Genus 249. — OXYOPS. 489 



datus , basi bi-sinuatus, supra parum convexus, dorso obsolete 

 impressus, cum carinula parum elevata, abbreviata, punctis im- 

 pressis, magnis, confertissimis scabrosusj niyer, setulis alljidis ad- 

 spersus. Scutellum minutiun, oblon^um , nigro-piceura , griseo- 

 pubcscens. Elytra oblongo-ovata, antice sinuata, thoracis basi 

 dimidio latiora, humeris vix prominulis, obtuse rotundalis, apico 

 paulo angiistiora, tborace tiiplo lon{;iora, apice ipso ro(undata , 

 cum luucrone parvo apicali; supra modice couvexa , rüde et pro- 

 funde punctato-striata, interstitiis angustis, confertim rupulosis ; 

 ante apicem non caliosa; interstitium a sutura secunduni postice 

 magis elevatum; tota nigro-picea , setulis albidis adspersa, pone 

 medium fascia transversa, obliqua , irregulariter dentata et excisa 

 deuse niveo-squamosa , ornata. Corpus subtus obscure ferrugi- 

 neum , ci'ebre rugulosum, setulis albidis sat dense obsitum. Pedes 

 validi, mutici , obscuie ferruginei, punctati, setulis albis sat dense 

 vestiti; femoribus modice clavatis, muticis; tibiis teretiusculis , 

 anticis apicem versus nonnihil arcuatis, intus crenulatis; tarsis 

 dilatatis, subtus griseo-spongiosis. — Bhn. 



Genus 250. ORCHESTES. 



Orchestes Illig. , Oliv., Cuvier, Schh. , Steph. , Zetterst. (i), 

 Dejean, Creutz. , Stev., Sturm. — 6'a//u.s Schrank., Germ. ("i). 

 Rhynchcenus Clairv,, Latu. , Oken (3), Farr. , Gyllenh. — 

 Rampims Thunb. (4). 



Character gcnerh. — Antennce rnediocres , subtenues; funiculo 

 6-(in nonnullis 7-)articulato : articulis tribus basalibus longiusculis, 

 ob-conicis; 1° longiore et crassiore, reliquis brevibus, sub-nodosis; 

 clava crassiuscula , oblongo-ovata. 



Rostrum elongatnm , välidiusculum , sub-teres , arcuatum , in- 

 flcxiini. 



Oculi magni , rotundati , |>ron!iuuli, approximati (5). 



Thorax parvus, sub-conicus. 



I:.lvtra oblongo-ovata, tliorace latiora, apice obtuse rotundata, 

 in plerisque pygidium liaud obtegcntia, 



(1) llli(^. IMag. III. p. io5. n" 176. — Oliv. Em. V. p. 71. n° 2. — Ciivicr. Rögtie 

 Aiiiiiial. III. p. 37,7. — Latr. in Dict. Class. d'Hist. Nat. MV. p. 601. — Zetterst. F.uui. 

 Ins. L;ip|>. 1. p. 328. — Schh. Cinc. DIsp. Meili. p. 254. ii* \f\^. 



(2) Genn. Ma;;. IV. p. 326. 



(3) Clairv. Eni. Hclv. I. p. 70. — Lat. Gen. Cr. et Ins. II. p. 267. — Id. Regne 

 Anim. j). .3g5. — /(/. Consid. gener. p. '.i22. u° 227. — Okcn. Naturg. p. 770. n° 3. 



(4) Tliniilj. in Ana Cps Nov. VII. p. 107. 



(5) Oculi non numquani paulo distanics : ex gr. in Drehest. saitvUuri et pratensi . 



