Genus 219. — HYPSONOTUS. i53 



rinis tribus argutis instructo, lioc granulato, obsolete albido-tineato, 

 ante medium ampliato; elytris modice convexis, strialo-punctalis, 

 dense albido-.s(juamosh^ dorso plaga commtmi, poslice ungulata, 

 witrorswn j iixta suturam utrinijue producta, fusca, 



Ilabitat in Brasilia. Dom. Steven. Mus. Schh. 



Longituclo corporis, rostro excl., 5 3/^, latitudo elytrorum 2 '/^ lin. 

 Par. Hypsonoto umhroso admodiim affinis, sed vere diversvis, cari- 

 nis rostri omnibus distinctis , versus apicem sub-approximatis, 

 thorace non pulvinato , elytris dorso non iji niedio p;i])bis, colore- 

 que indumenti diverso, etc. Caput deflexmn, subtiliter rugoso- 

 punctatum , nigrum , squamulis albidis parce adspersum ; oculi 

 breviter ovati, parum convexi, nigri; rostrum capitc diuiidio lon- 

 gius, sub-rectum, nigrum , squamulis albidis setulisque minutis 

 fuscis adspersum, apice griseo-pilosum , supra sulcis duobus latis 

 exaratum, adjecto versus lalera utrinque uno angustiore, antice 

 abbreviato, carinulis interjacentibus argutis, glabris, in frontem 

 divaricatim adscendentibus , intermedia ibi duplicata, sulculum 

 includente. Antenne tboracis basin band attingentes, tenues, pi- 

 ceo-nigraj, cinereo-pubescentes. Tborax latitudine baseos band 

 brevior, nee antice angustior, ante medium sat distincte amplia- 

 tus, supra verticem leviler rotundato-productus , pone oculos mo- 

 dice lobatus, basi truncatus; supra parum convexus, verrucis ele- 

 vatis sat crebre obsitus, niger, squamulis aüjidis, in pagina infe- 

 riore , lineaque laterali dorsi utrinque densius, alibi parce ads- 

 persus. Scutellum parvum , sub-triangulare , nigrum, glabrum. 

 Elytra antice conjunctim Icviter cmarginata, tboracis basi paulo 

 latiora, bumeris in callum oblongum in<listincte clevatis; pone 

 humeros ultra medium fcre linearia vel perparum ampliata, mar- 

 gine Ji^terali profunde sinuata, posterius attenuata, apice conjunc- 

 tim sub-acuminata, tborace triplo longiora, supra pone medium 

 aequaliter convexa, versus apicem inferno modice impressa; undi- 

 que remote in dorso aiitico proi'undius seriato-punciata; nigra, 

 squamositate cervino-albida dense vestita, in tergo apiceque sc- 

 tülis nigris erectis adspersa, pone medium dorsi plaga communi, 

 postice determinata, anguium constitucnte, antrorsum juxta su- 

 turam utrinque in vittam loiigitudinalcm producta, fusco-um- 

 brina. Corpus subtus nigrum , squamositate aibida tectum. Pcdes 

 mediocres, nigro-picei, tenuiler cinereo-squamulosi et fusco- 

 setulosi; femonbus apice fascia densius albido-squamosa notalis. 



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