni similis, differt nia[jnitudine diiiiidio ininori, thoiace 

 iiiayis convcxo , elylroruiii sutura basi tantuni albo-sqiiairiosa, etc. 

 (^(iput ioluii'laluiii,siil)-(li.s))()\sc |iiirKlatiiiri, iiiffiiitf^opafiini, fronte 

 siil)-df|jrc'ssa ; uculi siilj-jjlobosi , Jjiiiniici ; rostrum lonffitudine ca- 

 pilis cum tliorace,sublt'nue,arcuatutn,basi punctulatuiTi,nifjrum, 

 apicc iufo-ferrii{;iiieiim. Antenn« obscure ferrugineiCjclava nijjri- 

 raiite. Tliorax lalitudiiie baseos iiiulto bi(,'vior, anticc duplo arifjiis- 

 tior quam basi , apice einarjjinatiis, intra apiccui Jäte et profunde 

 liansversim impressus, inai{;ine apicis modice elevato ; laterijjus 

 poiu; stricturaiii anipiiatus, b.isi leviter bi-sinuatus , elevato-maryi- 

 iiatus, supia in disco fere planus, in medio canaiiculatus, in iitro- 

 fjue latcre tubon.ulo obtuso instructus , uridiqui; confertini piinc- 

 lul.itus , ni{^;fr , opacus , p.'.r'je alljido-squaniulo.sus Scnti'lkmi 

 demersum , vix obsei vandum. I'dytra antice singulatiin obtuse 

 lotundata, elevato-marj;inata , tlioracis Ijasi latiora, humeris ob- 

 tuse an{fidati.s, callo .suf)-elrvato insfiiulis; lat'iiilms vix ainpliata, 

 apice ('tiain sinj^ulatim rolundata , tljorace plus duplo lonyiora, 

 snpra modice convexa , distincte striata , striis vix punctatis, inter- 

 stitiis planis, confertim rngulosis ; nifjra, squarnulis albidis, ad 

 latera et apicem majjis condensatis adspersa , et in rcgione scntelli 

 plafja indet(!rminata dense aljjo-sqiiamosa notata. Corpus subtus 

 confertim punctatum, ni^jTum, dense albo-squamosum. Pedes me- 

 diocres, ferru[;inei , albo-squamidosi; lemoribus ;;arunj < rassis , 

 muticis. — Ghl. 



* 6. (',. ÄRATon. ScAA. 



JSiqor, flense cinen'o-alhicio-sfjiiamosus ; thorace canaliculato , vix tii- 

 berculato, antice constricto ; elytris punctato-slriatis , interstitiis suh- 

 tiliter alutaceis, apice non inurlcatis. 



Habitat in Tauria. f )om. Steven. Mus. Schh. 



Cnithorhyncho sjnV/simiHimus et affin!-,, di.stinclus tarnen tliorace 

 vix tuberculato , elytris aj>ice tion muricatiÄ,elc. Caput rotundatum, 

 punctatum, nigrum, dense albido-squamosum, fronte plana; oculi 

 ovati, brunnei; rostrum capite cum tliorace longius, arcuatum , 

 basi caiinatnm, striatum et punctulatum , niyrum , feminae tenue, 

 maris basi crassius , dense albido-sqnamosuni. Antenna; loi){;ius- 

 culae, tenues, ni^jro-piceae. Thorax latitudine multo bievior, .antice 

 subito fere dimidio anfjnstior,a])ice lata emarfyinatus, intra apicem 

 minus piofiinde constrictuSjUiaryine modice eievalo;late''buspone 



