128 Genus 18G. — LARINüS. 



sub-emar{;inatus, laleribusobliqiiis, parumam)iliatis;basi profunde 

 bi-sinuatus, snpra modice convexus, punctis majjnis, parum pro- 

 fundis, variolae-formibus , inaequaliter impressus, niger, parce 

 rinereo-tomentosus. Scntellum \ix observandum. EIvtra antice 

 sinffulatim rotundato-producta , elevato-inar{;inata, tboracis basi 

 paulo latiora, pone basin nonnlhil ampllata, dein fere linearia, 

 apice etiam singulatim rotundata, tborace quadrnplo lonffiora, 

 supra convexa , intra basin transversim impressa , distincte, sub-re- 

 mote punctato-striata , interstitiis latis , planis, confertim subtiliter 

 alutaceis; nigra, tomento cinereo maculatim tessellata. Corpus 

 subtus confertim punctulatum , nigriim, magis nitidum, parce ci- 

 nerco-puboscens. Pedes mediocres, nigri , cinereo-pnbcscentes; fe- 

 moribus sub-clavatis, muticis; tarsis longiusculis, parum dilatatis. 



Ghl. 



ÖQ 38. L. Obtusus. 



Breviter ovalns, niger, tomento fusco -flavescente variegalus, rostro 

 brevi , crusso , incwvo, supra Icviter carinnlo, snb-angalato , tho- 

 race brevi, puiictato, elytris punctato-striatis , interstitiis planis, sub- 

 tiliter granulatis. 



Larinus id. Sturm. Ins. Cat. 1826. p. 160. 



Rhinobatus maculosus. Dom. Megeiile a Muhlfeld in Litteris. 



Larinus sturnus. Steph. Brit. Ent. IV. p. iSg. n° i.? 



Habitat in Austria , Bannatu, Caucaso, Tauria, Volhynia. Mus. 

 SciiH. et Ghl. 



Larino piano Germ, multo brevior, sed non angustior, rostri forma 

 longc alia, etc. Caput latum, sub-depressum, confertissime puncta- 

 tum, nigruai , opacum , tomento cinereo adspersum ; oculi perpen- 

 diculares, ovati, brunnei, parum prominuli ; rostrum capito parum 

 longius,valdecrassum, deflexum , incurvum ,sub-angulatum, con- 

 fertim punctatum. supra carinula abbreviata instructum , nigrum, 

 opacum, ( increo-tomentosum. Antenna' breves, crasste, subrecta, 

 piceae, cinerco-pubcscentes. Tliorax lirevis , transversus, antice 

 multo anguslior, apice leviter emai'ginatus, lateribus oblique am- 

 pliatus,basi profunde bi-sinuatus, angulis lateralibus acutis; supra 

 convexus, sub-pulvinatus, confertim ruguloso punctalus, niger, 

 opacus, tomento obscure flavescente, versus latera densiore, ad- 

 spcrsus. Scutellum oblongo-triangulare, nigrum, punctatum. Elytra 

 breviter ovata , antice singulalim rotundala , tlioracis basi aiote ap- 

 pbcata ibique illo paulo latiora , Iateril)us ampliata , apice conjuru- 



