8 Genvs 348. — LARINUS. 



Lanno 5co/} »»' nonnihil major et robustior. Caput rotuntlatuiii, 

 orassuni, postice convcxum, sublilitcr cunforliin pnnciiilatuiii, ni- 

 {jruui, satdense albo-tomentosum ; ociibperpendiculaics, oblong), 

 sub-depressi , brunnei; rostriim loiigiludine tbovacis , minus vali- 

 duni, tcrcs , paruni arcuatuni, subiilitt^r crebre punctulaium, a 

 basi ad medium Icviter caiinatum , iiijjrum, basi albo-tomento- 

 sum , apicem versus fere denudatuui. Aiitenna' vix medium tbora- 

 eis attinguut, nigi'o-piceae, cinereo-pubescentes; clava oblonga , 

 acuta. Tborax latitudineposticabrevior, auterius multo angustior, 

 apice sub-truncatus, intra apicem eon.sirictus, lateribus poue stric- 

 turam sul)ito ampliatus , basi profunde bi-sinuatus, iobo medio 

 parum producto, angulislateralibus rectis; supra modice convexus, 

 inidique crebre rugulosus, dorso postieo lateribusque remoto.ver- 

 rucosus, medioparuni profunde tfistincte canaliculatus; niger. dorso 

 parce, in canalicula lateribusque dense albo-tom(!ntosus. Scutellum 

 parvum, trianguläre, nigrum , albo-tomentosum. Elytra ovata , 

 antice singulatim perparum rotundata , il)i([ue tboracis basi vix 

 latiora , illique arcte applicata , bumeris obtuse rotundatis,- lateri- 

 bus parum ampliata, apicem versus anjjustata, apice conjunetini 

 rotundata, tborace tluplo longiora, supra modice convexa , sul)ti- 

 liter punctato-striata; interstitiis planis, conf< rtim rugulosis; ni- 

 gra , dorso lateribusque dense disco parce albo-tomentosa. Corpus 

 subtus confcrtim rugoso-punctatum, nigrum, dense sordide albo- 

 tomentosum. Pedeselongati, validi, nijjri, albiilo-tomenlosi;femo- 

 ribus modice clavatis, mulicis; libiis teretibus, sub-rectis; larsis 

 dilatatis, subtus fusco-spongiosis. — Hiix. 



(y ^ i6. L. ScoLYMi. Olivier. — //. op. IIF. p. 1 13. i5. — 

 P. Europa meridionalis. 



" Var. ß. Supra flavo-ferrugineo-tomentosus, tborace, lateribus 

 margineque elytrorum baseos flavis. 



Lartnus octireatus. Omv. — Teste Dom. Chevrolat. — //. oft. 



m. p. 113. li 



* 17. F.. RARDC's. Schh. — H. op. III. p. \\!\. 17. — P. Persia 



occidentalis. 



Falderm. Faun. Ent. Transcaucas.il. p. 23 1. /p'- UI. p. 198. 



* 18. L. TiMiDi:s. Scitli. — //. op. III. p. I i5. 18. — P. Rossia 

 meridionalis, Caucasus. 



Faloerm. Faun. Ent. Transcaucas. III. p. 109. Suppl. III. p. 59. 



