Genus 354. — COPTÜRUS. 649 



Stiups. 3. Femora nmljca (1). (Speries 25 et 26.) 



* 25. C. Operculatus. Say. 



EUipticus , ni(/er, sub-depressus , squamis rotundatis cinereo-alhidis 

 subtus dense vestitus , siipia parcius adspevsiis, anlennis ftrrugincis; 

 thorace laütudine lotKjiore, rugidoso, basi obsolete bi-siniiato ; ely- 

 tris angustc. punctalo-slriatis ; rostro validiusculo , basi carinato ; 

 femoribiis inuücis. 



Zygops id. Say, Descript. of'Ciirc. of N. Jincr. p. 21. 2. 



Cryptorhynchus id. kSat, Journ. Acad. nnt. Sc. Pliilad. III. p. 3o8. 



Pafr/a ; Ameiica septentrioiiiilis, Mississipi. Ex Musaeo Dom. 

 Say descriptus. 



Trachyphhw scabricnlo diiuidib major, (japut giobosum , nigrum, 

 undicjucdcnsecineieo-albido-sfpiainosuni, fronteinter ociilos foveo- 

 la impressa, oculi medio(:res,ovati,brunnc'i, in fronte minus approxi- 

 mati , quam in plerisque hujus generis; rostrum vix longiUidine 

 ■ apilis cum thorace, validiusciilum, arcuatum, basi crassius, punc- 

 tulatum, carinatum et sqnamulosum , extrorsum nudiim , totum 

 ni.{;rum. Antennse satmate feirugineae. Thorax latitudine paulo 

 loogior, apice vix angustior, ibique lata emarginatus, lateribus in 

 medio nonniliil ampliatus, basi leviter bi-sinua{us, supra parum 

 eonvexus, rugoso-pnncfatns, niger, squamis majuseulis, rotunda- 

 tis, cinereo-albidis, sat dense vestitus, in basi macubs tribus den- 

 sius et albidius squamosis, nolatus. Scutelluin tuberculiforme, 

 concolor, squamosum. Elytra anlicc sub-sinuata, tboracis basi vix 

 latiora, callo humerali elevato; pone basin versus medium ampli- 

 ata, apice conjunctim obtusc rotundata, thorace vix duplo lon- 

 giora, supra fere phina, angusle striata et in striis obsolete punc- 

 tata, interstitiis sub-planis, alutaceis; nigra, squamulis majuseulis 

 rotundatis cinereis et albidis sub-maculatini condensatis variegata. 

 Corpus subtus convexiun, punclatum, nigrum, squamis similibus 

 ut supra dense tectum. Pedes mediocres, nigri, squ;imosilate densa 

 dbida teeti, femoribus parum crassis, muticis. — Gul. 



(1) IliijiisiuanipuU species, spcoiclms j;riieiis Zyi/opis (|iinail iKiliilum (|niileiii siniiles 

 Ulli , scd icmslrucliü fiiiiiculi aultiinanini , ut et torina jiyjjidii cl i iiiia' jicctoralis |>rü- 

 ;iiis cum illis luijus generis concorilaiii. 



Vor.. IV. — Pars srcunda. /(2 



