7 o Genus 2 1 1 . — CLEONUS. 



112. C. Coaipressithorax. Clievrolat. 



Oblonqüs, niger, pube cinereo-alblda dense adspersus , fronte impres- 

 so, rostro brevi , crasso , rude punctata } tliomce anücf. compresso, 

 pone stricturam ancjidariter ampllato , lateribus recto , supra rude 

 rugoso-punctato , antice obsolete carinato ; elytris irregulariter pro- 

 funde punctato-striatis , obsolete oblique fusco-fasciads. 

 Var. p parcius squamosus, capite rostro thoracisque dorso 

 denudatis, elytris plagis magnis denudatis; forte detritus. 



Patria : Caput Bona? Spei, A Dom. Chevrolat; Caffraria. A 

 Dom. Eckxon et Zeyher ad describendum benevole communi- 

 catus. 



Habitu fem Cleoni retusi , sed dimidio minor, rostro tereti, non 

 carinato, thorace aliter sculpturato , etc., ab illo distinetus. Ca- 

 put breve, supra paulo convexum, subtiliter coriaceum et obso- 

 lete remote punctulatum, nigrum, dense albido-pubescens; fronte 

 inter oculos obsolete impressa , profunde punctata; oculi late- 

 rales, sub-rotundati , parum prominuli, nigri; rostrum capite 

 fere duplo longius et dimidio angustius, crassum, teres, parum 

 arcuatum, sat rude sub-remote punctatum, nigrum, dense albi- 

 do-pubescens. Antennae validae, nigra, tomento cinereo-albido 

 vestitae, clava oblonga, valde acuta. Thorax latitudine baseos paulo 

 brevior, apice truncatus, intra apicem profunde et late constric- 

 tus vel eompressus, mox pone stricturam angulariter ampliatus, 

 dein lateribus versus basin rectis; postice profunde bi-sinuatus, 

 supra modice convexus , rude sub-remote rugoso-punctatus, 

 dorso antico carinula abbreviata, obsoleta, notatus; niger, pube 

 nivea, depressa, dorso parcius ad latera et subtus dense obsitus. 

 Scutellum nullum. Elytra antice singulatim nonnibil rotundata, 

 ibique tlioracis basi paulo latiora, bumeris rotundatis, non eleva- 

 tis; pone basin et ultra medium linearia, apice ipso conjunctim 

 obtuse rotundata, thorace vix triplo longiora, supra modice con- 

 vexa , pone scutellum et supra humeros lcviter impressa, rude 

 minus regulariter punctato-striata , transversim remote rugosa; 

 nigra, tomento dense niveo vestita; singulo clytro faseiis duabus 

 obliquis dorsalibus una ante, altera pone medium, parcius squa- 

 mosis, decorata. Corpus subtus subtiliter confertim coriaceum, ni- 

 grum, tomento depresso, niveo, unicolori, dense obsitum. Pedes 

 medioeres, validi, nigri, tomento niveo obsili, femoribus parum 

 clavatis, muticis; tibiis teretibus, rectis,- tarsis modice dilatatis, 

 subtus fusco-spongiosis. — Bhn. 



