Genus 442. — ANCHONüS. 399 



losum , nigrum, tenuissime griseo-pubescens. Antenni« thoracis 

 medium haud excedentes, ferrugiuese; clava breviter ovata , fla- 

 vescenti-sericea. Thorax latitudine media paulo longior, apice in 

 medio emarginatus, lateribus modice ampliatus, intra apicem 

 obsoletius coarctatus , basi leviter sinuatus, supra modice con- 

 vexus , sub-remote excavato-punctatus, niger, setulis minutis , 

 griseis raro adspersus, dorsi in media linea longitudinali impressa, 

 laevi. Scutellum nulluni. Elytra antice tlioiacis basi arcte adnexa, 

 ibique illa parum latiora , inlra basin nonnibil constricta , 

 margine sub-elevato; lateribus iaflexa, in medio sat ampliata, 

 versus apicem angustata, descendentia, ipso apice acute sub-ro- 

 tundata, ihorace haud triplo longiora, supra convexa, remote 

 seriatim excavato-punctata , seriebus lateralibus iutegris , dorsali- 

 bus postice evanescentibus , intei'stitiis in dorso valde interrupte, 

 irregulai'iter sub-costatis ; tota piceo-nigra, setulis griseis parcius 

 adspersa. Corpus subtus nigrum, remote punctatum , parce gri- 

 seo-pubescens. Pedes longiusculi , densius griseo-s^tulosi , piceo- 

 nigri; femoribus obsoletius punctatis , modice incrassatis; tarsis 

 ferrugineis. — Fhs. 



i5. A. CLATHRATUS. [Cheurolut.) — Ohlongo-sub-ovatus , nigcr, siili- 

 nitidiis ; anlennis larsisque fusco-ferrugineis , thorace rade ruyoso- 

 punctalo, ante medium modice ampliato , intra apicem conslricto; 

 elytris profunde seriato-lacunosis, interstikis convexis. 



Patria : Insula Guadeloupe. EMus. Dom. CnEVROLATdescriptus. 



Otiorliynclto ovafo paulo major. Caput bemispb;ericum, nigrum, 

 laeve; oculi ovati, depressi, nigri; roslrum longitudine fere thora- 

 cis, cylindricum , arcuatum , basi obsoletius constrictum , ultra 

 medium crebi'e rugoso-punctatum , piceum. Anlennee medium 

 thoracis attingentes, fusco-ferrugineae ; clava ovali , flavo-griseo- 

 pubescente. Thorax latitudine postica paulo longior , antorius 

 paulo angustior, ante medium modice rotundato- ampliatus, inlra 

 apicem constrictus, basi truncatus , apice utrinque leviter siima- 

 tus, supra parum conve.xus , undique ru<le rugoso-scrobiculatus, 

 higer , in cavitatibus pulvere setulisque griseis passim adspersus. 

 Scutellum nullum. Elytra sub-ovalia, thorace paulo longiora, et 

 latitudine duplo longiora, basi singulatim leviter sub-sinuata, 

 marginata, apice conjunctim acute sub-rotundata, supra sub-for- 

 nicata, dorso sulcata et in sulcis lacimis vel foveolis oblongis pro- 

 funde excavata, interstitiis sub-costatis , ad latera scriato-scrobi- 

 culataj tota nigra, sub-nitida, lere glabra. Corpus subtus riidc 



