•»44 Genus 219. — mPSONOTl'S. 



Synonymiam vide Huj. op. II. p. 254. 3. — Adele : 



Hypsonolus id. Dejean. Calat. Col. cd. 2. p. aSg. ed. 3. p. 282. 



Hypsonotus calheloplateus. Perty. Delcclus anim. arlicul. p. 74. 

 Tab!. i5.f. 3. 



Patria : Brasilia 



Longitudo femina;, rostro excluso, 8, laliludo niedii 2 ',., lin. 

 Paris. Mas paulo minor et in elylris anyustior. Caput convexuin , 

 nigrum, sub-glabrum, vertice suhlUiter punctulato , fronte decli- 

 vi, longitudinaliter rugosa, medio suiculo brevi iuipressa; oculi la- 

 terales, roluiulati,perparurn convexi, nigri; roslrum eapitc paulo 

 longius , crassiusculuin, lineare,» rectum , rugoso-punctatum, 

 parce griseo-setulosum , dorso carinis tribus parallelis, interme- 

 dia argutioic, laevi, elevatis, sulcis duobus interjacentibuslate ex- 

 aratis, adjecto alio utrinquc, a margine orulnruui ad iiiscrtionem 

 antennaruui oblique duclo. Antcnuaj medium tlioracis paulo exce- 

 dentes, tenues, nigrae, cinereo-pubescentes. Thorax latitudine 

 paulo longior, sub-cylindricus, antice supra leviter productus, 

 lobis ocularibus acutis; basi truncatus; dorso valdc convexus, la- 

 teribus inferne nonnibil compressis ; supra lateribusque verrucis 

 confertissimis , nitidis, sat elevatis, obsitus, niger, praeter lineam 

 infra-lateralem , albo-squamulosam , interdum obliteratam, vix 

 nisi glaber, vel in dorso tantum setulis minutissimis raro adsper- 

 sus. iScutellum parvum , apice sub-rotundatum , evidenter puncta- 

 tum , concolor. Elytra antice conjuuctim leviter sinuata , clcvato- - 

 marginata, thorace paulo latiora, humeris calloso-elevatis, pone i 

 bumeros usque ad apicem sensim angustata , apice ipso in mare J 

 conjunctim rotundata, in femina sub-acuminata, plus minusve 

 distincte mucronata, tliorace triplo longiora, dorso posterius ad- 

 modum convexa, lateribus compressis, versus apicem in mare ab- 

 rupte declivia, in fernina perpendiculariter descendentia, sutura 

 sub-costata ; a basi ultra medium confertim et profunde striato- 

 punctata, vel dorso potius sub-clatbrata, rugis scilicel transversis 

 elevatis puncta excavatasatregulariter claudentibus; postice punc- 

 tato-sulcata , interstitiis ibi convexis , excepto extimo longitudi- 

 naliter intruso; nigra, sub-nitida, versus apicem fusco-pilosa , de 

 canero fere glabra, vel squaiiiulis tantum minutissimis albidis raro 

 adspersa, bis vero in vittam discoidalcm, postice ad suturam 

 flexam, aliamque marginalem nonnumquam cvidentius conden- 

 satis; versus medium laterum insuper punctum unum alterumve 

 uiveo-squamosum interdum conspicitur. Corpus subtus nigrum. 



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