Genus 2 i i . — CLEONUS. m 



sequaliter squamosa, macula tantum media parva liturisquc dua- 

 bus, una luimerali, altera in callo postico utroque, fuscis, non- 

 nunquam obsoletis , interstitiis alternis basi sub-elcvatioribus. 



Fhs. 



* 172. C. OUBITALIS. Scillt. 



Ob/otigus, nujer, cincreo-nlbido-pubescens; rostro obsolete bi-sutcnio 

 tenuiter carinnlato; thorace alutaceo , disperse punctata , clorso basi 

 impresso, vilta lateraü iifriurpie densius albo-tomentosa; elytris tho- 

 race purum latioribus, basi murgiiie alba nigrocpie variegatis, 

 versus apicem obsolete fusco-nebulosis , media lineola sub-denti- 

 data. 



Patria .Algier Africes. Mus. Schh. 



Magnitudinc Cleoni albicantis, a quo differt praecipue indumen- 

 to haud e squamulis scd pube formato, elytris basi tboracis per- 

 paium latioi'ibus, textura picturaque diversis, etc. Caput deflexum, 

 crebrepunctulatum, nigrum, orbita oculorum anticc interrupta, 

 lineolaque verticis dense aUio-tomentosis, superficie reliqua sub- 

 glabra; oculi semi-ovati, sub-depressi, nigri; rostrum capite di- 

 niidio longius, rectum, extrorsum sub-atlenuatum , dorso sulcis 

 duobus vadosis, carinula teiiui disjunctis, exaratuiu, uudique 

 crebre punctulatum, nigpum , in sulcis densius, alibi paicc albi- 

 do-pubescens. Antennas verticcm parum excedentes , piceo-ni- 

 grte, scapo funiculoque basi rufescentibus, clava elongato-ovata, 

 acuminata, articulis apice albo-sericeo-angulatis. Thorax latitu- 

 dine postica haud brevior , antice angustior, mox intra apicem 

 abrupte ampliatus , ad basin dein sub-linearis vel leviter tantum 

 dilatatus, postire medio nonnihil angulato-productus , apice 

 utrinque sinuato-lobatus, supra modice convexus, undique sub- 

 tiliter alutaceus , punctis niajusculis parcc adspersus, in lobo ba- 

 seos fovea excavatus, niger , vitta laterali utrinque , antice inferne 

 sinuata, maculisque tribus marginalibus baseos dorsi dense albi- 

 do-tomentosis , superficie rcli(|ua tenuissime cinereo-pubescente. 

 Elytra basi conjunctim eniarginata ibique tborace vix latiora, 

 juxta basin breviter levissimc ampliata, apice singulatim sub-acu- 

 minata, tborace triplo longiora, supra sub-sequaliter convexa, 

 antice evidenter, postice obsolelius punctato-striata, Stria extima 

 interrupte lacunosa; nigra, pnbe cinci'eo-albida, antice densiore, 

 versus apicem insequali , sub-variegatim induta , medio versus la- 

 lera utrinque lineola obliqua denudata et in ipso margine baseos 



