i-iS Genls 57G. — LOliOTllACIIELUS. 



Scutclluin tninutum, tul)t:rculiforme, sub-imniersuin, concolor. 

 Elytra oblongo-triangularia, amice leviter tri-sinuata, tlioracis 

 basi paiilo latiora , huuiciis sub-olevaüs, obtuse rotuntlatisj lalc- 

 ribus pone bumeros apicem versus sensim angustata, apice ipso 

 singulaiim sub-rotundata , tborace vix duplo longiora , supra mo- 

 dicc convexa, tenuiter punctato-striata, interstitiis planis, subti- 

 liter vage minus crcbic punctulatis ; atra, nitida, squamulis 

 setiformibus, albidis parce adspersa. Corpus subtus conferlim 

 punctulatum , nigrum, sub-nilidum , squamulis albidis adsper- 

 sum; pectore in ipsa basi macula parva, cunciformi, dcnse ni- 

 veo-sf[uamosa dccorato. Pedcs elongati , nigri , punctulati , tenui- 

 ter albo-squaiuulosi ; fenioribus parum clavalis, subtus denlc 

 minuto, acuto armaiis; tibiis teretibus, rcctis; tarsis anguslis, 

 subtus brunneo-spongiosis. — Bhn. 



"3. L. EGEXUS. (Sclih.) — Ovalis, ater, sub-7iitidus , supra parce 

 subtus dense niveo-squamosus ; antennis larsisque testaceis , roslro 

 tliorace nonnihil Ion giori, parum arcuato, sub-caritialo, atbo-squa- 

 moso ; tborace breviter conico, und'ique conferlim puuctulalo , basi 

 macula parva oblonja, nivea decorato; ehjlris tenuiter punctato- 

 strialis , inler.stiliis planis, subtilitcr vage punctulatis; femoribus 

 anticis sub-muticis , posterioribus dente minuto armatis. 



Patria : Port Natal. Dom. J. Waiilberg. Mus. Reg. Holm. 



Balanino Brassicce nonnibil major, prasertim longior. Caput 

 rotundatuni , convexum , obsolete punctulatum , atrum, sub-ni- 

 tidum, ferc glabrum , inter oculos niveo-squamosum; oculi ma- 

 gni , sub-rotundati, modice ronvcxi, nigri, in fronte approxi- 

 mati; rostruni tborace iionnibiJ longius, parum arcuatum, tcres, 

 validiusculuin , punctulatum j obsolete carinatuni, atrum , niveo- 

 squamosum, apice ipsosub-denudatiun. Antennaitenues, testacea;, 

 parce pilosa' ; clava oblonga, animinata. Tboiax breviter conicus, 

 latitudiue postica Inevior, apice; (il)li(]uc truucatus, intra apicem 

 obsolete constrictus, laterilnis obliquis, basin versus ampliatis; 

 postice bi-sinuatus, lobo medio triangulariter producto, supra 

 modice convcxus, sat crcbn; punctatiis, atcr, sub-nilidus, supra 

 parce, macula parva, oblonga, in lobo postico subtusque dcnse 

 nivco-squamosiis. SciUclIuni minutum , tubcrculiformc, concolor. 

 Elytra oblongo-triangularia, antice sub-tri-sinuata, tlioracis basi 

 paido latiora, bumeris vix clcvatis, obliquis; pone bumeros api- 

 cem versus angustata, apice ipso coniunclim obtuse rotundata, 



