,y6 Genus 190. — HEILIPÜS. 



47. H. DORSUALIS. Schli. 



Oblongo-ovatus , piceus , capite minus confertim punctaio , fronte im- 

 pressa, rostro subrecto, thoracc lat'wri, antice coarctato, profunde 

 rugoso-punctato , carinato , utrinque silaceo vittato, elytris profunde 

 strialo-punctatis , interstitiis rcmute granulatis , vitta lata disci , in- 

 fra in inedio excisu , postice dilatata, confluente, silaceo squamosa , 

 tibiis tarsisque obscure fernujineis. 



Vau. ß. Vitta elytrorura albo-grisea. 



Habitat in America meridionali. Mus. Reg. Acad. Scient. Holm, 

 et Mus. Dom. Bartels. 



Heilipo stratiolico simillimus et valde affinls , dimidio fere major, 

 rostro subrecto, iborace carinato, elytrorum interstitiis remote 

 tuberculatis, etc. , ab illo facile distinctus. Caput mediocre, rotun- 

 datum, piceum, sat profunde minus crebre rug^oso-punctatum ; 

 fronte inter oculos sat profunde impressa; oculi ovati, transversi , 

 nigri, baud prominuli ; rostrum longitudine tboracis, crassiuscu- 

 lum , teres, subrectuni, obscure ferrugineum , basi carinatum et 

 utrinque impressum, sat profunde rugoso - punctatum, apicem 

 versus tarnen subtiliter punctulatum, setulis pallidis adspersum. 

 Autennse minus tenues , piceae , parce albido-pilosa^, clava oblongo- 

 ovata, acuminata, atro-holosericea. Tborax latitudine media non- 

 nibil brevior, apice late sed parum profunde emarginatus, anlice 

 angustior, coarctalus, lateribus rotundato-ampliatus, basi sub- 

 truncatus, vcl obsoletissime bi-sinuatus, supra parum convexus , 

 piceus, undique minus crebre sed profunde rugoso-punctatus , 

 dorso carinatus, versus latera utrinque vitta lata, obliqua, silaceo- 

 squamosa, sub-kevi, decoratus. Scutelkun apice rotundatum , pi- 

 ceum, parce albido-squamosum. Elytra oblongo-ovata , basi sub- 

 truncata, antice tboracis basi noniiibil latiora, humeris promi- 

 uubs, rotundatis, tborace quadruple longiora, versus apicem citius 

 angustata, apice ipso conjunctim obtuse rotundata, supra modice 

 convcxa, dorso sub-plana, imtc apicem callo obtuso , notata, picea, 

 sat profunde striato-punctata, interstitiis planis, subtiUter coria- 

 ceis, remote ad basin tarnen magis confertim granulatis, squamulis 

 pallidis parce adspersa ; in singulo elytro vitta lata, infra pone 

 medium excisa , apicem versus dilatata, communis, e squanmlis 

 silaceis , apice ipso umbririo-squamoso. Corpus subtus nigro-pi- 

 reum, obsolete remote punctulatum, setulis depressis albidis ad- 

 spersum. Pedes punctati , pube pallida adspersi; femoribus rufo- 



