Genus 344. — UXUS. 43^ 



sum; oculi siib-ovali, haucl promiuuli, iiip;ri; rostrum capite pa- 

 rum longius et nonnihil an{;ustius> valitluni , tei'cs, sub-rectum , 

 colore, punctura et indumento capitis. AntennBe crassa?. ferrufji- 

 nea^, cinereo-puhcscentcs; clava oI)lon(ja, acuniiiiata , obscu- 

 riore. Thorax latitudine baseos nonnilnl brevior, anterius angus- 

 tior, sub-conicus, apice truneatus, intra apicem obsolete cons- 

 trictus, lateribus pone stricturam versus basin perpariim ampliatis ; 

 posticc sub-lruricatus . supra paulo convexus, subtiliter crebre ru- 

 guloso - granulatus , postice loogitiulinaliter leviter carinatus, 

 utrinque in niedio transversim obsolete itnpressus, niger, parce 

 cinereo-pubescens. Scutelluin sub-trianguiare, demersuin. Elytra 

 antice singulatini perparuin rotundata, thoracis basi vix latiora, 

 pone basin oblique paulo ampliata, dein lateribus linearia , api- 

 cem versus attenuata, apice ipso singulatim acuminata, tborace 

 triplo longiora , supra parum convexa , regulariter punctato- 

 striata , interstitiis planis, subtilissime coriaceis ; pone scutelluin 

 et supra humeros obsolete impressa , nigra , pube tenuissinia , ci- 

 nerea parce adspeisa. Corpus subtus subtiliter crebre punctula- 

 tum, nigrum, cinereo-pubescens. Pedes mediocres, validi, nigri, 

 parce cinereo-pubescentes ; tarsis obscure ferrugineis. — Bhn. 



* 02. L. ACUTUS. {Dejean.) — Elojigatus, tilgen, tenue cinereo-pu- 

 bescens ; antennis, tibiis tarsisqiie femigineis , i-ostro crassiusculo, 

 modice arcuato , thorace sub-conico , subtiliter crebre vaiioloso , 

 postice hi-sinuato ; ebjtris stibtiliter jninctalo-striatis , apice hrevius 

 prodnctis, acmniiiatis, parum dehiscentihus. 



Dej. Cat. Col. ed. 2. p. 271. ed. 3. p. 295. 



Patria : Gallia meridionalis. A Dom. Com. Dejean benevole 

 communicatus. Mus. Schh. 



Affinis certe Lixi ruficornis, dimidio tamen major j yostro lon- 

 giore , tenuiore, elytris subtiliter punctato-striatis, apice mucro- 

 natis, ab illo bene distinctus. Caput parvum, elongatum, supra 

 modice convexum, subtiliter crebre punctulaium , nigrum, siqira 

 parce cinei'co-pubescens, subtus Isete miniato-poUinosum; oculi 

 sub-ovati, liaud pi'ominuli, nigri; rostrum capite duplo longius, 

 validum, cylindricum, modice arciiatum, subtiliter crebre punc- 

 tulatum, nigrum , sub-nitiduai , vix pubescens. Aptennfe validos, 

 rufo-feiTuginese, cinereo-pubescentes; clava oblonga, aciimiuatg, 

 cpncolore. Thorax latitudine postica nonnihil brevior, anterius 

 angustior, sub-conicus, apice truneatus, intra apicem obsolete 

 constrictus , dein lateribus obliquis , versus basin scsiin nonnihil 



