MANTISSA CURCULIONIDÜM. 565 



pube teuui, brevi, cinerea adspersa. Corpus subtiis obsolete punc- 

 tulatuni, iiigro-cyaneum, nitidum, sub-glabruin. Pedes medio- 

 cres , nigro - cyanei , tenuiter cinereo - pubescentes ; femoribus 

 inodice clavatis, muticis; tibiis teretibus, reclis; tarsis angustis, 

 subtus griseo-spongiosis. — Bhn. 



45-46. R. viLLOSus. (Sclih.) — Ovadis , niger, stib-niddus , jmbe 

 longa, erecta,fusca obsitus ; capite convexo, obsolete punctiäalo , 

 rostro tenut, longo , inodice arcuato , bi-canaUculato ; thorace an- 

 gtisto, sub-cylitulnco , sat profunde crcbre punctata; elylris pro- 

 funde punctato-striatis , inter Stiliis angustis , convexis , transversini 

 rugosis. 



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

 Rhynchites Bctulce nonnibil major Caput mediocre, crassum , 

 supra modice convexum, obsolete crebre punctulatum , nigrum, 

 sub-nitidum, pube longa, erecta, fusca obsitumj oculi laterales, 

 rotundati, convexi , nigri; rostrum longitudine capitis cum tho- 

 race, sub-tenue, deplanatum , extrorsum sensim ampliatum , su- 

 pra paulo convexum, bi-canaliculatum , nigrum, nitidum, fusco- 

 pubescens. Antennae in niedio rostri insert.T, tenues, nigrae, 

 parce pilosse ; clava ovata, apice sub-obtusa , cinereo-pubescente. 

 Thorax latitudine postica haud longior, basi apiceque truncatus, 

 anterius perparum angustior , lateribus band aiiipliatis, fere rec- 

 tis; inti^a basin transversim leviter inipressus, supra modice con- 

 vexus, sat profunde crebre punctatus, nigcr, nitidus, pube 

 longa, erecta, fusca sat dense obsitus. Scutellum mediocre , sub- 

 triangulare, punctatum, concolor. Elytra oblougo-quadrata, au- 

 tice sinuata , thoracis basi duplo latiora, humeris vix clevatis, 

 obtuse angulatis , lateribus non ampliata , apice ipso singulatim 

 rotundata, thoi'ace plus duplo longiora , supra paulo convexa, 

 postice declivia, pone scutellum transversim leviter impressa, pro- 

 funde punctato-striata, interstitiis angustis, convexis, transver- 

 sim rugosis; tota nigra, sub-nitida , pube longa, erecta, fusca sat 

 dense obsita. Corpus subtus obsolete punctulatum , nigrum, 

 parce cinereo-pubescens. Pedes mediocres, nigri, pube longa, 

 cinerea obsiti; femoribus clavatis, muticis; tibiis teretibus, rectis; 

 tarsis modice dilatatis , subtus cinereo-spongiosis. — Bh\. 



Genus 48. — EÜGNAMPTUS. Nobis. — //. op. V. p. 33c). 



4- E. FLAViNASus. (Chcvrolat.) — Oblongus , \nridi-cavulescens , 

 nitidus, glaber, pube longa, fusca adspcrsus; rostro , antennarum 



