>io Genus 183. — LIXLS. 



profunde regulariter striatim punctata , interstitiis planis , subti- 

 lissime coiiaceis;supra humeros leviter ad angfuluin scutellarem sat 

 prohinde impi-essa, siii^julo versus apiceni carinula parum elevata, 

 obliqua,notato; tota nigra, pube sat densa , depressa , cinerea et 

 pulvere flavescenti adspersa, (Ictrpus subtus nigrum , subtiliter 

 puiictulalum, 2:>ube depressa grisea dense tectuni, Pedes mediocres, 

 validi, nigri, pube grisca adspersi ; antici validiores; tarsis piceis, 

 elongatis, subtus fulvo spongiosis. — Hhn. 



9. L. AcuMiNAxrs. Dcjean. 



Eloivjatus , nicjer, dense giiseo-pubescens , sulphureo-poUitiosus , rostro 

 siibrccto , evklenlrr punctulalo , basi carinato , tliorace eAongato , 

 coriaceo , rcmote varioloso , ante scutrllnm profunde apicem versus 

 leviter impresso, cljtris sui profunde slriato-punclatis, apice acute 

 mncronatis. 



Habitat in Senegalia. PJus. Dom. Chevrolat, ad describendum 

 benevole missus. 



L. turbato minor , praesertim brevior et crassior. Caput breve, 

 nigruni, subtiliter crebre punctulatum , pube grisea adspersum ; 

 Irons deflexa, lineola inter oculos longitudinali , abbreviata , iti- 

 sculpta ; oculi laterales , ovati , transversi , nigri , liaud proniinuli ; 

 rostrum thorace mullo brevius, crassiusculum , teres , parum ar- 

 ouatuni, a basi ultra medium, carinula parum elevata, instructum ; 

 dorso subtiliter conftirliui versus latera profundius punctatum 

 totum nigrum, pube cinerea adspersum, tenuissime flavescenti- 

 pollinosum. Antennre longe pone medium rostri sita^, vix longitu- 

 dine tlioracis , minus tenues , nigra;, pulvere tenui flavescenti 

 obsitfe, clava oblonga , aeuminata, cinereo-pubescente. Thorax la- 

 titudinebaseos multo longior, apice truncatus, anlerius angustior, 

 posterius sensim amplialus, basi bi-sinuatus, supra modice con- 

 vexus, niger , subtiliter coriaceus, punclis vagis, sat profundis 

 minus crebre impressus , ante scutellum foveola profunda , ovata , 

 et in dorso antico alia obsoleta insculptus, poUine flavescenti pu- 

 bequc grisea dorso parcius ad lateradense obsitus. Scutellum nulluni. 

 Elytra thoracis basi haud lariora, quam lata triplo longiora, sub- 

 cylindrica, pone medium apicem versus angustata, apice attenuata, 

 in spinam elongatam , reclam , excurrentia; supra convexa, ni{;ra, 

 regulariter Int profunde striato-punctata, instcrslitiis planis, sub- 

 tiliter coriaceis , pulvere sulpbureo pubeque cinerea undique sat 

 deiisc adspersa; faveola supra humeros et pone angulos scutcllares 

 obsolete impressa. Corpus subtus nigrum , dense ciuereo-pubescens 



