Genus 46i. — IlOMALONOTUS. 33 



Homalonoto cor/ac<?o valde propinquus , at individuis ejusdem 

 mediocribus tiiplo major, pra3tereaquc thorace anticc disliuctius 

 cüiistricto , basi quinque foveolato (ansemper?}, tiljiis posticis 

 subtus juxta basin sub-dentatis, tarsis subtiis fusco-spongiosis , 

 etc., distinctus. Long. , praeter rostruni, ig;Iat. 8',,j lin. Par. 

 Corpus totum nigrum , glabrum. Caput rotundaium, vertice sub- 

 la3vi, fronte profunde, vage, punctata, uiedio foveola insculpta ; 

 üCuH oblongo-ovati , sub-dcpressi; rostrum longitudinc tboracis, 

 arcuatum, validuui , undique rugoso-punctatuni, versus. apicem 

 dorsi carinula longitudinali, tenuissinia notatuai. Antennc'e con- 

 colores; clava parum incrassata, fusco-puljesccnte. Tborax iali- 

 tudine brevior, a basi ad medium nonnibil ampliatus, dein ver- 

 sus apicem sensim angustatus, longe intra apicem constrictus, 

 apice sub-tri-sinuatus, basi bi-sinuatus, supra sub-depressus, tu- 

 berculis exiguis, in doi'so deplanatis porroque perlusis, undique 

 crebre obsitus, in medio dorsi canalicula oljsoleta notatus , 'n\ 

 ipsa canaUcula juxta basin foveola oblonga et intra angulos pos- 

 ticos punctis duobus utrinque insculptus. ScutelUmi rotundatum, 

 rugosü-punctatum. Elytra thorace paulo latiura et fere triplo lon- 

 giora, basi conjunctim emarginata, pone hunicros sub-rotunda- 

 tos sensim attenuata, apice conjunctim lolmulata , dorso sub- 

 depressa, sulcata, suicis tubercubs parvis seriatim adspersis, 

 interstitiis creberrime inordinategranulatis, granulis versus latera 

 et apicem convexioribus. Corpus subtus antice teiiicre rugoso- 

 punciatum, ventre postice subtilius punctulato, basi late im- 

 presso. Pedes validi, femoribus granoso-scrobiculatis, anteriori- 

 bus subtus longe ante apicem dente acuto armatis, posticis 

 longioribus, sub-muticis; tibiis sub-oompressis, vix arcuaiis, an- 

 terioriljiis subtus in medio dente vaiidiusculo munitis, posticis 

 longioriljus, subtus prope basin sub-denliculatim intumesccnti- 

 bus, (lualuor posterioribus praeterea apice externe nigro-cilialis; 

 tarsis trianguiaribus, subtus (usco-brunneo-spongiosis. — Fiis. 



* jo. IL couiACEUS. Kbifj. — //. op. 111. p. 388. 5. — /'. Brasilia. 



II. n. ITYsmix. (F^fAr.) — Sith-ovatus, niger, nUidas ; ihnnicc lltara 

 auüca laterali elytrhquc maculis diialms (listlnclioribus , ulniKjuc. 

 süaceo-squamosis , illo confcrüw r/ranulafo, subtus bi-spinoso , bis 

 crenato-sulcalis ; femoribus tibiisijue oinnibus dentuüs. 



Rhyiiduenus id. Fabr. Syst EleiUb. 11. p. /(G?,. 121, 



Ouv. Eilt. V. 23. p. 167. -. , . T. i5. f. 182. 



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