i6 Genus 178. — MIYLLOBIUS, 



Q^^ 10. P. MELLITUS. (Chevrolal.) — Ohlongus ^ angmüis, niger, 

 dcnsc cl lonyuts albido-piihesccns ^ virUli- siiiiainoaiis ; antcnnis pc- 

 dibiiscjiic tcstaceis , roslro sitpra obsolete impresso ; ihoracc partitn 

 convexo , ptinctato ; elylris lernte pioictato-striatis , intcrstitih reinotc 

 nigro-grannlatis. 



Mas : angustior, thoracc utrinquc inagis rotundaio. 



Femilla : thorace sub-cylindrico. 



Putria : Sardinia. A Dom. Chevuolat communicatus. Mus. 



SCHH. 



Statura et summa similitudo Pliyllobii psiuacini , nonnihil minor, 

 longius et dcnsius pubcscens , thorace minus convexo , ab illo dif- 

 ferrc vidctur, Caput magnum , sub-(]uadratum , confcrtim punctu- 

 latum, nigrum, convexum, virescenti-squamulosum et dense al- 

 bido-pubescens; oculi semi-globosi, nigri ; rostrum capite paulo 

 angustius et brevius, crassum, angulatum, supra apicem versus 

 obsolete longitudinaliter impressum, punctulatum ,simlliter ac Ca- 

 put coloratum et vestitum. Antenna; longitudine dimidii corporis, 

 validae, totae saturate testaceaj, albido-pubescentes. Thorax latitu- 

 dine media brcvior, basi apiceque truncatus, intra basiu leviter 

 constrictus, laterilius in mare modice, in femina vix rotundato- 

 amplialus, in utroque supra parum convexus, confcrtim punctu- 

 latus, niger, squamuUs depressis, virescentibus , sub-nitidis, pu- 

 beque longa , densa , albida vestitus. Scutellum sub-triangulare , 

 nigrum, dense viridi-squamosuin. Elytra antice sub-truncata, tho- 

 racis basi nonnihil latioi'a, huuieriselevatis, obtuse angulatis; ia- 

 teribus non ampliata, apice conjunctim sub-acuminata , thorace 

 quintuplo longiora, supra modice convexa, regulariter subtiliter 

 punctato-striata, interstitiis sub-planis , remote seriatim nigro-gra- 

 nulatis; nigra, squamulis parvis, depressis, virescentibus dense 

 aequaliter vestita, pubeque longa, pallida crcbre ohsita. Corpus 

 subtus punctulatum , nigrum , dense viridi-argcnteo-squamosum , 

 albido-pubescens. Pedes elongati, validi, testacei, dense et longo 

 albido-pubcsccntcs; femoribus crassis,^clavatis, parce viridi-squa- 

 mulosis, subtus dentc valido, acuto armatis. — Bn.v. 



*ii. P. FüLviPES. Sclifi. — //. op. II. p. 411- 8. — P. Tauria. 



*i2. P. FULVAGo. Steven. — //. op.ll. p. /|/|2. g. — P. Tauria. 

 * V.VI1. ß. IL op. lüc. cit. uar. [i. 



