•>M Gen-IS 4o8. — BALANIXUS. 



(liore, clylrorum lateribus poctoroquc tecjualitcr squamosls, fiiiio- 

 I iliusque interiJiodiis validius deiitaiis , distinctus. Caput suh- 

 p.lohosuui , nifjruin , punciatum , squainulis cinereo-albidis vcsii- 

 luiii; oculi suh-ovali, depvessi, nigro-Liunnei; rostruin capitecuiu 

 Tliorace nüiiniliil Ijrevius, tenuc, valdc arcuatuin , cylindricutn, 

 Lasi suiato-punciatuin , aii[;u.ste ciuereü-luiiientosum, exliürsum 

 lieve, {jlabrum,feretoluin rufo-ferruyineum, nitidum. Antennae in 

 rnftdio rostriinserta,', ilioracisLasin fcn-aitingentes, {p-aciles, rufo- 

 ferrujjiiiete ; clava ovata , alhido-scricca. Thurax latitudine Ijascos 

 (liiiiidiü Ijrovior, sulj-trapoziforuiis, apice lcvit(;i , lalc suh-emar{',i- 

 natus^ intia apicem evidenter, njiuus tanien arcte quam in Balan. 

 vUloso constrictus; lateribus ante medium abrupte ampliatus, basi 

 iruneatus; supra modice convexus , confertim ruf;ü.so-puiictatu.s, 

 nifjf-r, squamulis cinereo-cancscentiljus, transversim deprcüsis, ad 

 lairra et subtus dcnso vcstitus , dor.->o in specimino unico lustiaiu, 

 casu forsan, late denudato. Scutellum sub-triangulare, squamosi- 

 tate deusa , albida tectum. Llytra antice sub-truncata, tb(jracis 

 basi rlimidio latiora, bumeris fere lectangulatis; lateribus iuflcxa, 

 baud auqjliata , apice cunjunctiui acute sub-rutundata , iborace 

 pkis nijjlo luiigiura , supra ronvexa, punctato-striata , interstitiis 

 coriaceis; niyra , squamis lanceolatis , cinereis undique veslita. 

 Corpus subtus nigruin, punctatuni, Sfjuauiis cinereu-albidis suli- 

 ;i'f|ualitfr tcftuiu. Pedes mediocres, ni[;ro-picci,b([uamulis rinenis 

 adspcrsi ; fcmoribus clavaiis , postieis iiileiiii(diis(ju(; suIjIus deute 

 sat valido armatis, anticis sub-muticis. — Fiis. 



2',. n. vESTiTLS. .SV/,//. — //. 0/y. 111. p. .'A- . 17. — P. Caffraria. 

 In liiagnosi loc. cit. a<Mc : « Pectoris luterall clytiorunufK.' nutr- 

 (jliuili dciludads. 



•j!/|. n. SAXOCiMP.osTitis. (Fuhric/'us.) — Oiinlii^ , niijcr, sfjuniii(isit<ttc 

 supra (jriseo-üliixicca vcl ludvo-yrlsea , sublits ciiicreo-albida ves- 

 lilus; roslrt apicc antewiisque ohscure ferrvglncis ; ihorace truns- 

 vcrso, crebre riirjoso-punctalo ; elylris piinclato- slrialis , sctilello 

 alba. 



Hhyncbfenus id. Faiju. Syst. Kbuth. II. p. /|82. 208. 

 liUyacluenus Facca. TiiLNfiEno. Sova Ada Ups. VII. p. 1 i'- 

 /^«^r/a; America meridionalis;e Musco Reg. Dan. — Caput l'.ona- 



Spei(?); e Museo Upsaücnsi ad describendum communicatus. 

 n>ilan. vi-slih, iiia;;i)iludine et colore simiilimus, nee nisistatura 



paulubnn auj;ustiure, tboraceque aiuice minus arcte conslriciu, 



