,6o Genus 0.9. _ IIYPSOXOTUS. 



dorso laioribusque granulis glabris, nitidis, partim porosis, con- 

 fertiin adsporsis; canalicula dorsalis rudinientiun vix obsirvan- 

 duin. Siuiflluin sul)-triani;ularc , nijjmiii alljidu-squanmlosum. 

 Elytra thoracc duplo latiora ot plus triplo longiora, basi coiijiinc- 

 liiii leviter emarginata, pone humcros oblique calloso-elevaiis ad 

 medium linearia, dein scnsim angustata, margine sinuata, apic«' 

 sub-dchiscciitia, acuminata; supra sub-pulvinata, sutura poslitc 

 minus alle carinala, regulariter et anleiius profunde slrlato- 

 punctata, punctis squama albida uuijjilicatis, nigra, squamosiiat< 

 silacea, certo lumine aurco-fulgento , setulis fuscis parce mixta, 

 dorso tcnuins, latiuibus api(('([ue dcnsius vestita, in medio fascia 

 sub-maculari, abbreviata, lincola Ijaseos utrintiuc, punrtisquc 

 in clevationc postica lateribusque sparsis dilutius flavescenti- 

 squamosis. Corpus subtus et pedes piceo-nigra, squamulis silac('i> 

 obsita ; libiis anticis apice arcuatis, omuibus extrorsum griseo- 

 pilosis. — Fjis. 



* 23. II. MoLiTon. Sclih. 



Oblongo-ovatus,piccus, squnmositatc anjenten, in captlc cumrostro 

 uni-canaato jicdihusqne carnea, aurco-nucantc , dcme vcstitia; 

 tiwrnce obsolete yranulato ; elylris striato-pitnclatis , postice panim 

 cotnpresso-etnvatis , fascia media obli(pia, sub-denudata , huinens 

 sub-rechmgidatis. 



Patria : Rio Janeiro, Brasiliae. Mus. Schh. A descriplore dona- 

 tus. 



Jlypsonoto rolundicotli et urbubso satis alTniis; ab ulrocjuc lauion 

 distinctus vidctur, tborace obsoletius granulato, bumcris minus 

 obliquis, pagina superiore vix setulosa, colorcque indumenti alio. 

 etc. Individuis minoribus earinndem specierum magnitudiiic 

 a-qualis. Caput breve sub-pornriinn, ;o((ualiter convexuiii, pi- 

 eeum, squanmlis carneis, mculli(o-l"ulgentii)us, teclum, fro^ife 

 foveola oblonga impressa; oculi ovali, sub-depressi, nigri; rostrum 

 capite duplo longius, basi latitudinc Irontis, apice nonnibil am- 

 pliatum et arcuatum, dorso in medio carinula distineta nolaiuin, 

 sulcis dorsalibus vix ullis vel obsoletis, ad lalera vero utiiu(iue 

 canali dislincüure exaratum, totum piceum , squamositatc uti 

 caput undique obductum. Antennae basin tboracis attingunt, 

 leniies, picea^, parce cinereo-pubescentes. Tborax latitudinc ba- 

 seos non longior, antice nonnibil angustior, ante mc<bum sat 

 anipliatus, supra vcrticcm leviter productus, pone oculos obtusc 

 lobatus, basi sub-truncalus ; supra modice convexas, obsolete 



