1 1 o Genus 211. — CLEONUS. 



triangulärem dilatata, argute elevata; totum nigrurn, tomento 

 late sulphureo vestitum, dorso basi plaga utrinque oblonga ni- 

 veo-squamosa ; oculi pcrpendicularcs, postice truncati, inferne 

 attenuati, sub-depressi , nigri. Antcnnaj capitc vix longiorcs, ni- 

 gra3, cinereo-pubescentes , clava oblonga, acuminata. Thorax 

 latitudine paulo longior, anterius paulo angustior, apicc supra 

 late rotundato-productus , ponc oculos obtuse lobatus, latcri- 

 bus fcrc parallelis, mox intra apicem tarnen coarctatis , basi bi- 

 sinuatus; supra insequalis, intra apicem scilicet utrinque trans- 

 vcrsim impressus, dorso medio foveis duabus profundis excavato, 

 jugum latum intermedium formantibus, loboque baseos sub- 

 triangulariter impresso; totus niger, confertim punctatus, supra 

 isabellino-subtus lateribusque antice niveo-squamosus. Scutellum 

 parvum , trianguläre, demersum, isabellino-squamosum. Elytra 

 antice sub-sinuata ibique tboraci latitudine sub-aequalia , bumeris 

 sub-prominentibus, lateribus longe ultra medium ampliata, mar- 

 gine inflexo, ad basin breviter, medio late sinuato; apicc con- 

 junctim sub-rotundata , tborace plus triplo longiora; supra ante- 

 rius transversim imprcssa , posterius scqualiter convexa , ante 

 apicem non callosa; nigra, tenuiter punctato-striata , versus basin 

 transversim sub-rugulosa , squamositate isabellina, in dorso anti- 

 co obsolete fusco-nebulosa , vestita, margine latcrali niveo. Cor- 

 pus subtus nigrum, squamulis nivcis , nitidis , dense vestitum, 

 scginentis ventralibus basi anguste sulpbureo-pollinosis , primo 

 apice sccundoquc basi macula parva communi nigra. Pedes validi, 

 sub-simplices , dense nivco-squamosi, femoribus apice late isabel- 

 lino-tinctis, tarsis longiusculis, subtus baud spongiosis. — Fiis. 



* 171. C. Albicans. Ulrich. 



Bolhynodercsid. Huj op. IL p. 23(). fj. 



Clconis id. Dejean. Catal. ed. 2. p. 2ü8. ed. 3. p. 281. 



PcUria : Austria, Illyria, Sicilia. 



Obs. — Muc rclatumspecimenad Algier Africes captum, quod 

 rite examinatum jam speeiem peculiarem constiluere judicavi- 

 11 ms ( Vid. infra Cleomun, orbitalem ). Ad descriptionem speciei 

 genuinse pnetcrea monendum , indumentum totius corporis e 

 squamulis cinerascentibus esse formatum; tboraccm dorso sub- 

 denudatum, antice quoque ingequalem, confertissiine punctula- 

 iniii, |iui)( iis uiajoribus vix immixtis, squamositate pagime infe- 

 rioris laterumque concreta; elytra tborace manifeste latiora, sat 



