88 Genls 183. — LIXUS. 



Thorax latitudine baseos vix longior, antice angustior, truncatus, 

 posterius sensim ampliatus,basi leviter bi-.sinuatus, supra modice 

 convexus, niger , undique siibtililer confertim ru^yulosus, sat deuse 

 albido-pubescens et pollinosus. Scutellum nulluni. Elytra elonp,ata, 

 thoracis basi paulo latiora eoque triplo lonyiora , utrumque ad 

 angulum scutellarem rotundata , linearia , apicem versus citius an- 

 (justata, apice ipso singulatim rotundata, supra modice convexa, 

 subtiliterstriatini punctata, inters(itiisplanis,subtilissime coriaceis, 

 pone scutellum et supra humeros leviter impressa , nigra , pube 

 albida versus latera magis condensata et pulvere roncolore, undique 

 sat dense obsita. Corpus subtus nigrum, obsolete punctulatuin , 

 dense albido-pubescens et pollinosum. Pedes validiusculi , nigri , 

 mutici, dense albido-pubescentes ; tarsis subtus fulvo-spongiosis. 



Bhn. 



* Il5. L. CoNSENl SCENS. Sclih. 



EtonyaUis, nujer, obscurus , parce cinereo-pubescens , antennis tarsis- 

 fjue rufo-fevruijmeis , rostro longiore , tenuhre, crebre punctato , 

 thorace confertim varioloso , basi leviter impresso, elytris subtiliter 

 striato-punctatis , fernigineo-marginatis. 



Patria : Tauria. Dom. Steven. Mus. Schh. 



Majjnitudo et summa similitudo Lixi senicnlijrostro longiore,te- 

 nuiore, elytris magis oblon;;is, etc., ab illo facile distinctus. Caput 

 minutum, oblongum, nigrum, confertim striolato-rugosum, cine- 

 reo-pubesrcns; oculi oblongi, transversi , nigri, haud prominentes; 

 rostrnni longitudine thoracis, validum,subrectum,teres, nigrum , 

 obscurum , sat crebre punctatuni , cinereo-pubescens. Antennae 

 tenues,rufo-ferrugine8e,clava oblongo-ovata, acuminata, cinereo- 

 pubescente. Thorax latitudine baseos longior , apice truncatus , 

 anterius angustatus, lateribus parum rotundato-ampliatus, basi 

 sat profunde bi-sinuatus , tenue marginatus, supra parum conve- 

 xus, punctis minus profundis variola^-formibus , sat crebre im- 

 pressus, superficie interjacente subtiliter coriacea , ante scutellum 

 leviter impressus, niger, obscums, pube grisea undique tenue ad- 

 spersus. Scutellum minutum, immersum. Elytra oblonga , basi 

 singulatim perparum rotundato-producta , antice thoracis basi vix 

 Idtiora, cylindrica, thorace triplo longit>ra, apicem versus augus- 

 tala, apice ipso conjunctiin obtuse rotundata, supra modice con- 

 vexa , subtiliter striato-punctata , inferstitiis planis , subtilissime 

 coriaceis; tota nigra, ni;ngine laterali feringiueo, pube cinerea 



