,)(i Genus 477. — DEREL03IUS. 



lida. Corpus subtus et pedes pallidc tcstacoa, uiarjjiiio latcrali 



pectoris saturatiori. — Fiis. 



* (). D. SLTURAi.is. {Sclili.) — Ohlongo-ovatus , testaceti^ , pithe (Ic- 

 presfu, silacca , nilida obsilus; rostro tlioracc nonmhil hrcinorc , 

 suh-rccto, ihorace diilcrius mlnto taiijuslato, siibUlitcr crcl'ic puiic- 

 tuUäo; elyiris mediocriler puncla(o-slriaüs , inlersütüs convcxis; 

 suluni abasi tiUra medium nigra ; pectore piceo, densc albo-pn- 

 bcsccntc. 



Patria : Mexico. Dom. Com. Man-xerijeIm. Mus. Schii. 



Majpiiluilo, statura et summa similitudo Dcrclonii pn/lidi. pii- 

 besccus; rostro broviori, sub-recto, clytris profuudius puuc- 

 tato-striatis, interstitüs convexis, sutura basi nigra, alj illo dis- 

 tinctus. Caput rotundatum, convexum, rufo-»testaceum , suljtiHter 

 crebre puiictulatum ; fronte silaceo-squamosa; oruli rotundati, 

 modice convexi , nigrij rostrum tborace nonnibil brevius, sub- 

 tenue, teres, lere rectum, subtiliter crebre punclulatum, rufo- 

 testacemn , sub-nitidum, fere glabrum. Antenne breves, sul)-te- 

 nues , testacoa- , parce pilosse; clava parva, ovata, sub-obtusa. 

 Tliorax latiliuline postica nonnibil brevior, apicc oblique trun- 

 catus, anlcriiis sul)ito anfjustalus, intra apiceiu anguste constric- 

 tus, lateribus modice rotundato-ampliatus, basi sub-truncatus, 

 supra modice convexus, subtilissime crebre puuctulatus, rufo- 

 icslaeeus, pul)e deprcssa, silacea, nitida sat dense obsitus. Scu- 

 telluni parvum , rotundatum , piceum. Elytra oblonjjo-ovata, aii- 

 liee coDJunctim leviter emaryinata, tboracis J)asi nonnibil latiora, 

 liuiiicris vix elevatis , rotundalis; lateribus non ampliata, apice 

 ipso (^onjunclim rotundata, tborace plus duplo lonj'jiora , supra 

 modice convexa, evidenter punctato-striata, interstitüs convexis , 

 subLÜissime coriaceis; testacea , sub-nili;ia, pube deprcssa , sila- 

 cea, nitida sat dense obsita, sutuia a basi ultra medium ni;;ia. 

 Corpus subtus punctulatum, testaceum , pectore piceo, densius 

 albo-pu])csccnte. Pedes mediocres, |)nnclulali, testacei ; femoribiis 

 davatis, nuiticis; tibiis tcretibus, reclis j tarsis modice dilatati>, 

 subtus fulvo-spongiosis. — Buy. 



■ 10. D. Aviciji.ARis. (Clievrolat.) — Ohlongo-ovatw: , tatacctis ; ocu- 

 liy iiiqris, rostro tenni, modice arcuato, (oiujitudinc clytrnriim , 

 llioracc oblougo, suh-coiiico, ohso'clc jiuiicIuIh(ii, intra apiciin Ic- 

 uiter constricto , vilta dorsali nigm-fusca decoralo; chjiris tenuitcr 

 pimctato-slricüii , intcrstiliis stib-planis. 



