i38 Genx.'s 3o3. — OMIAS. 



sub-tenues, rufo-feiTugincae, parce pilosae; clava ol)longo-ovata, 

 acuminata, obscunorc, cinereo-puliescentc. Thorax latitudino 

 media nomiihil brevior, basi apicoque truncatus, anterius angus- 

 tior , lateribus vakle i'otundato-ampliatus, supra niodice con- 

 vexus, punctis raagnis, paruiii profundis, vagis, sub-roinotis , un- 

 diqiK! iiisculptus, nigor, nitidus, glaber, margine antico diluliore. 

 ScuU;lluiii mcdiocTL', sub-tiiangulari', nigruui, iiilidum, Imve. 

 Elytia oblougo-ovata , antice sub-truncata, thoracis basi paulo 

 angustiora, humeris rotundatis, iion elcvatis, mox pone basin 

 valde ampliata, a medio apicem voisus angustata, apicc ipso con- 

 junctim sub-acumiiiata, tborace phis triplo longiora, supra mo- 

 dice convexa, postice parum dcclivia, a basi ultra medium evi- 

 denter dein apicem versus subtiliter punctato-striata, interstitiis 

 sub-planis, lajvibus; nigra, nitida, glabi'a. Corpus subtus subtili- 

 ter punctulatum, tborace pectorcque rufo-piceis, veiitre palli- 

 diore. Pedes mediocres, rufo-fcrruginei , pube pallida parce ad- 

 spersi; femoribus modice clavatis , muticis ; tibiis teretibus, sub- 

 rectis; tarsis brevibus, subtus cinereo-spongiosis. — Bhn. 



*28. O. NITIDUS (Steven.) — Ohlongo-ovaliis , ni(/er, glaber, nitidus; 

 antennis pedibuscjue nifo-fcrrugineis, rostro crassiore, apice Icvi- 

 ter impresso, thorace obsolete punclutato , lateribus modicc rotun- 

 dato-ampliato ; elytris oblong o-ovatis , subtiliter striatis , striis obso- 

 lete punclalis. 



Palria : Tauria. A dorn. Steven donatus, Mus. Schh. 



Om. rnßpedis proximus, illo vix brevior, sed dimidio anguslior; 

 rostro crassiore, apice tanlum leviter impresso, elytris subtiliter 

 striatis et in striis obsolete sub-remote punctulatis, ab illo facile 

 distinctus. Caput mediocre, crassum, supra modice convexum, 

 subtilissime sub-iemote punclulaium, uigrum, nitidum; oculi 

 par\i, lütuudati, modice piomiuuli, nigro-bruuuei; lostrum ca- 

 piti contiguum, illo vix longius sed nonnibil angustius, crassum, 

 lineare, supra paulo convexum, subtilissime sub-remote punciu- 

 latum, apice leviter impressum , nigrum, nitidum. Autennaj fcre 

 in medio rostri inserla', sub-lenucs, rufü-ferruginc;e, parce cinc- 

 reo-pubescentes , clava ovata, obscuriori. Thorax lalitudine me- 

 dia nonnibil brevior, basi apiccque truncatus, anterius paulo au- 

 gustior, lateribus modice rotundato-ampliatus, supra convexus, 

 subtilissime sat crebre punctulatus, niger, nitidus, iiiipubis. Scu- 

 tellum parvum , trianguläre, concolor. Llytra ubioiigo-ovata, an- 

 tice conjunctim sub-lruucaia, thoracis basi paulo laliora, humeris 



