Genus 442. — ANCHONUS. 893 



basi nonnihil anf;ustior, apice in meclio leviter emarginatus, la- 

 teribus admodum ampliatus , basi sub-truncatus, supra insequa- 

 lis, antice transversim late inipressus, in dorso antico crebrius, 

 alibi remotius excavato-punctatus, in medio linea longitudinali, 

 sub-inipressa, areolaque pone medium utrinqiic lan'ibus; totus 

 piceus, setulis flavo-gi'iseis, passim sub-fasciculatim congcstis, 

 adspersus. Scutellum nullum. Elytra antice sub-truncata, tbora- 

 cis basi arcte applicata, ibique illa parum latiora, lateribus ad- 

 modum ampHata , inflexa, versus apiccni altcnuata, ipso apice 

 acute sub-rotundata, tborace band triplo longiora ; supra con- 

 vexa, remote seriato-punctata, punctis serierum dorsalium ver- 

 sus apicem diminuentibus, iaterstitiis fere planis, vel obsoletis- 

 sime convexis, laevibus; tota picea, setulis uti tborax adspersa. 

 Corpus subtus rufo-piceum , disperse punctatum, tenuiter griseo- 

 pubescens. Pedes mediocres, picei, setulis erectis, flavo-griseis 

 sat dense vestiti, femoribus rüde rugoso-punctatis, parum incras- 

 satis; tarsis ferrugineis. — Fhs. 



7. A. ABNORMis. {Chevrolat.) — Ohlongus , m</er, parce ßisco-griseo- 

 pulverulenlus; thorace elytnsque tuberculls vaüdis, ocliraceo-to- 

 mentosis el setulosis obsitis ; antennis totis tarsiaque testaceis. 



Patria : Mexico j e Musa30 Dom. Chevrolat descriptus. 



Otiorhyncho ovato paulo longior at posterius angustior. Caput 

 sub-bemispbaericum , nigrum, la;ve, opacum; oculi sub-ovales, 

 depressi, nigri, nitidi j rostrum longitudine tboracis, tercs, valde 

 arcuatum, apice et subtus simpliciter punctatum, versus basiu 

 dorsi profundius rugoso-punctatum, nigrum, basi disperse ferru- 

 gineo-setolosum. Antenne obscure testacea;; scapo apice ferrugi- 

 neo-setuloso, clava griseo-pubescentc. Tborax latitudine postica 

 non brevior, anticeque vix angustior, medio niodice rotundato- 

 ampliatus, basi apiceque sub-truncatus, supra ronvcxus , rugoso- 

 punctatus, medio dorsi obsolete canaliculatus, tuberculis duobus 

 utrinquc adjacentibus, validis, obtusis, uno juxta medium, altoro 

 ad marginem apicis, ad latera prseterea tuberculis tribus ejus- 

 iiiodi elevatis, duobus circa medium insignioribus, tertio juxta 

 basin obsoletiore, omnibus scabrosis; toius niger, iii.Tqualiter 

 fusco-pulverulentus , tuberculis distinctius ocbraceo-tomenlosis et 

 setulosis. Elytra sub-ovalia, medio tboracis parum latiora, at illo 

 plus duplo longiora, basi truncata, apice conjunctim acute sub- 

 rotundata, supra convexa, ad margines laterales profunde et re- 

 gulariter, in disco obsoletius et inconcinne seriato-punctata, nigra, 



