Genus 189. — NERTHOPS. i53 



Genus 189. NERTHOPS. Nobis (i). 

 Lixus Oliv. — Rhinobatus Dejean. — Rhyncintes Wiedem. 



Character generis. — Antennae brevissimae, crassiusculas, sub-in- 

 fractcT; scapo brevissimo, sub-clavato; funiculo 7-articulato; arti- 

 culis duobus basalibus brevibus, sub-turbinatis, S-y transversis, 

 valde coarctatis, successive latioribus, ultimo clavae arcte adnexo ; 

 clava ovata, acuminata. 



Rostrum longitudine capitis, crassiusculum, teres, paulo arcua- 

 tum; scrobs curvata, linearis, sensim subtus flexa. 



Oculi laterales, maximi, rotundati, infra caput fere connexi, non- 

 nihil prominentes. 



Thorax transversus, basi Icviter bi-sinuatus, lateribus valde am- 

 pliato-rotundatus, juxta apicem subito angustatus, antice trunca- 

 tus, supra pei'parum convexus. 



Scutellum sat magnum , trianguläre. 



Elytra oblongo-subquadrata, basi singulatim rotundata, humc- 

 ris obtuse angulatis; supra modice convexa , apice obtuse rotun- 

 data, anuna haud occultantia. 



Observ. — Corpus ovato-sub-quadratum , parum convexum, squa- 

 mulosum; minoris magnitudinis. 



* I. N. GuTTATUS. 



Niger, antennis tarsisque piccis , thorace. amplo , granulato-punctato, 

 sub-carmato, eljiris punctato-striaüs, maculis sparsis albo-squamo- 

 sis. — Bhn. 



Lixus id. Oliv. Ent 83, p. 279. n° 299. T. 35. f. 539. 

 Nertliops muUiguttatus. Boiiem. in Acta Mosqu. VI. p. 26. n" 26. 

 Rhjnchites id. Dom. Wiedem. in Litteris. 



Bn/clius punctalus. Fabr. Syst. El. II. p. 397. n" 7.? — Eni. Syst. 

 Suppl. p. i58. n" 6-7.? 



Patria : Cap. Bonae Spei. 



2. N. Calcaratus. Chevrolat. 



Ovatus, niqer, pilis cervinis vestitus ,] thorace siib-rotundato , subtilitcr 

 confertim punctulato, elytris suhtillter punctato-striatis , interstitiis 

 planis , altemis cervino-pubescentibus , aiternis demidatis, macuhs 

 remotis cervinis , varleqatis. 



(i) Schh Cure, Disp. Me(h. p. T.o. n" 3 1 . 



