8 Gexis 3 11— CLEOXl'S. 



Tlioracis dorso basifoveola impresso, apice obsolete carinato, elytris 

 tenuiter usque ad basin punctalo-striatis. — Fhs. 



Falderm. Faun. Ent. Tratiscaucas. II. p. 184. ^iG. Tab. G. f. 3. 

 — m. p. 184. 



Palria : Sil)iria oi'ientalis, Persia occidcntalis. 



-^Q. iG. C. Nebulosis. Linne. 



Ebngalus, niger, cinereo-pubcsccns , clytris punctalo-striatis , dorso 

 sparsim sub-lacUnosis , posticc attenuatis , femince acuminatis , fas- 

 ciis obliquis punclisque denudalis, thorace longiorc roslroque ca- 

 rinatis, untennarum arliculis octavo et nono lonyiludine cetjualibus. 



Synonymiam, V. Huj. op. II. p. 177. n" i.^. 



Cleonus id. Steph. Brit. Ent. IV. p. i54. 2. 

 Curculio id. Sahlb. Ins. Fenn. II. p. 114. 3. 



Lixus id. (?)Latr. Hisl. nut. XI. p. 114. 1 1'. 



Patria : tota Europa. 



Statura et magnitudine Cleonisulciroslris. Caput breve, nigruni, 

 subtiliter coriacoum, pulx* cinerea, interdum hrunnesconte, ad- 

 spersuin, fronte iu mcdio carinata, antico imprcssa; oculi oblong!, 

 nigri, laterales, parum promiuuli; rostruin capitc vix duplo lou- 

 gius, crassum, nonnihil arcuatum, nigruni, rugoso-punctatum , 

 pube grisea, depressa, nonnunqtiam ocbraceo-tincta,tectum, re- 

 licta carina longitudinali nuda, sat elevata, intcr radices anten- 

 narum sub-duplicata, fovcolam oblongani includentc. Antcnn;e 

 rostro cumcapite paruni longiores, nigi-ae, articulo octavo vel fu- 

 niculi ultimo sequentibus longitudine vi.\ superante, clavaacunii- 

 nata, cinereo-pubosrentc Tliorax latitudinc ])aseos band brevior, 

 anterius paulo angustiur, sub-coarctaius, apice late eniarginatus, 

 basi bi-sinuatus, supra parum conve.xus, nigcr, rugoso-punctatus, 

 ab apice ultra medium carinula, sat distincta, notatus, posticc in 

 medio imprcssus; juxta carinulam utrinque iiiga longitudinali, 

 temere punctata, ponc medium extrorsum arcuata, versus basia 

 herum introrsum flcxa, spatio medio inteijocto, linea arcuata, 

 ruga exterius adjacente, postice sub-dunlicata, strigaque antica 

 laterali cinereo vel brunnescer.ti-tomenijsis. Scutellum n il! .m. 

 Elytra autice thoracis basi parum latiora, sed illo fere quintuplo 



