3o6 . Gent-'s 253. — TRYSmiUS. 



tum; infra ociüos obsolete iinpressum, apiccm versus depressum, 

 nigruni, glabrum. Antenna; llioracis medium nonatliugeutes, cras- 

 siusciila^, nigiiP, clava ovata, acuminata, griseo-pubcscentc. Tho- 

 rax latitudine postica nonnibU longior, basi apiceque ti'uncatus, 

 antcriusauguslior,intraapieemleviterconslrictus,ponestrietuiam 

 rotundaio-ampliatus , pone medium versus basin iterum nonnibil 

 aiigustatus, supra parum convexus, sidjtiliter remote puuctulatus, 

 utrinque in medio leviter impressus, niger, glaber. Scutellum mi- 

 nutum, trianguläre, nigrum. Elytra antice conjunctim leviter 

 cmarginata, llioraris basi nonnibil latiora , bumeris antiorsum 

 prominulis; mox pone basin ampliata, a medio apiccm versus 

 angusiata, apicc ipso conjunctim rotundata, tliorace triplo lon- 

 giora , supra valdc convexa, postice declivia, subtiliter distincte 

 süiato-punctata, punctis striarum remotis, Stria subtili connexis, 

 inlerstitiis planis, vage subtiliter su])-remote punctulatis et trans- 

 versim obsolete strigosis; tola nigra, parum nilida, glabra. Cor- 

 pus nigrum, nilidum, pectore segmentoque idtimo abdominis 

 crebre, venire parcius punctatis. Pedes clongali , validi , nigri, 

 punctati; femoribus clavaiis, muticis; tibiis parce pubcscentibus, 

 teretibus, rectis, basi tcnuioiibus , apice intus acute uncinatis; 

 tarsis angustis, sidjtus fusco-setosis. — Bhn. 



3. T. Olivieri. ScIiIi. 



Ovalus, nlfjer, iminacntalvs, capile rostrorjue suhlllilcr sub-rcmotc 

 imnclalis; tliorace latcribus tubcrculato , dorso subültssime rcmotc 

 pitnclulalo; elytris punctis striatis^ remolis , parum profundls im- 

 pressis; interstiliis subtiUssime remole punctulatis , latcribus inßexis 

 confertim granulatis , striis duabus profundis itnpressis. 



Liparus Tenebrioides. Olivier. E)it. V. 83. p. 287. 3i i. T. Zj.. 

 f. 493. 



Molytes Tenebrioides. Huj. op. II. p. 36o. 16. 



Palria : Arcbipel, insula3 et Oriente. E Mus. Dom. Chevrolat ad 

 describendum cominunicalus. 



Affmis carte Trysibii Tenebrioidis, sed duplo major , elytris basi 

 iion coslatis, ab illo mox distinctus. Caput crassum, rotundatum, 

 vertice crebrius in fronte sub-rcmotc subtiliter punctatum, ni- 

 gi'um , sub-nitidum, intcr ocidos puncto proFundo insciilplum; 

 oculi oblongi, pcrpcndiculares, nigro-brunnci , baud proiuinuli; 

 rostrum capite dimidio longius, crassum, sub-arcuatum , remote 

 punctulatum, intcr antcnnas canalicula valde abbrcviata , tenui, 



