6o6 Genus 353. — ZYOOPS. 



* l\. Tj. Strix. Fabricius. 



Oblongo-ovntus , sub-depressus , obscure ferruglneus , pube tenuissima 

 atra parcius obst'tus; tliorace basi profunde bi-sinunto, postice ru(ju- 

 loso , mrdio teiwe airinafo, lineh v/iriis albido-pithcscciitihxs nolnto; 

 elytris .•nililililer punclato-stiialis , (jnttulis silaccis nonnuäts albidis 

 mixtis variegatus , sutura posterius granulala; corpore subtus niveo- 

 pubescenle, atro-liolosericeo maculato. 



Zygops id. Dejean, Cat. Cot. ed. i. p. ?.gg. ed. 3. p. 324- 

 Eccoptus id. Dejean, Cal. Cot. ed. i. p. 86. 

 Rhynchcemts id.?¥\Ti¥i..Syst. El. II. p. 474- i77- 

 Oliv. Ent. V. 83. p. i86. i66. T. 25. f. 295. 

 CurcuUo id. ? Fabr. Ent. Syst. I. II. p. 4^3. 164. 

 Oliv. Enc. melli. V. p. 5oG. iG3. 

 Herbst, CoL VI. p. 468. 478. 



Patria : Cayenna. A Dom. Com. Dejean et Dom. Ddpont be- 

 nevole communicatus. Mus. Schh. 



Magnitudo, statura et similitudo Zygopis sancti, thorace postice 

 ruguloso, tenue carinato, lineis aliter locatis, elytris guttulis non- 

 nullisniveis decoratis, sutura posterius granulata, ab illo distinctus. 

 Caput orbiculatum, obscure ferrugineum, pube densa silacea ad 

 latera et in linea angusta inter-oculari tectum, maciila triangulari, 

 in medio verticis, nuda, lajvi; oculi ovati , nigro-brunuei, maxi- 

 mam capitis partem occupant; rostrum tboracelongius, arcuatum, 

 subtiliter punctulatum , ferrugineum, nitidum, glabrum, apice jj 

 depianatum, basi quadri-sulcatum, inlerstitiis carinubs tres for- 

 mantibus, media longiore in (ronlcm nonnihil adscendente; sulcis 

 parcesilaceo-squamosis. Anicnna' subtenues, ferrugineaeclava parva, 

 fusca.Thorax latitudine baseos brevior, anterius angustior, apice late 

 emarginatus, lobis ocularibus paulo productis; inlraapicem striga 

 arcuata, transversa, minus profunde incisa constrictus, lateribus 

 ante medium nonnihil ampliatus, basi profunde bi-sinuatus, an- 

 gulis lateralibus retrorsum productis, sub-acuminatis ; supra modice 

 convexus, versus latera obsolete impressus, subtilissime coriaceus, 

 basi rugulosus, medio carinula tenuissima, postice abbreviata in- 

 structus, obscure ferruglneus, pube holosericco-atra, dorso parcius 

 obsitus, linea media et alia utrinque laterali valde arcuata, apicem 

 versus retrorsum (lexa,non procul a basi ramulum introrsum et 



