9.5G Genus 100. — PISSODES. 



Elytra oblonjja , tlioracis Lasi non latiora , anticc sub-truncata , 

 humeris fere rectangulis; posterius altcniuita , apice aut conjunc- 

 tim aut siiifjulatini sub-rotundata , supra minus convexa, versus 

 apirem callosa. 



Femora clavata, luutica; libias apice intus unco valido ax'inata?. 



Observ. — Corpus oblonfjum, durum, obscurum , maculis squa- 

 mosis variegatum , alatum; aut niedire aut minoris magnitudinis. 

 — Species Inijus generis semper in truncis arboruni resinosarum 

 vitam degunt. 



Patria : Europa, Sibiria , xVmerica septentrjonalis. 

 * I. P. PiCE.E. Illiger. 



Oblongo-ovatus , convexior, plcetis, ijallido-squamosus , roslro clon- 

 gato , brunnco , tliorace postice leviter siiuuUo, angulis sub-promi- 

 jiulis^ eljtris pallido fasciatis, piinctalo-sttiatls , scrobicuUsrpie 

 paucis obloiigo-ovatis in mcdio tinpressi's. 



Dejean, Catal. CoL p. 87. 



Pim'plülus id. Dom. Meüeulk in Littcris. 



Cuicidio pini. Panz. Faun. Germ. XLII. i. 



Habitat in Austria. Dom. Megerle. Mus. Schii. 



Pissqd(s pini similis, sed paulo major, in elytris convexior, tlio- 

 racis' angulis posticis magis productis et textura elytrorum praB- 

 terea distinctus. Caput breve, convcxum, obsolete punctulatum , 

 piccum, squamulis parvis, pallidis adspersum, fron!e interoculos 

 fovea magna, rotund.i impressa ; oculi ovali, brunnei, parum pro- 

 minuli; rostrum longitudine fere capitis cum tborace , modice 

 crassum , cylindricum , sub-arcuatum, confertim punctatum, brun- 

 neum, basi parce pallido-squamosuni. Antennac medium thoracis 

 vix superant, crassiusculai, rufo-picca;, setosaeet pubcscentes. Tbo- 

 rax latitudine bascos paulo brevior, anterius multo angustior , 

 apice parum profunde sinuato-emarginatus, et intra ajMcem ob- 

 % soleteconstrictus, lateribus mox pone stricturam ampbatus, basi 

 leviter bi-sinuatus, angulis lateralibus nonniliil jiruminulis; supra 

 convexus, confertim rugoso-punctatus , nigro-piceus , squamulis 

 depressis lutescentibus undique adspersus; in mcdio dorsi carinula 

 valde tcnuis, abbreviata, et fovcolaj dua; , pares, squauuilis pal- 

 lidis replelaj ; versus latera ntrinque vitta nonuibil obliqua , in 

 medio interrupta, pallido-squamosa , et extra illam punctum ejus- 

 modi in medio laleris. Scutellum elevatum, semi-globosum, dense 

 pallido-squaiuosum. Elytra elongata , antice sub-truncata, ibique 



