44o Genus 3/|4. — LIXUS. 



ampliatis; postice Iii-sinuaius, supra paruin convexus, subüliter sai 

 crebre variolosus et coriaceus , niger, pube cinerea undique parce 

 adspei'sus. Scutellum sub-triangulare, nigrum, deniersuin. Elytia 

 antice singulatiui iionniliil rotundato- producta, tlioracis basi 

 paruni latiora, sed mox puno basin oblique paulo aiiipliata, dein 

 linearia, apicem versus attenuata, apice ipso singulatini acunii- 

 nata , in mucrone brevi, acuto excurrentia, nonnibil debiscentia, 

 thorace vix triplo longiora, supra parum convexa, subtiUter punc- 

 tato-striata, intcrstitiis confertim subtiUssime alutaccis ; nigra, 

 tenuissime cinereo-pubcscentia et lutco-poUinosa. Corpus subtus 

 subtibter crebre punctulatlini, cinereo-pubescens. Pedes raedio- 

 cres,vabdi, cinerco-pubescentes; femoribus modice clavatis, iii- 

 gris, muticis; tibiis tarsisque feiTugineis. — Bhx. 



53. L. SUBMACULATUS. (Scilli.) — Elongatus, iiiger, piibc cinerea 

 poUine ßavescenti, fascicidatim condensatis , variegatus ; roslro sub- 

 teiuii, partim arcuato, bccsi temie cannato , thorace siib-coiiico , 

 confertim f/ranulato, dorso viltis diiabiis obsoletis lateribusque dense 

 ßavesccnti-pollinosis ; ebjlris mediocriter punctato-atriatis , apice 

 singidatim acuminatis , sub-recurvatis . 



Patria : Tanger. Mus. Dom. Chevbolat. 



Zixo ^/j/bnj«*proximus et illo magnitudine «qualis; rostro nij- 

 uus arcuato, basi carinato, elytris apice singulatini acuminatis, 

 sub-reflexis, ut et colore alio, ab illoabundc distinctus. Caput nie- 

 diocre, convexuni, subtiliter contortim ruguloso-granulatum , ni- 

 grum , supra parce subtus deusius cinereo-pubescens et poUino- 

 sum; oculi sub-ovati, band prominuli, nigri; lostrum iborace 

 nonnibil longius , sub-tenue , cylindricum, parum arcuatum, su- 

 pra a basi ad medium leviter carinatum , undique crebre rugulo- 

 so-punctatum, nigrum, cinereo-pubescens. Antcnna? valida? , ol)- 

 scure ferrugineffi, cinereo-pubescentes ; clava oblonga, acuta, 

 obscuriore. Tborax latitudine postica brevior , anterius angustior , 

 sub-conicus , apice truncatus , intra apicem vix constrictus, late- 

 ribus obliquis, versus basin sensim ampliatis; postice sat pro- 

 funde bi-sinuatus, supra parum convexus, subtiliter confertim 

 rugoso-granulatus, dorso obsoletissime carinatus, niger, vitlis 

 duabus dorsalibus, obsoletis, lateribusque densius cinerco-pubes- 

 centlbus, navescenti-pollinosis. Scutellum parvum , dcmersum, 

 nigrum. Elytra antice singulatini rotundata, pone basiu oblique 

 nonnibil ampliata , dein linearia, apicem versus attenuata, apice 

 ipso singulatim acuminata, sub-recurvata , tborace plus triplo Ion- 



