48 Ge.vls 553. — CONOTRA'CHKLl S. 



hasi levitcr bi-siiiuatus , supra modice convexus. suhtiliicr crelnr 

 riifjulüso-punctatus, antice tenuiter carinatus, in mcdio dorsi tn- 

 Lerculisquatuor parvis, quadratim localis instructus; niger, suh- 

 opacus, squamulis fuscis parce adspersus, vitta utrinque obliqua, 

 obsolcta e squamulis pallidiorihus. Scutolluni parvuni , rotunda- 

 tum, elevatum, concolor, nitidum, Iflcve. lilvtia hreviter ovata, an- 

 tice leviter tii-sinuata , thoracis hasi plus duplo latiora, humeris 

 haud elevatis , obtuse angulatis; lateribus a basi ultra medium 

 recta, dein apiccm versus citius angustata, apice ipso conjunctim 

 rotundata, tliorace fere triplo longiora , supra in dorso modice 

 convexa , postice valde declivia , mediocriter sub-remote seriato- 

 punctata, interslitiis alternis sub-planis, alternis costatis, costis dor- 

 salibus bis interruptis, apice abbreviatis, tertia minus elevata, tuber- 

 culata; nigi'a, sub-opaca, squamulis fuscis parce adspersa. Corpus 

 subtus nigrum, sub-nitidum, pectore remote, venire vix puncta- 

 tis, Pedes elongaii, subtiliter crebre punclulaii, ferruginei; femo- 

 ribus clavatis, subtus denle obtuso inslructis; tibiis sub-compres- 

 sis, basi arcuaiis; tarsis angustis, sui)tus grisco-spongiosis. — Bhx. 



83. C. LEMNiscATUS. (Sclifi.) — Ohlongo-ovatus , niger, fusco-squa- 

 mosus;rostro tliorace hreviore , valido, compresso, arcuato, media 

 tenuiter carinato , ulrincjue striolalo; thorace parum profunde cre- 

 hre rugoso-punctalo , dorso obtuse sex-tuberculato, lateribus pone 

 striciuram angulariler ampliato; elytris basi lineola brevi, pone 

 htimeros altera obliqua in tnedio disci ducla , silaceo-squamosis , 

 parum profunde punctato-striatis , interstitiis alternis tuberculatis ; 

 femoribus obtuse uni-dentatis ; tibiis basi arcuatis . 



Patria .Brasilia. Mus. Dom. Gebmar. 



Phytonomo Polygoni \\x longior, scd nonnibil anguslior. Caput 

 rotundaium, convexum, subtiliter confertim ruguloso-puncta- 

 tum , nigrum, opacum , inter oculos fusco-squamosum ; fronte 

 carinula brevi luberculisque duobus parvis instructa; oculi ovati, 

 baud prominuli, nigri ; roslrum tborace nonnibil brevius, vali- 

 dum, comprcssum, arcuatum , a ))asi ultra medium tenuiter ca- 

 rinatum , utrinque striolatum , densc fusco-squamosum , exlror- 

 sum dcplaiiatum , subtiliter punctulatum, nudum, totum nigrum. 

 Antennae sub-lenues, obscure ferrugineae, parce pilosae; clava 

 oblongo-ovata, acuminata, dcnsius pubes-entc. Tborax latitudine 

 postira band brnvior, apice supra noniiiliil rotundato-productus , 

 lateribus a basi longe ultra medium nonnibil ampliatis, tum an- 



