2^4 Gencs 244. — EPIC/ERUS. 



Maxinius hujus fjeneris. Lonpitudo Clconi stilcirosfris, sod an- 

 {'uslior, a relüjuis liujus generis , ihorace rugoso, elytris poste- 

 rius compressis, elcvatis, carinalis, inoxdisliiictus. Caput latiiia, 

 rrassum, supra niodice convexuin , ohsolüte sub-ieuiole puncta- 

 tum, uigruui , .sub-niliduui, squamulis pililurniibus, giiscLs, ad- 

 spersum ; fronte foveola sat profunda insculpta; oculi laterales, 

 sub-ovati, niodice prominuli, nigii; rostruni capitc paulo longius 

 et amnislius, ciassum, snb-rectmn, supra plaiuini . iiiedio loiigi- 

 ludinaiilei- lale iniprcssuiii et in inipressione raiialiculatuni , apice 

 trian>'ulariler cniarginatum, ciliatum, nigrum, punctatum, parce 

 priseo-squainosuni. Anlcnnae sub-tenucs, nigra;, parce pilusffi, 

 rlava oblonga, aciiniinala. Tborax laliludiiic baseos longior, basi 

 apicofiue truncatus, lateribus a basi ad medium reclis, tum api- 

 rem versus sonsim angustatis; supra convexus, sat rüde sed pa- 

 lum profunde rugosus, superficie interjacente confertim coriacea, 

 dorso longitudinaliter sulcato, sulco in medio iiUerdum abrupto; 

 lateribus versus basin obli([ue transversim eanaliculalis; totus ni- 

 ger, sub-niliilus, s(iuamulis griseis, in cupreum nonuiliil vergeii- 

 tibus, adspersus. Scutellum nulluni. Elytra oblonga, anticc trun- 

 cata, thoracis basi patdo latiora, pone basin nonnibil anipliata, 

 apicem versus anguslaia, apice singulatim acuininata, brcvissime 

 rnucronata, tborace triplo longiora, supra convexa, dorso posti- 

 co ad suturam valde comprcssa, elevata, gibba, carinata, dein 

 perpendicularitcr defle^a, punctis parum profundis, rotundis, 

 sub-remotis, seriatim inipressa, interstitiis fere planis, basi trans- 

 versim rugosis, subtilissimc eoriaceis ; tora nigra, sul)-iiitida, 

 s([uamuiis {;riseis, cupreo-micantibus nebidosa, l'aseiis utrinque 

 duabus ()bli(juis, denudatis, insignila. Corpus subtus nigrum , ob- 

 solete coriaceum, squanmlis sub-enpreo niicantibus sat denseob- 

 situm. Pedes validi, ni{;ri, squamulis griseis, cupreis mixtis obsiti, 

 pid)eque pallida adspersi; lemoribus modice elavatis, mulicis; ti- 

 biis tcrclibus, reclis, anticis apice intus uncinalis. — ßji.x. 



(fQ. 5. E. Fallax. ScIiI,. 



Ohlouffus , iiiger , .<;(iuniniifis ciiierco-aUndis inaiqunliter parce ,, sub- 

 tus Idterihnscjue sonliilc ulbidis densc obsilus, rnslro latc impresso; 

 thontce nbloncjo , convexo , subtUisslme crehre pimctulatn , poslicc 

 canaUculato; elytris longioribus , sub-cytindricis, posterius declivi- 

 bus, ante tnediutn macula disci et pone medium fnscia obliqua al- 

 bida ornatis , vunctis profundis, sub-remotis iinprcssis, apice acu- 

 rninatis. 



