^i Cenls 474. — LYTEUIUS. 



Gem's 474. — LYTERIUS. Nobh. 



Cliaracler generls. — Antenne mecliocres, minus tenues; Funi- 

 ciilo 7-articuIato : articulis duobus basalibus obcunicis , relif(uis 

 brcvilnis, ,snh-pcif.)lialis, extrorsum successive latiuribus; clava 

 ovala, acumiiiata. 



llostruin aut lonjjiusculum , filiforme, arcuatum , aut paulu 

 brevius, tores , sub-rcctum. 



Tborax sub-quadrangulus, apicem versus subito anguslior, su- 

 pra siib-planus. 



Klytra obluu{;o-sub-quadrata, bumeris sub-rotundatis ; apici- 

 conjuiictim lütundata, supi-a sub-plana. 



Tcdcs validi, Ijroviusculi, longitudiue sub-aYjunles. 



DiiscniPTK). — Corptis breviusculum , sub-ovatum , dopressuiii, 

 {;lal)ruiii , iiudiim, alatum ; minoris magnitudinis. — JntoiiKr 

 tliüiacis iiicdiiuiisub-attin{;entes, aut iu medio aut poiie medium 

 rijstri iiis(Tt:c, aut sub-aut minus tcnues , fracta', 1 2-articulaia" ; 

 articulo i'orulos attingcnte , clavato , 2" et 3" lonf^iusculis , ol)- 

 conicis, 4*8 ]jrcviori!)us, sub-pcrfoliatis, coarctatis, gnulatim 

 latioribus, ultimo clav.T adpresso; ( lava minuscula, ovata, acumi- 

 nata, 4-''>i'liculata : articulo 1" clon};ato, cornoo, reliquis sub- 

 s]»on;;iosis, teque discerncndis. — Jiosij-wn defloxum , aut caput 

 llioiarciiKjuo longitudine adicquans, filiforme, modico arcuatum , 

 aut ca[)it(; duplo ionfjius, validiusculum, leres , sub-rcctum. — 



(?(;»/Miiajuscul(, laterales , jiarum couvcxi , baml promiuvdi. 



7"/iO?vMlatitU(b'nc postica pauIo l)i(!vior, basi distincte i)i-sinuatus, 

 iinyulis posticis sub-rectis, latcribus basi sub-rcctis ; versus api- 

 cem rotundatus, antrorsum cito angustior, apice truncatus, supra 

 sub-planus. — .Scntcthnn minutum, lrian;;ulare. — Etyini tbora- 

 cis basi dimidio laliora illoque ferc triplo loupiora , sub-ovata, 

 vol poliiis ()l)lni);;<i-sid)-(piadrata, basi sinjjulatim sui)-rotuudata, 

 bumeris sid(-rniiiudaiis, latcribus fcrc roctis; apice conjunctim ob- 

 tuse rotumlata , supra dorso drj)]anata. — Pygidhon aut teclum , 

 aut aperlum, ticilcxum, apice roiuudaium, non tamen ultra ely- 

 trurum prounnens. — Pcdea breviusculi , vnlidi, i(>n{;iludiu(! sub- 

 ücqualos; f(.'moriI)US clavaiis, aut nmlicis , aut dentatis; tibiis te- 

 rctibus, rectis , apice un{;uiculatis; tarsis su])tus spongiosis , 

 articulo ultimo clavato , bi-unjjuiculato. 



A >i/7r,pt95, cxj)iaiorius. 



Tvpcs. — • Lyierius mtisculus- ex America meridiunali. 



