Genus 244. — EPIC.ERUS. 280 



* 17. E. Garinatds. Chevrolat. 



Sub-ovatusj niger, squamutis fuscis tectus , rostro longitudinalzler im- 

 presso ; thorace oblongo, rüde, sub-remote rugoso-punctato , dorso 

 täte longitudinaliter impresso ; elylris punctis sub-remotis, scriatim 

 impressis, pone medium fascia obsoleta, umbrina decoratis , sa- 

 tura posticc elevato-carinala. 



Hypsonotus? carinatus. Dom. Chevrolat inlkteris. 



. Mas relytris oblongo-ovatis , rostro evidenter impresso. 



Femitia : dimidio latior, elytris sub-ovatis, rostro tenuc canali- 

 rulato. 



Var. ß. dimidio major , parcius fusco-squamosus. forte detri- 

 tus. 



Hypsonotus tristis. CHEVROLATin litteris. 



Patria : Vera-Crux in Mexico. E Musco Dom. Chevrolat ad 

 describendum amicc missus. 



Barynoto Mercwialis nonnihil longior et angustior, thorace su- 

 pra lateque impresso, profunde punctato, a congeneribus mox 

 distinctus. Caput mediocre, crassum, supra modice convexum, 

 subtiliter crebre punctulatum , nigrum, sqamulis fusco-griseis 

 dense vcstitum ; oculi laterales, ovati, modice prominuli, nigri; 

 rostrum capitc nonnihil longius et angustius, crassum, parum 

 arcuatum, apicem versus nonnihil ampliatum, supra planum, ob- 

 solete puüctulatum , medio in mare sat profunde lateque impres- 

 siiiii, impressione ad basin attenuata , in femina tenue canalicula- 

 iiiin , in utroque nigrum, fusco-griseo-squamosum , apicem versus 

 magis denudatum, apice triangulariter emarginatum , albido-ci- 

 liauun. Antennae sub-tenues, nigrae, parce pilosae, clavaoblonga, 

 acuminata, fusco-pubescente. Thorax latitudine baseos longior, 

 .imii e posticeque angustatus, basi apiceque truncatus, lateribus 

 modice rotiiiulato-aiiipliatus , supra parum convexus, dorso lon- 

 gitudinalitei lateque minus tarnen profunde impressua, undique 

 profunde sub-remote rugoso-punctatus ; niger, squamulis fusco- 

 griseis dense tectus. Scutellum \i\ conspicuum. Elytra in mare 

 oblongo-ovata , in femina sub-ovata; in utroque antice sub-trun- 

 cata , thoracis basi nonnihil latiora, pone basin ultra medium 

 ampUata, dein apicem versus angustata, apice ipso conjunetim 

 sub-acuminata, thorace fere iiipl<> tongiora, supra in dorso pa- 

 rum convexa, posiicc decliyia, parum profunde sub-remote seria- 



