48 Genus 183. — LIXÜS. 



tulatis, medio transversim , impressis ; totus piceus, pube cinerea 

 adspersus. Scutellum immersum , vix observandum. Elytra basi 

 sitK'ulatini nonnihil rotundato producta, antiee thorace paulo 

 latiora et illo vix triplo loiiffiora, humeris parum prominulis, 

 rotundatis ; fere linearia , cyündrica , apicetn versus angustata , 

 apice ipso conjunctiin rotundata, supra convexa , subtiliier punc- 

 tato-slriata,sutura interstitiisquealternis elevatioribus, sub-costatis, 

 subtilissime coriaceis; pone scuteHum profunde lateque supra hu- 

 nieros ieviter impressa; tota obscure l'erru^jfinea , sub-nitida , pube 

 cinerea undique parce adspersa. Corpus subtus nigro-piceum , 

 subtilissime creberrime punctulatum, pube cinerea parce adsper- 

 sum ; segmentorum ventralium marginibus anoque dllutius ferru- 

 gineis, Pedes validi, obscure ferruginei , pube cinerea obsiti ; fe- 

 moribus modice clavatis , muticis ; tibiis rectis , apice uncinatis ; 

 tarsiö dilatatis , subtus fulvo-spongiosis. — Bhn. 



63. L. NuiuLosi's. Sclili. 



Oblonyus , rufo-castaneits , pube cinerea varlcgatus, capile rostroque 

 nigro-piceis , rostro brevi, recto, basi carinato, rugoso ^ thorace co- 

 riaceo, rerriote punctato , basi canaliculato , utrinque transversim 

 impresso, elytris pxinctato-striatis , cinereo-nebulosis, 



Habitat in Senegalia. Mus. Dom. Ghevrolat. 



L. bardame paulo longior, sed fere duplo latior. Caput breve, 

 rotundatum , nigrum , subtiliter punctulatum , pube cinerea ad- 

 spersum ; frons deilexa , ])uncto parvo , inter oculos impressa ;oculi 

 laterales, sat magni, oblong!, transversi ; band prominuli, nigri; 

 rostrum breve , capite dimidio longius , crassum , subrectum , 

 tcres , nigrum, basi distincte carinatum , striolato-rugosum , ad 

 apiceni subtiliter punctulatum , lineola inter antennas longitu- 

 dinali , abbreviata , impressum , pube cinerea tenue adt-persum. 

 Antennai, minus tenues, rufo -ferrugineai, albido-pub#oCcntes. 

 Thorax latitudine longior , apice sinuato-emarginatus , anterius 

 paulo angiislior, posterius rionniliil ampliatus, basi bi-sinuatus, 

 tenue elevato-marginatus, supra convcxus, rufo-castaneus , sub- 

 tiliter coriaceus, remote minus profunde vage punctatus, sulculo 

 lon;;itudinaii versus basin canaliculatus, in medio lateris utrius- 

 que i'uveola parum profunda, transversim impressus,dorso parcius, 

 ad latera densius cinereo-pubescens. Scutellum nulluni. Elytra tho- 

 racic basi haud latiora, (juam lata vix triplo longiora, cylindrica, 

 apicem versus citius angustata, apice ipso conjunctim obtuse ro- 



