4,4 Genus 196. — CHAIOPUS. 



Mininul^> liujus gcueiiA. I'ltyUubio obluiie/u ma(;uitiic)iiie a'qiiali». 

 Caput oblunguiu, supra paruiii convexuiM , iDiirerliiii iiijjuloso- 

 granulatuin, fiisco-anieuiii , sub-nitiduiii , piibe tlepiossi ciiiereo - 

 albida sat dcnse adspcijum , (lunte puncto parvo sat piufuiido 

 insculpta; ociili lat(!rale», ovati, paruui proiniiuili , iiigro-brumiei; 

 rostrutn capite iiiullo brevius et paulo anyustius, crassum, itcUuu, 

 supra planum, inedio late sed paruni profunde inipressum , niar- 

 ginibus nonuibil elevatis; i'usco-a!neuui , obsolete punclulaluui , 

 parce pubescens. Antennse ultra thoracis basin pertiugentes , 

 sub-tenues, rufo-testacea?, rlava oblonga , acuuiinata, dilutiore, 

 cinereo-pubescente. Thorax latitudine baseos brevior, basi apice- 

 (jue trunratus, intra apiceui obsolete constrictus, anterius an- 

 gustior , versus basin sensini oblique anipliatus, supra modicc 

 eonvexus, cont'ertim granulatus , granulis paruin elevatis; fusro- 

 aeneus , sub -nitidus, pube depressa cinereo -albida sat dense 

 adspersus. Scutellum sub-lriangulare fusco-aeneuui , albido-squa- 

 mosum. Elytra aiitice c<jujunclini leviter eiuar;;inata , thoraris 

 basi nonuiliil latiora , humeris rotundatis; lateribus non ampliata , 

 pone medium apicem versus attenuata ibique subtiliter crenu- 

 lata, apice ipsoeonjunctini aourninata, thorace plus triplo longiora, 

 supra paulo ronvexa , medioiriter punctato -striata , interstitii> 

 anterius evidenter, posterius obsoletius rugulosis; fusco-aeuea, pube 

 depressa cinero-albida sat dense adspersa. Corpus subtus obsolete 

 punctulatum , piceum , pube albida pareo adspersum. Fedes me- 

 diocres rufo-testacei , pube albida adspersi , lenioribus anticis mo- 

 dice clavatis , subtus dente parvo , brevi , armatis : libii« anticis 

 nonnihil arcuatis, intus vix crenulatis. — Bhn. 



* 23. C. Cai-iginosus. Dejean. 



Oblongus, nirjro-piceus, jiubf dtpressa loPte r.ervina mcpqualitrr ob- 

 situs , aiitennis tarsisque ferruginns , rostro obsolete impresso, tho- 

 race transverso, lateribus rolundato, supra confertim granulato. 

 e.lytris sat profunde punctalo-striatis, anterius transversim rugosis. 

 pedibus longe cinereo-pilosis, femoribus anticis incrassalis , denle 

 valido , acuta, instructis, libiis modicc arcuatis, intus obsolete cre- 

 nulatis. 



Du. Cat. fol. .(1. y.. p. 3.83. ed. 3. p. :i-(i. 



