-u Genvs 211. — CLEONUS. 



112. C. CoMPRESsiTHORAX. Clievrolut. 



Oblongus, nujer, pube cinereo-allnda dense adspersus , fronte impres- 

 sa, rostrobrevi, crasso , nide pu7ictcUo ; (liorace antice compresso , 

 pone slricturam angiilariter ampliato , lateiibus recto , supra rüde 

 rur/oso-punctato , antice obsolete carinato ; elytris irrccjulariter pro- 

 funde punctdto-slrialis , obsolete obtüpte fusco-fasciatis. 

 Var. ß parcius squamosus, capite rostro thoracisque dorso 

 denudatis, elytris plagis magnis denudalis; forte detritus. 



Patria : Caput Bonae Spei, A Dom. Chevrolat; CafPraria. A 

 Dom, EcKLON et Zeyher ad describendum benevole communi- 

 catus. 



Ilabitu fere Cleoniretusi, sed dimidio minor, rosüo tcreti, non 

 carinato, thurace aliter sculpiurato, etc., ab illo distinctus. Ca- 

 put breve, supra paulo convexum, subtiliter coriaceum et obso- 

 lete remote punctulatum, nigrum, dense albido-pubescens; fronte 

 inter oculos obsolete impressa , profunde punctata; oculi late- 

 rales, sub-rofundali, parum promiunli, nigin; rostrum capite 

 fereduplo longius et dimidio anguslius, crassum, teres, parum 

 arcuatum, sat rüde sub-remote punctatum, nigrum, dense albi- 

 do-pubescens. Antennae validae, nigra», toinenlo cinoreo-albido 

 vcstitae, clava oblonga, valde acuta. Tboraxlatitudine baseos paulo 

 brevior, apice truncatus, intra apicem profunde et late constric- 

 tus vel eompressus, mox pone stricturam angulariter ampliatus, 

 dein lateribus versus basin rectis; postice profunde bi-sinuatus, 

 supra modicc convexus , rüde sub-remote rugoso-punctatus, 

 dorso antico carinula abbreviata, obsoleta, notatus; niger, pube 

 nivea, depressa, dorso parcius ad latera etsubtus dense obsitus. 

 Scutellum nullum. Elytra antice singulatim nonnibil rotundata, 

 ibique tboracis basi paulo laliora, bumcris rotundatis, non eleva- 

 tis; pone basin et ultra medium linearia, apice ipso conjunctim 

 obtuse rotundata, tborace vix triplo longiora, supra modice con- 

 vexa, pone scutellum et supra humeros leviter impressa, rüde 

 minus regulariter punctato-striata , transversim remote rugosa; 

 nigra, tonuMito dense niveo vestita; singulo clytro lasciis duabus 

 obliquis dorsalibus una ante, altera pone medium, parcius squa- 

 mosis, decorata. Corpus subtus subtiliter confertim coriaceum, ni- 

 grum, tomento depresso, niveo, unicolori, dense obsitum. Pedes 

 mediocres, vaiidi, nigri, tomento niveo obsiti, femoribus parum 

 clavatis, muticis; tibiis teretibus, i'cctis; larsis modicc dilatatis, 

 sublus fusco-spougioöis, — Huy. 



