56 Gexvs 211. — CLEONUS. 



*93. C. Fajxax. Schh. 



Oblongim^ nitjer, supra tomcnto albldo variegattts, rostro tri-sulcatOj 

 thorace feinere nujoso , in media canaliculato , clytris anterius pro- 

 funde seriato-punctatis , postice tenuitcr striaüs , venire albido-lo- 

 mentoso , punctis mimerosis denudatis. 



* Vau. p. Sulcis lateralibus rostri obsolctis ; thorace, loco caiiali- 

 culae dorsalis , cainnula irregulari , abbreviata , inslructo. 



Ilabitat ad promont. Bonae Spei. Dom. Drege. Mus. Scuh. 



* Var. /3. A Dom. Chevrolat communicatus. 

 Cleomis exqnisitiis. Dom. Chevrolat in litt. 



Ma(;nitutIo et Facies feie Cleoni marmorad; in multis tarnen di- 

 versus, formatione rostri prteripuemo.x discernendus. Caput breve, 

 conve.xum, rugoso-punctatum, nijjrum, tomentoyrisco-all)ido oar- 

 cius adspersum, fronte in mcdiolate sulcata, antice in fundo sulci 

 foveolasat profunda impressa; oculi oblongo-ovali, depressi, nigri ; 

 rostrum capite duplo longius, robustum, teres , undique scrobicu- 

 lato-rugosum, nigrum , parccgrisco-pubescens, dorso sulcis trilms 

 parallelis exaratum , mcdio a canaliculafrontis conünuato. Anten- 

 nae breviusculse , validse , tenuiter cinereo-pvdjescentes , nigra;, basi 

 interdum ferrugineae , clava ovata, sub-acuminata. Tliora.\ latitu- 

 dine baseos ferc longior, anterius angustior, apice sub-bisinua- 

 lus, in medio sciiicet nonniliil produclus, intra apicem transver- 

 sim impressus, latcribus pone stricturam fere rectis, basi iterum 

 bi-sinuatus; supra modice convexus, confeitim scrobiculaln-iu- 

 gosus, in medio dorsi canajicula intogra cxarattis, ad latcra ( al- 

 lis vel tubcrculis aliquot obtusis, cxternis semi-circularilc^r dispu- 

 sitis, elevatis; totus niger, tomento albido, in cavitalibus dorsi 

 lateribusque condensato, alibi parce obsitus , tubcrculis lateralibus 

 glabris, lievibus. Scutellum vix conspicuum. Elytra antice leviter 

 sub-sinuata, tlioracis basi non latiora, marginc elevato; latcribus 

 pone bumeros non ampliata, margine lovitcr bi-sinuato; apice 

 conjunctim rotundata, thorace fere triplo longiora ; supra a^qualitcr 

 convexa, versus apicem tenuitcr, remoie punctato-striata, ante- 

 rius profunde at minus c jucinnc seriaio-punctala, punctis fovci- 

 ll)rmibu.s, rugulis iiucqurlibus praeter ordinem disjunctis; tola ni- 

 gra, tomcato albido varicgaiim adspersa. Corpus suLlus iiigrum , 



