Genus 203. — PHYTOPHILUS. 283 



gustior, apice sub-truncatus , lateribus sub-obliqiiis, fere rectis, 

 basi leviter bi-sinuatus, supra perparum convexus, confertissiaie 

 granulatus, n-iger, maculis septemniveo-squamosis ornatus,tribuö 

 intra marginem xitrinque, in serie recta localis, etseptinia majore, 

 ob-conica, amedio versus basin ducta. Scutellum vixobservandiim, 

 Elytra antice sub-truncata , humeris elevatis , angulato-prominii- 

 lis, niox pone hunierum angustiora, apicem versus attenuata, apice 

 conjunctim acuminata , tborace vix plus quam sesqui-longiora , su- 

 pra fere plana, regulariter punctato-striata , nigra, squamulis 

 densis albis , in dorso anteriore brunneo tinctis, tecta, relicta vitta 

 laterali utrinque, postice abbreviata, lituraque suturali communi 

 in medio, posterius ramulum utrinque exserente, denudatis, ni- 

 gris. Pygidium exsertum, ob-conicum, dense albido-squamosum. 

 Corpus subtus nigrum,punctatum, dense niveo-squamosum. Pedes 

 validiusculi, dense niveo-squamosi; femoribus sub-clavatis piceis, 

 subtus valide dentatis ; tibiis breviusculis, dilutius ferrugineis; 

 tarsis longiusculis, non dilatatis, fuscis. — Ghl. 



Genus 204. ERIRIIINÜS. Nobis (i). 



Rkinc hcenus F ABB.., Ohiv., Gyllexh., Latu ,THUNR.,Zi£TTEnsT(2), 

 Dejean, Sturm, Steven. — Ctirculio Linn. , Latr. , HLnnsT. (3). 



Character generis. — xVntenna; longinscida?, tenues; fnniculo j- 

 articulato ; articulis duobus basalibus longiusculis, ob-conicis, re- 

 liquis brevibus, nodosis; clava oblongo-ovata. 



Rostrum elongatum, longitudine varians, cylindricum, lineare, 

 arcuatum , in plerisque sub-fili forme. 



Thorax basi sub-truncatus , lateribus in medio ampliato-rotun- 

 datus , anterius angustior, pone oculos plus minusve lobatus. 



Scutellum distinctum, trianguläre, apice rotundatum. 



Elytra oblonga, antice thoracis basi latiora, basi conjunctim 

 leviter sub-emarginata, humeris obtuse angulatis, sub-elevatis ; 

 supra convexa, versus apicem sajpius callosa, apice ipso conjunc- 

 tim rotundata. 



Oijs. — Corpus oblongum, sub-ovatnm, aut squamosum, aut 

 tomentosum , alatum; aut mcdiocris aut niinoris magnitudinis. 



Patria: Europa, Sibiria, India orientalis, Africa meridionalis. 



(x) Schh. Cure. Disp. Meth. p. 229. n" i3o. 



(a) Fabr. Syst. Kl. II. p. 439. n» iSg. — Oliv. Ent. V. 83. p. 72. n" 4. - Gyllciik 

 Ins. Siicc. III. p. 6.5. — Lair. in Dict. Class. d'Hist. Nat. XIV. -ji. r^Hi. — Tliunl). iu 

 N. Acta Ups. VII. p. 107. — Zcilcrst. Faun. Ins. La]))). I. p. So"), subdiv. 3. 



(3) Lat. Gen. Cr. et Ins. II. p. afii. 



