Genus 472. — MADOPTERUS. Si 



tum , nigrinu , nitidum , pectore latcrünisquo abdotninis .«ilacoo- 

 sciuainosis. Pctlrs elongati , sufi-roiuolc punctiilati, ni{;ii , suh- 

 nitidi; fciiioribus paium clavaiis, iiiuticis; tilnis lorutilnis, rcctis, 

 intus in nicdio inuticis; taisis dilatatis, suhtus bruniiep-spon- 

 yiosis. — Bnx. 



Genls 47a. — MADOFrElUS. A"ü/./v. 



llujus operis III. p, 734. gcnus 589. 



* I. M. Talpa. Chevrolal. — //. op. HI. p. 7.^0. i. — P. Cayenna. 

 Dejean. Cat. ed. 2. p. 2S(). ed. '.). p. 3i3. 



:>,. M. (^YLiNDUicus. (Clievrolat.) — Lineari-clongalus , .•suh-cylindn- 

 cus, ni(/io-piceus, stib- nitidus, subtus parce alba - squamosus ; 

 antennis pedibusque rufo-ferruijincis , ihomce oblongo , cuuico , 

 evidenter sub-reiuote puuclalu, iniraupiccr» coiistriclo ; elytris inuj- 

 (pialibus , tenue punctato-striatis , iiüra apicein iinprcssis. 

 Putrid: Mexico. A Dom. Chevroi.at ad describcndum com- 

 inunicatus. 



Madoptero Talpa vix anrustiov, se<l ciiinidio f'ere hievior, su!)- 

 tus parce albo-squamulosus; tbnrace latiore, evidenter punclu- 

 lato, antice constricto, rlytiis distincte punctato-striatis, etc., al) 

 illo benc dislinctus. Caput rutundatuni , convcxum , subtibter sat 

 crebre punctulatuin , nigro-piceum, sub-nitidum , fjlabrum; oculi 

 maf[ni , ovali , snii-deprcssi, nigri ; rostrum longitudine tboracis, 

 vabduui, teres , sub-rectum, sublditer punctulatum , rufo-piccuni, 

 nitidum, f;labriim. Anteiina; vix tboracis medium attingunt , 

 rufu-ferriiginca^; clava oblongo-ovata , acuta, obscuriore. Tborax 

 sub-conicus, latituiline postica diniidio fcre longior, apice obli- 

 que truncatus, intra apicem Icvitcr constrictus, bateribus obli- 

 quis, versus l)asin scnsim ampliatis; posticc sub-truncatus, supra 

 mo(Uce convcxus, rrquabs , evidenter siil)-remotc ]iunctulatus , 

 ni{;ro-piceus , nitidus, margine basali squamuüs albis anjyusle 

 obsitus. Scutelkim parvum, snb-trian{julare, concolor. Elytra 

 lineari-eloufjata, anticc singulalim perparun^ i'otundato - pro- 

 ducta, tlioracis basi fcrc an;;usliora, calln liumeraU ]>aruni elc- 

 vato, rotundato; lateribus inflcxa, non ampbata, apice ipso con- 

 junctim rotundata, tboracc vix (bqilo longiora, supra niodice 

 convexa,antc et pone medium obsolete intra ajiicem evidenter im- 

 pressa, distinctc etsi minus profunde punctato-striata , interstitiis 

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