Genus 115. — CLEONUS. 17. 



Divisio V. CLEONIDES. 



Rostnim longiuseubtm , crassum, autnutans, aut deßexum, pierum- 

 </ue teretiusculum , raro sub-angulatum, cxtrorsum scepius sub- 

 incrassatum. 



Subdivisio 1. — Corpus scepissime alatum. 



Genus 115. CLEONUS. Nobis (1). — Steven. 



Cleonis Meg.,Dej. , Fisch., Sturm, Latr. (2). — Lixus Illig. , 

 Latr. , Germ. , Oliv. (3). — Epimeces LJillb. — Curculio auctorum 

 reliquorum. 



Cliaracter gencris. — Antennte breviusculae, validiuseulae ; articuli 

 funiculi 1 , 2 sub-obconici, 3-6 transversi, sub-turbinati , coarctati, 

 7 crassiore, clavae arcte adpressn ; clava oblongo-ovata, acumiriata. 



Rostrum breviusculum , crassiusculum , plerumque supra aut 

 canaliculatum, aut carinatum. 



Oculi oblongi, depressi. 



Thorax subconicus, juxta apicem obsolete constrictus, antice le- 

 viter, basi saepius evidenter bi-sinuatus. 



Scutellum aut parvum, aut magnum, trianguläre. 



Elytra aut elongata, aut oblongo-ovata, basi in plerisque singu- 

 latim sub-rotundata , liumeris obtuse sub-angulatis; in paucis con- 

 junctim emarginata, bumeris antrorsum prominulis. 



Tarsi aut latiusculi subtus spongiosi, aut sub-angustati subtus 

 baud spongiosi. 



Obsem. — Corpus oblongum , pubescens, durum, in plerisque 

 alatum, in paucis apterum, majusculae magnitudinis. 

 Patria : Europa , Asia , Africa. 



Sttrps 1. — Thorax ponc oculos distincte lobatus. 



1. C. Clatratus. Öq 



Elonuatus, sub-cylimiricus, niger, squamositate densa cretacea un- 

 dique tectus ; thoracis carinula media angusta, vitta arcuata, In- 

 tegra in disco utrinque aliaque laterali interrupta, denudatis ni- 

 gris; elytris confertim nigro reticulatis. — Ghl. 



(1) Schli. Cure. T)isp. Mcth. p. 145. n° 75. 



(?.) Latr. in Dict. Class. d'Hist. Nat. p. 5gS. 



(3) Latr. Genera Crust. et Ins. II. p. 258. — lil- Regne Anim p. 3f)4.— Illig. Mag. 

 VI. p. 3-27. — Germ. Ins. Spec. 1. p. 390. — Id. i" N. Wetter. Annal. I I. j> i'; 

 n" 18. Curculio. — Oliv. Knt. V. 83. p. 25 



