64 Genus 35 i. — IlEILlPÜS. 



* 63. II. TUOGl-ODYTES. Scilll. H. Op. III. p, Igö. 4G. 



/'. Brasilia. 



*G4. n. LROSfS. (Schh,) — Obtongiii, fiisco-ferriigineun, squaniulL 

 pillforndlnis, hrwmeis adspersus; rostro brevi , sjib-reclo, subtililer 

 punclitlalo , ihorace profunde sal crebrc piinctcüo , ulnnrjue valde 

 rnhindtiln; cbjlris dorso dcprc.ssis, nicdiocrilcr piinctnlo-slrldtis, 

 (ransversiin riigiilosis, pone mcdinin disci macula parva, alra ei 

 inlra apicein fascia transversa , alhida decoratis. 



.Palria : Brasilia interior in Minas Geraes. Dooi.Bescke. A Dom. 

 Com. Manneuheim amice missus. Mus. Sciiii. 



Parvus. Plssod. notato parum major. Affinis certc Heiüpi troijlo- 

 dijds, <limitlio major; colort; alio, clytris dorso magis depressis, ab 

 jllo diderrc vidctiir. Anne al) illo vcre distinctus? Caput rolunda- 

 tum, couvexuiii , suhtiliter crchre punctulatum , fusco-fcrrugi- 

 neuni, scjuainulis piliformihus, fn'unncis parce adspersum , intcr 

 oculos foveola sat profunda insculptum ; oculi laterales , sub-ovati. 

 liaud proniiniili, nifjri ; rostrum tborace brevius, crassiusculuni , 

 tcres, parum arruatum, basi evidenter cxtrorsum subtilissime 

 punctulatum, ijiceum, nitidum , posterius parce brunneo-s(jua- 

 niosum. Antennas versus apicem rostri insertae, sub-tenues, ferru- 

 igineae; clava-oblongo-ovata , acuminata, cinereo-pubescente. Tbo- 

 uvix latitudine postica nonniliil brevior, apice sub-truncatus, iiitra 

 apicem vix constrictus, aiilice posticeque augustatus, lateribus 

 valde rotundato-ampliatus, basi bi-sinuatus, supra paulo convexus, 

 sat crcbre profunde punctatus, fusco-ferrugineus , squamulis pib- 

 ibrmibus, hete l)runneis dense adspersus. .St-utcÜMm oblongum, 

 apicc rotundatum, albo-scpiainosuu). Elytra amice singulalim 

 perparum rotundato-producia , iboracis ba.^i dimidio laiiora, bu- 

 inierisrotundatis, nqnelevatis; lateribus inflexa, linearia, apicem 

 ■versus an gustata, apice ipso conjunctim rotundata, tborace Iri- 

 ifvlo longiora , su[)ra pnrum convexa, dorso depressa, mediocriter 

 pnuctato-striata, punclis slriarum squama parva pupillalis; in- 

 lierstitiis anterius transversim rugulosis, dein alutaceis; fusco-f'er- 

 rMginea, apicem versus obscuriora, squamulis piliformibus, lajtc 

 brunneis adspersa , ante medium disri squamulis nonnuUis albi- 

 dis, condeusatis obsita, mox pone mediun» macula ])arva, alra, et 

 inlra apiceiu fascia transversa, albo-squamosa ornata. Corpus 

 subUis piccum, squamulis brunneis parce adspersum, peetore 

 profunde sub-remotc venire subtililer punctalis. Pcdes mediocres, 



