222 Genus 22g. — LEPTOPS. 



baseos brevior, apice late et profunde emarginatus, pone oculos 

 lobatus, intra lobus constrictus, laieribiis dein lectis, parallelis j 

 basi evidenter bi-sinuatus, in uiedio productus; supra nioilice 

 cunvexus, rüde rugosus, nigcr, squamis cinerco-albidis sat dcu^e 

 obsilus, touiento rariorc fusco-grisco imniixto; dorso antice Fovea 

 rolunda, cvidentiore abaque intra basin sub-transversa, minus 

 profunda, iinpiesso, in medio carinida longiiudinali, olisolota, 

 notaiü. Sculolluni parvum, sub-triaiigulare, elovauiui, nigruni, 

 dense albido-squaniosum. Elytra antice singulatini rotundaio- 

 producta, tboracis basi paulo latiora, pone basin abrupte aniplia- 

 ta, bumeris oblique in tubcrculnm exlensisj versus apicem atte- 

 nuata, niargine latcraH inflexo, niox pone basin lireviter ileruui- 

 que in nicdio lato s-inuato ; apice ipso conjunctim sub-acuniinata, 

 tborace quadruplo longiora ; supra circa scuteUuni conjunctim 

 depressa, dorso posterius sub-gibbosa, evidenter striata, in striis 

 remote et profunde punctata, intcrslitio secundo a sutura Ijasi 

 elevatiore, quarlo in callo poslico desinente; tota nigra, squauio- 

 sitate cinerco-albida obtecta, tomento fusco-und)rino in ipso 

 apice densius, alibi parce adspersa. Corpus subtus nigrum, sub- 

 coriaceuui, squainis fusco-cinereis, in pectore anoque magis 

 condensatis vcstitum. Pedes longiuscuH, nigri, dense cincreo- 

 squaniosi , pube rariorc , albida , adspersi, fenioribus sub-siuipli- 

 cihus, vix clavatis, tibiis terelibus, anticis apice nounibil incur- 

 vis, tarsis dilatatis, subtus griseo-spongiosis. — Fiis. 

 An fcmina Leptopis scjualidi ? 



* 3. L. Squalidus. Schh. — Hiij. op, II. p. 3oo. 4- 



Palria : Nova lloUandia. 



4. L. Crenatl's. Sclili, 



Oblong o-ovatus, niger, stpiamulis silaceis aclspei'sus, rodro qiiadri- 

 sulcato, medio carinato ; tliorace rüde riigoso, dorso cruciatiiii im- 

 p7-e.^so, carinula media abbreviala inslnicto; elylris remote purum 

 profumle pwicUito-strialis , sutura intcrstitüsque alternis dorsalibus 

 tubercidatis. 



Patria : Kova Ilollandia. E Museo Acad. Imp. Alexandrino 

 descriptus. 



Leplopi Itiberculato vix longior, sed in elytris niulto latior. Caput 

 brevc, crassum, supra convexuni, nigrum, opacum, obsolete punc- 

 lulaium, squaniulis silaceis parce adspersum , inier oculos fovcola 



