4oo Gen-US 442. — ANCIIONÜS. 



punctatum, nigrum. Pedes mediocres; femoribus punctatis tibiis- 

 que nigris, tcnuiter parce griseo-setulosisj tarsispiceo-ferrugineis. 



Fhs. 



* i6. A. Slii-ixs. (Fabric.) — Ovaliis , niger, opacus, parce fusco- 

 grbeo-pidvcridcnUis ; roslro basi conslriclo, siib-seriatim cxcavato- 

 ptmctalo , X'ersiis basin partim aiiipUalo , thorace varioloso , intra 

 apicein consirlcto, lateribus siib-a^rpialiter ampUatis ; clytris seriato^ 

 puiictath' , apice iDiprcs.'ii'i, absqnetuberculis, interslitüs parum con- 

 vexis , gnuiidalis , Icmdssime griseo-setulosis , pedibus hrcvitcr se- 

 tulosis, antennis, pygidio tardsrpte piceo-ferrugineis, — Fhs. 

 Hujiis operis III. p. 5o8. i. 



Dejean. Cat. ed. 2. p. 583. ed. 3. p. Zoj. 

 Palria : Americse meridionalis iusul«. 



* j-. A. iXTERRtPTUs. {Chevrolat.) — Oblongo-ovatus^ ater, inarpiU' 



liter silaceo-puheridenlus ; anlennis tarsisqiie feiTugineis ; thorace 

 confertiin i'a/70/ovo, (e(pialitcr rolimdato-amplialo , nntice obsolete 

 conatriclo ; elytris seriato-^punctatis , interstiiiis , partim intemipte, 

 granidato-costati<!. 



Patria : Insula Guadeloupe. Dom. Chevrolat. Mus. Schh. 

 Anchono Suillo simillimus . at statura paulo anjjustior; tborace 

 distinctius rotundatn-auipliato elytrisque evidentius scriato-gra- 

 nulatis, costis interruptis, etc. Caput sub-hemispbcericum, nigrum, 

 laeve; oculi ovati, depressi, nigri , nitidi ; rostrum longitudine tho- 

 racis, arcuatum , basi ampliatum , strictura profunda a capite dis- 

 junclum , supra crcbre siib-scvialiui excavato-punctatum, nigrum, 

 nunctis griseo-pulverulontis. xVntennaj breviuscuIcE, fusco-ferrugi- 

 neae ; funiculo extrorsum incrassato , clava obtusa, griseo-pubes- 

 centp. Thorax latitudine postica baud brevior, anterius paruni 

 angustior, iiiedio ,Tqualiier rütuudato-ampUatus, intra apciom levi- 

 tcr lanlum constrictus, basi truncatus, apicc dorsi leviter produc- 

 tus, supra parum convexus, undique confcrtissime c.xcavato-puuc- 

 tntus, niger, in cavitatil)us silaceo-pulverulentus. Elytra sub-ovalia, 

 iboracc paulo latiora , at plus duplo longiora, basi sub-fiuncata, 

 vel conjunctim levitor sub-sinuala , marginata; lateribus inflixa, 

 margino iiitegro, apice conjunctim acute sub-rotundata, supra pa- 

 rum convtjxa, nigra, regularitcr confertim seriato-punctata, punc- 

 tis silacco-pulverulentis , interstiiiis sex dorsalibus sub-costatis, 

 costis partim interruptis, granis rotundis crcbre obsitis. Corpus 

 subtus nigrum, punclis silacco-pulverulentis obsitum. Pedes me- 

 diocres, nigri, tenuitcr parce griseo-setulosi; femoribus crebre 

 punctatis; tarsis piceo-fcrrugincis. — Fns. ^j 



