458 Genus 238. — PELOIlOPUS. 



basicarina alte elevata, inter oculos adscendente, instnictuni. An- 

 tenne breviuscuhc, subtenues, tötae rufo-testacea?. Thorax latitu- 

 dine brevior,antci'ius paiilo an{}ustior, apice leviter emarfjinatus, 

 inlra apicem constrictus, inar{}iiie elevato ; lalcribus sub-obliquis, 

 fere rectis; basi sinuatus, angulis lateralibiis subrectis; supra an- 

 terlus transversim convexus, posterius deplanatus, ru{;is nonnullis 

 elevatis, transversis, brunnco-fasciculatis instructus; ni{]or, squa- 

 niulis lanceolatis, depressis albidis dense veslitus. Scutelluui ma- 

 jusculum, ovatum, nigrum, dense alba-squamulosum. Elytra an- 

 tice sinuata, thoracis basi non latiora , sed pone basiii versus 

 medium ampliata, posterius angustioi'a, apice singulatim rotun- 

 data, thorace duplo longiora, supra convexa, foruicata, sub-re- 

 mole punctato-striata, inlerstitiis confortim tuberculatis, alternis 

 paulo elevatioribus , dorsal ibus tuborculis nonnullis majoribus 

 brunneo-fasciculatis instructisj nig^ra, undique squamulis albidis 

 veslita, margine apicali rnfo-piceö. Pygidiuni rotundatum, con- 

 vexum, ])unctulaturn , nigrinn, alhido-squamulosum. Corpus sub- 

 tus punctulatum, nigrum, dense albo-squaraosum. Pedes brevius- 

 culi , validi , nigii , dense albo-squanmlosi; fenioribus clavatis, subtus 

 dente acuto armatis; tibiis sub-arcuatis, compressis, externe denli- 

 bus duobus remotis instructis, superiore majore; tarsis dilatatis, 

 articulo unguiculari parvo, testaeeo. — Ghl. 



Genus 230. PHYTOHIÜS. Schmidt. 



Hydaticns Schh. olim. (i). — Pnclijrliiims Kirry, Steph. (2). — Ceii- 

 torhynchus Fabr., 3. Germ. (3). — liliynchamus Gm llkkii. , Beck., 

 Campylirkynchus Dejean, 



Character geneiis. — Antcnnse mediocres, subtenues; funiculo 

 G-articulato ; articulis tribus basalibus longiusculis, sub-obconicis , 

 reliquis sub-nodosis, sub-coarctatis ; clava oblongo-subovata. 



Ilostrum breviusculum, crassum, teres, arcuatum. 



Oculi magni, rotundati, valde prominuli. 



Thorax sub-transversus, basi bi-sinuatus, antcrius anguslior , 

 apice sub-truncatus, supra bi aut /^-tuberculatus. 



Elytra ampla, breviter ovata, supra parum convexa, abdomine 

 breviora ; humeris obtuse angulatis. 



(1) Schh. Cure. Disp. Meth. p. 242. 11" i4o- — dornen HjJatictis alii gcncii intcr 

 Hydroranlhuros ( Dyticus fitsciLt , Hjlmai, stn(jnalis et transucrsalis) dudum a Ccl. 

 Lcach usitatum. — Obscrv. Gel. Schmidt in htteris. 



(2) Steph. Brit. Ent. IV. p. 5o. 



(3) Genn. Ins. Sp. I. p. 73o. 



