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gati, angusti, depi'essi , nigri; rostiuni capite climidio longius et 

 angustius, crassuin, leres, fere rectum, siipra ad basin bi-cana- 

 liculatum, subtiliter confertim rugulosuin, nigruin, cinereo-al- 

 bido-tomentosum. Antennae breves, crassac, iiigrae, dense cinereo- 

 pubescentes; clava ovata, valde acuta. Thorax latitudine baseos 

 nonnibil brevior, anterius dimidio angustior, apice leviter emar- 

 ginatus, sub-tubulatus, lateribus obliquis, basin versus fere rec- 

 tis; postice profunde bi-sinuatus , lobo medio rotundato; supra 

 transversim modice convexus, in medio obsolete canaliculatus , 

 confertim rugoso - punctatus , niger, parce cinereo - tomentosus , 

 vitta laterali, lata, medio introrsum ampliata, anterius angustata, 

 et in medio linea angusta , dense albo-tomentosis, ornatus. Scu- 

 tellum parvum, trianguläre, nigrum, parce cinereo-tomentosum. 

 Elytra antice singulatim rotundato-producta,thoracis basi latiora, 

 pone basin oblique ampliata, humeris sub-elevatis; ■lateribus ultra 

 medium sensim perparum dein citius angustata, apice ipso con- 

 junctim rotundata, thorace plus duplo longiora, supra convexa, 

 evidenter striata vel sub-sulcata, sulcis anterius distincte, posterius 

 obsoletius punctatis, interstitiis planis, ruguloso-alutaceis; nigra, 

 cinereo-tomentosa; in singulo elytro series dua? e maculis valde 

 infequalibus, albo-tomentosis, una marginales, altera versus su- 

 turam. Corpus subtus obsolete punctulatum, nigrum, dense sor- 

 dide albo-tomentosum. Pedes longiusculi, validi, nigri, dense 

 albo-tomentosi. — Bhn. 



Genus 35 i. — HEILIPüS. Germ.—H. op. Yll. II. p. 24- 



gS-g/j. H. scROßicvhATVS {i). {Mannerheim .) — Oblongus , ater, 

 opacus , squalidus, undique mcequalis, scroincidatus et verrucosus ; 

 antennis tarsisque piceis ; fronte foveoln impressa, rostro purum 

 arcuato; thorace latitudine longiore , lateribus rotundalit, , creuatis, 

 dorso carinato; elytris granulis minutis adspersis , verrucis majo- 

 ribus hinc inde immixlis. — Mannerheim, Beilr. z. Käfer Faun, 

 d. Alcuth. Ins. p. 220. 247. — P. N. California. 



93-96. II. Laitri. (Sundevall.) — Oblongo-ovatus , piceus , sub-niti- 

 dtis, setulis pamis , depressis , cinereia parce adspersus; rostro tho- 

 race duplo longiore, sat valido , modice arcuato ; thorace conico , 

 suh-remote rugoso-punctato ; elytris mediocriter punclato-striatis , 

 transversim rugosis, fasciis duabus macidaribus , hete cervino- 

 squamosis, una mox ante et altera longe pone medium , decoratis. 



(i) Mihi in VISUS. — An hujus genens? 



