Genus 35 i. — MEILIPUS. 6t 



* S9. II, sEMiAMicTus. (Scltli.) — Oblongus , niger, sub-iillidiis, 

 scjuniinilis piiiformibm, kctc ochmcels parce adspersus; roslro tlio- 

 racc breviori , validiori, partim arcuato , ohsolalius punclalo, tlio- 

 race suhtüiter sub-remote punclulnto , intra apicein htte tuhidato , 

 laleribus modice rotiindato ; etjlris sat profunile slnato-punctaHs , 

 obsolete transvcrsiin rurjosis , poiie medium dense ochraceo-varie- 

 galis. 



Paliin .Biasilia. ADom. FALDERMANNcornmunicatus. Mus. Schh. 



Ilylobü Abieiis majoribus magnitudine aequalis. Caput roluiula- 

 tum, crassum , convexum, sub-remote subtiliter punctulatuni , 

 nigrum , sub-niticluni , glabrum , inter oculos puncto obsoleto in- 

 sculptuui ; oculi laterales, ovati, sub-depressi , nigri; rostruui 

 thorace brevius, crassum, teres, parum arcuatum , obsolete sub- 

 remote punctulatum , nigrum, sub-nitidum , glalirum. Antennte 

 ad tboracis medium pertingentes, validsc , nigra3, sub-nitidae, 

 parce pilosie; clava oblongo-ovata, fusco-pubescente. Tliorax la- 

 tiludine postica vix J)revior, apice utririque leviter emargiiialus, 

 lobis ocularibus parum prominulis, obtusis; intia apicem late 

 constrietus, tubulatus, pone stricturam subito rotuudato-amplia- 

 tus, basi parum profunde bi-sinuatus, tenue reflexo-marginatus, 

 supra paulo convexus, dorsosubtiHtcr sub-remote lateribus crebre 

 evidenter punctulatus; niger, sub-nitidus, squamubs raris, palli- 

 dis ad basin adspersus. Scutellum rotundalum, nigium, punctu- 

 latum. Elytra antice sub-truncata, tboracis basi nonnibil latiora, 

 luimeris obtuse rotundatis, band elevatis; lateribus inflexa, non 

 ampliata, apicem versus angustata, apice ipso conjunctim obtuse 

 rotundata, tborace plus quam duplo longiora, supra modice con- 

 vexa, anterius profundius, posterius subtilius siriato-punctata , 

 punctis striarum sub-remotis; certo situ transversim obsolete ru- 

 gosa; nigra, sub-nitida, anterius squamulis rnris, ocliraceis ad- 

 spersa, pone medium dense ocbraceo-variegatn. Corpus subtus 

 punctatum, nigrum, squamulis piiifonnibus, pallidis parce a<l- 

 spersiun. Pedesvalidi, nigri, parce pallido-pubesccntes; feniori- 

 bus valile clavalis, subtus deute valido, acuto armatis; tibiis non- 

 nibil arcuatis, basi tenuioribus; tarsis piccis, subtus griseo-spon- 

 giüsis. — Bhn. 



Q^ 60. II. TACJTüRNaTS. (Clievrotat.) — Ovatm , convexus, tii'gro- 

 piceiis, squamulis minulissimis, pUlformlbas, albidls parce ndsper-' 

 sus ; rostro thorace breviori^ valido^ modice arcuato, minus crebre 

 puiictulalo, iliorace lateribus rotunduto ^ confcrtim granulalo, area 



