534 Gim-s 170. — AOMUS. 



ui;;ri; rostruin eapite nonniliil brevius, etangustius, crassum, basi 

 constrictum, panuii arcuatum, supra planum, nigrum, crebre 

 piiiiciatniii. apiee Impressum, pube depressa albida diu-«' obsi- 

 Tum. Amt iin.i- versus aipicem rostri insertae , ultra thoracis basin 

 Ihm (in;;i'iit( s, subtenues, ferruginese, pilosa?, clava oblongo-ovata, 

 ai aminata . grisecnpubesecnte. Thorax latitudine media \i\ brevior, 

 basi apiceque truneatus, lateribus modice rotundato-ampliatus , 

 antice posticeque angustatus, supra convexus, sat crebre- puncta- 

 tus, niger, pube depressa albida undique adspersus. Scutellum 

 parvum, trianguläre, nigrum. cinereo-pubescens. Elytra basi sub- 

 (liimata. antice thorace dimidio latiora, et illo quadraplo longiora, 

 bumeris rotundatis, apicem versus angustata, apice ipso conjunc- 

 tini sub-acuuiinata, supra modice cönvexa, regulariter subtiliter 

 puuctato-striata , iaiterstitiis Litis, planis, subtilissime alutaceis ] 

 nigra sub-nitida , tota pube depressa, albida , dense obsita. < lorpus 

 subtus nigrum, sub-nitidiuu , subtiliter punctulatum, pube tenui 

 cinerea adspeisiiin. Pedes mediocres, nigri, cin^po-pubescentes; 

 femoribus modice clavatis, muticis; tarsis piceis, subtus fulvo- 

 spongiosis. — Bhn. 



rs 171. SCIOBIUS. Nobis(i). 



Ckaracter generis. — Antennae aut graciles aut tenues, inpJerisque 

 longissimae; scapus tboracem attingens, aut clavatus, au( latus, 

 compressus; articulo basali funiculi breviusculo, 2° longissimo, 

 3— 7 longiusculis, omnibus sub-obconicis ; clava elongata , ovaKs, 

 angusta. 



Rostrum longitudine capitis, quo vix angustius, terettusculum , 

 supra tri-carinatum, basi per strigan) arcuatam, profundam, a 

 fronte distinctum, apice late emarginatum, pterygiis sub-divari- 

 catis; scrobs superna, apicalis, versus oculos explanata. 



Oculi rotundati, modice prominuli. 



Thorax brevissimus, transversus, basi apiceque truncatus, late- 

 ribus partim rotundatus, anterius angustior. 



Scuiellum nullum. 



El\ tra magna . aut oblongo aut brev iter ov.ua, antice sub-trun- 

 cata, thoracis l>asi ibi paulo latiora, lateribus ampliata ; posterius 

 angustiora, apiee conjunctim sub-aeuminata, supra valde convexa. 



Ohserv. — Corpus parcesquamulosum,apterum; mediocris inagni- 

 ludinis. 



(i) Schh. Gurc. nisp. Melh. p. 197. n n 109 



