434 Genls ;;44. — Lixrs. 



Z-. L. twicosy \L\s. {Tkimberif.) — Elongaiits , nUßo-piceus, cinc- 

 reo-puhesccus et südceo-pollinosus ; rostw brcvi, hasi profunde rii- 

 goso-piniclatü , tliorace aiujuslo y suh-cyliiidrico, riigoso , in mcilio 

 ztlriiupie impresso et carinula obliqua, abbreviuta inslruclo , media 

 antice carinuto ; chjtris niediocriler pimctato-stnaüs , aupra buine- 

 ros et pone scu'eUuin inipressis , apice breviler miicronads. 



Lixüs tricostalis. Thcxb. Acta Ups. VII. p. 1 13. 



Ilujns operis III. p. 33. u" 4 2. 



Palria : Capul Houa' Spei. Mus. l'u'g. Acad. Upsal. 



Lixo angurio vix angustior .sed noriniliil l)rcvior; ihoracc api- 

 cem propius utrinque caiiiiula oblicjua, abhrcviata instructü,a 

 congenerihus cüstinctus. Caput paivuui, supra convexum, subtili- 

 ter confertiui coriaceum, inter oculos reinote vai-ioloso-punctatuui, 

 nigrum , sub-nitidum , tenue cincieo-pubesccns; oculi oLlongi , 

 sub-dcprcssi , nigri ; rostrum thoraco multo brevius, crassiuscu- 

 lum, teres, modicc arcuatum, basi piüfundius rugoso-puncta- 

 tum , dein apicem versus subtiliter confertim punctulaiuui , ni- 

 {jrum , tcnuissimc cinereo-pubescens. Antennaj apicem rostri pro- 

 pius insert«, nigro-piceto , cineroo-pilosas ; clava oblongo-ovata, 

 acuminata , cinereo-pubcscente. Tborax latitudine postica multo 

 longior, sub-cvlin(hicus, anterius nonnibil angustior, apicc trun- 

 catus, basi levitei- bi-sinuatus, supra convexus, sat crebre rugulo- 

 9o-punctatus, dorso antico carinatus, in lateribus utriusque api- 

 cem propius carinula abbreviata, obliqua, argute elcvatanotatus, 

 pone hoc fovcola sat magna, paruui profunda excavatusj nigi-r, 

 dorso parce lateribus dcnse silaceo-pollinosus. Scutelhmi immer- 

 sum. Elytra antice singulatim peiparum rotundato-producta, tho- 

 racis basi paulo latiora, liuuieris rotundatis; ab bumcro longe 

 ultra medium lincaria, tum apicem veisus acuminala, apicc ipso 

 breviter nmcronata, thorace vix triplo longiora , supra modice 

 convexa, supra humeros et pone scutcllum levitcr inipressa, me- 

 diocriter punctato-striata , inlcrstitiissubtilissimc coriaceis; fusco- 

 ferruginca, pube tenui , dcpressa, cinerea pulvercque silarco sat 

 densc obsita. Corpus subtus subtiliter confertim coriaceum, nigro- 

 piceum, cinereo-pubescens. Pedes mcdiocres , fusco-ferruginei, 

 • cinereo-pubescentes; femoribus parum clavatis, muticis; tibiis to- 

 vetibus, rectisj tarsis modice dilatatis, subtus griseo-spongiosis. 



Dh.v. 



