2 8 Genus 21 i. — CLEONUS. 



angustior, lateiibus postice sub-parallelis, basi leviter bi-sinuatus, 

 antice pone oculos insigniter lobatus, supra verticem truncatus, 

 dorso rüde et sat crebre excavato-punctatus, spatiis interjacen- 

 tibus subtiliter punctulatis, antice medio carinula dimidiata ele- 

 vata et pone illam canalicula exarata; totus niger, praeter lincam 

 dorsalem utrinque, antice introrsum arcuatam, densius cinereo- 

 tomentosam , raro et tenuiter pubescens. Scutellum trianguläre, 

 concolor. Elytra antice tboraci arcte applicata, illiusquc basi paulo 

 latiora, medio requaliter sat ampliata, versus apicem attenuata , 

 apice ipso singulatim acute sub-rotundata , tborace plus triplolon- 

 giora; supra convexa, punctato-striata, interstitiis alternis latiori- 

 bus anticeque elevatioribus; nigra, tomento brevi cinereo obsita, 

 callis poslicis obsoletis stigmate albo notatis; dorso fasciis duabus 

 obliquis abbreviatis, maculaque sub callis posticis denudatis. Cor- 

 pus subtus et pedes nigra, sub-a?qualitercinereo-tomentosa. — Fhs. 



* 44. C. Fi.aviceps. Pallas. — Huj. op. II. p. 188. 28. 



Gebler. Ledebour Reise. II. III. p. 1 58. 9. 



Cleonis frontala. Fisch. Ent. Ross. II. p. 23a. 7. Tab. 44- f- 7- 



Patria : Mont. Altai Sibiriae , Dauria. 



*45. C. Paradox es. Faldermann. 



Oblongo-ovatus , niger, tomento cinereo-albido parcius adspersus , 

 fronte impressa, rostro argxile carinato, tlwrace breviore, scrobicu- 



lato, dorso antice carinato , basi obsoletiiis foveolato, v'üta lateral/ 

 ßexuosa, albida, elytris intra basin constrictis, evidenter pitnctato- 



striatis, interstitiis convexis, dorsalibus alternis lalioribns. 



Patria : Mongolia. A Dom. Faldermann amice communicatus. 

 Mus. Schh. 



Cleono ßavicipiti valde affinis, statura tarnen paulo angustiore, 

 fronte minus retusa, elytris pone bumeros impressis, striis vix la- 

 cunosis, pagina superiore glabriore, etc. , distinctus. Caput breve, 

 nigrum, coriaceum, parcius albido-tomentosum, vcrtice anterius 

 declivi, fronte planiuscula, in medio foveola rotiinda impressa; 

 oculi perpendiculares, semi-elliptici, sub-depressi , nigri; rostrum 

 capitevix duplo longius, robustum, lineare, rugosum, dorso ca- 

 rina arguta, ante apicem duplicata, instructo, adjacente utrinque 



