352 MANTISSA CURCULIONIDUM. 



Elytra antice conjunctim leviter emargiuata, thoracc paulo la- 

 tiora, humeris non elevatis, obtuse rotundatis; lateribus nonni- 

 hil inflexa, non ampliata, apice ipso singulatiui obtuse rotundata, 

 tborace vix duplolongiora,supra niodice convexa, postice declivia, 

 mediocriter punctato-striata, interstitiissubtiliter confertim punc- 

 tulatis; tota nigra, tomento albido variegata.Pygidium sub-tiian- 

 f;ulaie, apice obtuse rotundatum, punctulatum, nigium , albido- 

 pubcscens. Corpus subtus nigruui, subtilissinie punctulatum, 

 pube densa, albida vestitum. Pedes mediocres, nigri, ciocreo- 

 lomentosi; feraoribus clavatis, muticis; tibiis teretibus, rectis, 

 apiccni versus nonnibil incrassatis. — Bhn. 



Genus 28. — CRATOPARIS. — Dejean. — Huj. op. V. p. 217. 



* 10-11. 0. CERODERES. (Sclili.) — Obloiigo-ovalvs , convexus, pi- 

 ceus , puOe silacea obsitus ; antennis , libiis larsisquc rufo-fctiiigi' 

 neis , roslro lato, lineari; tliomce subtllhcr ptmctuLito , media tu- 

 hcrculo valido instructo; elylris tenuiter punctato-slnalis , macula 

 ma(jna, rotunda, coinmum., umbnno - marginata omaüs i dorso 

 atro-fasciculalis. 



Palria : Nova HoUandia ? Dom. Hope. Mus. Schh. 

 Brachijlar^o scabroso magnitudine ajquabs. Caput sub-quadra- 

 Htni , supra parum convexuin , confertim subtiliter rugoso-punc- 

 tatum, piceum, tomento silaceo dense obsitum; oculi rotundati, 

 convexi, nigri ; rostrum capite nonnibil longius et angustius, rec- 

 tum , depressum , apice emarginatum , subtiliter confertim rugoso- 

 punctatum, piceum, pube densa , silacea vestitum. Antcnnae ad 

 tboracis basin pertingentes, sub-tenues , rufo-testaccK, parce pi- 

 lüsa3; clava elongata, obscuriore. Tborax latitudine postica bre- 

 vior, antice nonnibil angusiior, truncatus , lateribus obliquis, basi 

 leviter latc sub-bi-sinuatus, margine sub-elevato, augulis laterab- 

 bus prominulis, supra ;i3qualiter modice convexus, creberrime 

 sublilissime punctulatus, intra basin striga transversa, elevata, 

 ferc rccta, ad latera arcuatim antrorsum nonnibil continuata; 

 dorso medio tuberculo valido, sub-obtuso instructus,piccus, inae- 

 <iualiter dorso antico tamen densius silaceo-tomcntosus. ScutcUum 

 parvum , rotundatum , silacco-tomentosum. Elytra antice leviter 

 emarginata, tboracis basi baud latiora, bumeris non elevatis, 

 obtuse angulatis; lateribus non ampliata, apice ipso singulalim 

 leviter emarginata, tborace duplo longiora, supra convexa, pos- 

 tice declivia, tenuiter punctato-striata, interstitiis planis, subti- 



