363 Genl$ 434, — STERNECHIS. 



conjunctiin heute rotuuclala, thorace plus Iriplo longiora, tcnuiier 

 sub-remote punctato-striata , interstitiis alternis planis , silaceo- 

 squamosis, sutura interstitiisque alternis couvexis, inaequalihus, 

 ferc denudatis; Iota ni'jra, sub-nitida. Corpus subtus vix vel ob- 

 solete puiictulatuni, nigrum, nilidura. Pedes validi, nigri, sub-re- 

 mote punctulati, parco pubescentes; feuioribus rnodicc clavatis, 

 subtus obsolete dentatis,- tibiis sub-comprcssis , intus subtiliter 

 crenulatis, nonampliatis; tarsis modice dilatatis, subtus brunneo- 

 spongiosis. — Bhx. 



Stiups 2. — Elytra siipra mit spinosa, aiit tnherculala. (Spec. i!\-\'j.) 

 " i/(. S. iiAMATUS. Schh. — //. op. III. p. 4-3. 2. — P. Brasilia, 



i5. S. TüBEROsus. {Schh.) — Sub-ovntus, iiigro-aneus , sqiiamuUs 

 parvls, piltfoiinibus, palliclis parce adspersus; rostroh rcviore, cras- 

 siore, thorace siipra pariim convcxo, iiurqjjali, siihtldssimc, siib-re- 

 inotc punctuUuo, Utlcribus ponc medium lubcrculo parvo inslriicto; 

 elylris remote sfriato-pwictads, tubercuUs decem validis obsitis, 

 marghie bteraU baseos dilcdatls, uni-spinosis , apice rotundcUis; 

 tibiis rectis, intus in nwdio dente aculo armatis. 

 Patria : Brasilia. A Dom. Germau ad dcscribendum niissus. 



Sternecho Inimalo vix lonf^ior, sed dimidio fere latior; rostro bre- 

 viore , crassiore , tborace latiore , minus convexo , subtilissime 

 punctulato , elytris tuberculis validioribus obsitis , apice rotunda- 

 tis , femoribus anticis muticis , tibiis rectis , medio tantum denta- 

 tis, ab illo facile dignotus. Caput lotundatum, modice convexum, 

 sat crebrc parum prüfuiidi! punctulatum, nigro-ffineum, squamu- 

 lis piJiformibus, pallidis adspersum, intor oculos puncto profunde 

 insculptuin ; oculi ovati , parum prominuli , nigro-brunnei ; ros- 

 trum capite vix dimidio longius, crassum, sub-teres, ferc rectum, 

 supra apiccm versus leviter impressum , punctulatum, colore et 

 indumcnto capitis. Antennic nigro-piccK, cinereo-piloste; clava 

 oblonge -ovata, densius pubcscente. Tborax latitudine postica 

 multo brevior, apice oblique truncatus, anterius angustior, intra 

 apiccm coarclatus , lateribus nonnibil rotundatü-ainpliaiis, pone 

 medium tuberculo parvo obsitis ; basi leviter bi-siuuatus, supra 

 parum convcxus, inaniualis , subtilissime remote punctulatus, 

 nigro-aeneus, squamulis parvis, angustis, piliformibus, pallidis ad- 

 spersus. Scutellum rotundatum, concolor. Elytra ovata, basi sub- 

 tri-sinuata, anlice thoracis basi laliora, humeris latcralitcr cxtcn- 



