86 Genus 211. — CLEONUS. 



mo.tlice convexa, intraapicem callosa, evidenter punctato-striata, 

 interstitiis tequalibus; nigra, sat dense cinereo-tomentosa , in me- 

 dio dorsi fascia angusta, irregulari, utrinque abbreviata, nigro-fusca, 

 notata. Reliqua ad descriptioncm Clconi relusi quadrant. — Fhs. 



* 1 35. C. QUADRATICOLLIS. Scllh. 



Oblongo-ovatus , niger, dense cinereo-tomentosus ; thorace angustlore , 

 sub-quadrato , intra apicem profunde impresso, dorso incequati, 

 antice sab-tri-carinato ; elytris punctato-striatis , interstitiis atternis 

 elevatioribus , striga dorsali transversa obsoletiore fusca , ventre rd- 

 gro-macidato. 



Patria : iEgyptus. Dom. Hedexborg. Madagascar. Dom. Hope. 



Cleono retuso valde affinis et magnitudine aequalis , vere tarnen 

 distinctus, thorace multo angustiore, indumento magis rigido, 

 elytris fasciculis minutis albidis confertius obsitis, plaga dorsali 

 obsoletiore, etc. Caput dcflexum, crebre punctulatum, nigrum , 

 dense cinereo-tomentosum , maculis duabus fuscis pone oeulos 

 utrinque, fronte sub-deplanata, foveola in medio impressa; oculi 

 elongato-ovati, sub-depressi, nigri; rostrum capite dimidio lon- 

 gius, sub-lineare, punctatum, nigrum, subtus lateribusque parce, 

 supra dense cinereo-tomentosum, in medio dorsi distincte carina- 

 tum, sulco utrinque, basi profundiore, exaratum. Antcnnae tbora- 

 cis medium non attingunt, nigra?, albido-pubescentes, clava ob- 

 longo-ovali, acuminata. Thorax sub-quadratus , latitudine baseos 

 tarnen nonnihil brevior, basi lcviter bi-sinuatus, apice revera an- 

 gustior , at mox in callum productum abrupte ampliatus, latcri- 

 bus dein ad basin parallelis ; supra moilice convexus, inaequalis, ante 

 callos laterales profunde constrictus, crebre rugoso-punctatus, pas- 

 sim scrobieulatns, basi in medio foveaoblonga apiceque sulcis duo- 

 bus, bis carinula intermedia costaque obliqua brevi utrinque ter- 

 minatis, distinctioribus , exaratus; totus niger, tomento cincreo 

 vestitus. Scutellum trianguläre, concolor. Elytra äntice singulatim 

 sub-rotundata , thorace latiora, ad basin mox ampliata , callo hu- 

 merali clevato; in medio sub-lincaria, margine inflexo, bi-sinuatOj 

 postiee sub-rotundata, apice ipso tarnen breviter sub-truncata , 

 thorace plus triplo longiora; supra parum convexa, postiee callosa, 

 evidenter punetato-striata, interstitiis dorsalibus alternis paulo ele- 

 vatioribus; tota nigra, tomento cinereo obdueta, fasciculis minu- 

 tis albidis crebre obsita; pone medium dorsi utrinque striga trans- 

 versa plerumque sat obsoleta, denudata, nigra, interdum quoque 



