172 Genus UH). — IIEILTPUS. 



g 20. 11. Plexus. Klug. 



Oblontjo-uvatus, atev nitidus , vostro ljrevion,arcualo , basi covfertini 

 punctato , thorace subtiliter remote punctiilato , maculis sex dilute 

 silacets oniato , elytris subtiliter striato-punctatls , interstitns Icevi- 

 bus, llnea manjinali , uuicula in dorso anlico vittaque suturali a 

 ntedio (ipicein x<crsus cum luiea munjinali conjuncta, silacco-pu- 

 bescentibus, nrnatis. 



IlabitatatlRiodelaPlata. Mus. Dom. Com. MANXERHEiwetScHH. 



Mai'jU'iludo Ilcilipi apiati. Caput motliocre, {jlobosum, atrum, ni- 

 tiduii), subtiliter sat crebre punctulatum; fronte inter oculos fo- 

 veola profunda impressa; oculi ovatj , ni(>ri ; rostrum thorace pa- 

 runi brevius, teres, minus crassum, modice arcuatum, a basi ad 

 medium sat profunde crebre tum apicem versus subtiliter remote 

 punctatum. Antenna; mox pone medium rostri insertaa, ad dimi- 

 diuni ihoracis vix pertinjjjCntes, crassiusculae, ferrujifineae , parce 

 pilosa^, clava oblongo-ovata , sub-acun)inata , fusco-pubesccnte. 

 Thorax latitudine media longior, apice late sed paruui profunde 

 emarginatus, mox pone apicem coarctatus, lere tubulatus, ante- 

 rius anjfustatus, latoribus modice rotundato-ampliatus, postice le- 

 viterbi-sinuatus, teaueclevato-marjjinalus, supraparum convexus, 

 atcr, niddus, subtiliter remote punctulatus . dorso antico obsolete 

 lonyitudinaliter inipressus, ulrinque maculis duabus, una basali, al- 

 tera apicali, quadratim locatis, et pra3terea macula laterali in me- 

 dio posita e pube dilute silacea , ornatus. Scutellum parvum, 

 sub-trianrfulare, atrum nitidum. Elytraob!on[jo-ovata, antice tho- 

 racis basi nonnihil latiora, humeris prominulis sub-e!evatis, ob- 

 tuse rotundatis, latcribus inflexa , thorace plus triplo longiora , 

 apicem versus angustata, apice ipso conjunctim obtuse rotundata, 

 supra convexa , ante apicem callo obsoleto instructa, atra nitida, 

 subtiliter slriato-punctata, interstitiis planis, laivibus, linea mar- 

 ginal! , apice, vitta suturali ab apice ad medium fere extensa , 

 ramulum versus lalera emittente, punctis nonnullis anterius prope 

 suturam macul.ique in dorso antico oblonga, obliqua, dense dilute 

 silaceo-pubescentibus, intra apicem macula parva, sub-triangulari, 

 denudata, atra, nitida. Corpus subtus atrum, nitidum, subtiliter 

 remote punctulatum. Pedes longiusruli, validi , remote punctati, 

 pube albida parce obsiti ; femoribus elavatis, nigris, subtus pone 

 medium dente valido, acuto, armatis; libiis obscure ferrugineis, 

 intus in medio ampliatis •, tarsis dilatatis, ferrugineis, supra palli- 

 do-pubescentibus, subtus fulvo-spongiosis. — Bhn. 



