i56 Genus 219. — IHTSONOTUS. 



(/^ 18. II. SCLLPTURATLS. Scilll. 



Ohlongn-ovatua, iiiger, sub-nitiJus ; tliorace sjipra ilisperse puncUtto 

 Ji'moribu:>ijuc nißs, tibiis picfis, rostro /[-sulcato; elylris attcniiatis , 

 atiticc profunde senalo-scrobicuUiüs , transverdm rufjosis , poslicc 

 punctato-sulcatis. 



Q. Var. ß. Thorace femoribusquc x'ufo-piceis ; tibiis saturalio- 

 ribus. 



\\n. y. Tliorace pedibusque piceo-nigris. 



Vatria : Brasilia. 



Ilypsonoto cüipedi colore similis, statura autem latior et pnvto- 



rca rostro /|-sulcato elytroruinque sculptura apertc distinctiis. 



iMafjniludo variat; longit., rostro excl., 5 '/j-y '/a, latit. buiiieralis 



2 V4-3 V4 li"- ^*^i'- Caput parv'um, convexum, nigrum, vcrtice 



vage punctulato, fronte sub-strigosa, medio sulculo brevi exarata ; 



ociili iiiajusculi, ovati, depressi, nigrij i-ostruni capitoplus dupln 



lüugius, iiiüdice crassum, sub-Uneare, extrorsum leviier artua- 



lum, supra sulcis quatuor, ante apiceni abbrcviatis exaratum, 



nigrum, rugoso-punctatum , setulis ininutissimis, griseis, raru 



adspersum, carinula media angusliore, Isvi. Antenn;i.> l)asiii 



tlioracis ferc attingentes, tenues, piccaj, cincreo-pubescentcs. 



Tborax loiigitudine paruiii lalior, pone medium sub-linearis, an- ] 



trorsum angustatus, apice dorsi leviter productus, basi indistincte 



bi-sinuatus, marginatus; supra sub-^ulvinatus , apice transversini | 



impressus, undiquc rcmole et plus minusve evidenter pnnctatus, 



rufus, sub-nilidus, niarginibus bascos apicisque ut et pagina iiilc- 



riore piceo-nigris; canalicuUe dorsalis rudimentum, plerumque 



conspicuuju, intcrdum liaud observandum. ScutcUuia oblongo- 



triangulare, crebre punctulatum, nigrum. Elytra basi sub-truncata 



ibiquo cum bumeris calloso-rxtensis; tborace duplo laliora, pone 



buineros sensiiii angusla(a, margine laterali aut(! medium pro- 



iVindo sinuato; apice conjunctim sub-acuminata-maris tarnen ob- 



tusiora, sub-roturidata ; tborace quadruplo longiora; supra con- 



vexa, a basi ad medium profunde seriato-scrobiculata, srrobiculis 



rugvdis transversis sul>reticulatim sajptis, posterius punttalo- 



sulcata; tota nigra, sub-glabra; in interstitio sexto a sutura, longe 



pone medium, striga abbreviata, tenuissime canoscenti-squamosa, 



nonnunquam observatur; ipsius apicis margine et sutura raro 



sfiuaiiiosilate cja-niodi indutis. Corpus subtus nigrum, anterius 



subtiiilcr, posiice l'oriius puuctalum, seluUs miuulissimis, griseis, 



