5io (.. mus 162. — OMIAS. 



apicem rostri inserue, ad thoracis basin pertingentes, minus tennes, 

 rnio-ferruginea?, parce pilosa?, clava oblongo-ovata, acunrinata. 

 Thorax latitud ine media longior, basi apiceque truncatns, antice 

 posticeque nonnihil angustatus, lateribus modice rotundato-am- 

 pliatus, supra parum convexus, piceus, sub-nitidus, crebreevi- 

 denter punctulatus, pube cinerea adspersus. Soutellum minntissi- 

 mum, trianguläre, piceum. Elytra oblonga, antice thoracis basi 

 nonnihil latiora, basi sub-truncata, humeris \ i\ prominulis, ro- 

 tundatis, tborace fere triplo longiora, pone bumeros ampliata , 

 apicem versus iterum angustata , apice ipso conjunctim obtuse ro- 

 tmidata, supra modice convexa, rufo-picea, sub-nitida, minus 

 profunde regulariter punctato-striata, interstitiis planis, sub-lae- 

 vibus, pubesal longa cinerea adspersa. Corpus subtus dilute fer- 

 rugineum, sub-nitidum, obsolete punctulatum, tenue pubescens. 

 Pedes mediocres, validi, rufo-ferruginei , pube pallida adspersi ; 

 femoribus clavatis, muticis; tibiis rectis, apice intus uncinatis; 

 tarsis elongatis, subtus fnlvo-spongiosis. Bhn. 



Genus 1G3. STOMODES. Nobü (i). 



Ch&racter generis. — Antennae longiusculae , validss; scapus capitc 

 lon;;ior, sub-curvatus, versus apicem sensim incrassalus; articulus 

 basalis liiniculi brevissime obconicus, 2 — ~ breves, sub-turbinati , 

 aequales; clava oblongo-ovata. 



Rostrum breve, crassum, capite vix anguslius, apice late emar- 

 ginatum; scrobs brevis , lata, cavernosa; pterygia sub-divaricata; 

 mandibula (sinistra solum exserta) elongata, valde arcuäta, Cor- 

 nea, edentula. 



Oculi laterales, rotundati, parum convexi. 



Thorax obloogus, antice posticeque truncatus, basi elevato-mar- 

 ginatus, lateribus aequaliter rotundato-ampliatus, supra modice 

 convexus. 



Scutellüm baud conspicuum. 



Elytra oblonga , sub-elliptica , basi truncata, apice conjunctim 

 subacuminata , supra parum convexa. 



Ob'seri). — Corpus oblonguin, sub-ellipticum , pubescens, apte- 

 iiim: thinusculse magnitudinis. 



(1) Srhh. Cure. Itisp. Melli. p. |89. O" ".| 





