il6 INSECTA MADERENSIA. 



Genus 134. AULETES. (Tab. YIII. fig. 7.) 



Schonherr, Cure. Bisp. Meth. 46 (1826). 



Corpus parvum, oblongo-ovatum, minus durum et parce pubescens : rostro longiusculo porrecto, sub- 

 cylindrico ad apicem leviter dilatato, minus arcuato ; scrobe obsolcta ; ocuJis rotundatis promi- 

 nentibus : prothorace basi apiceque truncato, ad latera leviter rotundato : scutello parvo sub- 

 rotundato : elytris oblongis, ad apicem ipsura singulatim rotundatis : alls amplissimis. Antenna: 

 lougiusculse rectEe, prope basin (ct supra latera) rostri insertse, articulis primo et secundo sub- 

 robastis, tertio longiore graciliore, inde ad octavum latitudine leviter crescentibus, reliquis 

 clavam elongatam perfoliatam parum abruptam efficientibus. Pedes longiusculi : tibiis ad apicem 

 muticis. 



Atiletes may be at once distiuguislied by the peculiarities of its rostrum and 

 antennse, — the former of which is porrected, subcylindrical (though slightly 

 divergent at its apex), almost straightened, and A^ithout any indication of scrohes, 

 or grooA'es ; whilst the latter are inserted immetliately before the base of the 

 former (rather more on the itppcr siu'face than at the sides), and have then* ter- 

 minal three joints thickened into an elongate and perfoliated club. It seems to 

 be a genus of subaustral latitudes, — the south of France, Hungary, Dalmatia and 

 the Caucasus being the recorded countries of the few species which have been 

 hitherto described. They are insects wMch appear to occur on the foliage of 

 trees, — much ui the same manner as the members of the allied group Bhynchites, 

 to wliich it is nearly akin. 



320. Auletes Maderensis, WoU. (Tab. Vlll. fig. 7.) 



A. infuscato-ferrugineus pubescens et profunde punctatus, elytris (sutura nigrescenti excepta), 

 antennarum basi pedibusque testaceis, elytro singulo stria suturali impresso. 



Var. /3. testaceus, rostro, elytris antennisque infuscatis. 



Var. y. omnino valde infuscato-testaceus, pedibus vix pallidioribus. 

 Long. Corp. lin. Tj-lf. 



Habitat Maderam, rarissimus : ad Curral das Romeiras necnon ad Sanctam Annam in Madera boreali, 

 super folia salicum parce deprehcnsi. 



A. pubescent, and deeply punctured. Head and prothorax brownish-ferruginous, being unequally 

 clouded in parts. Elytra rather less closely punctured than the prothorax, but without any 

 tendency to have the punctures arranged in rows ; testaceous, except the suture which is narrowly 

 darker, — and alongside which there is an impressed stria on each. Antenna and legs testaceous ; 

 t\ie former with their club a little dusky. 



Var. ^. with the head and prothorax testaceous (the rostrum being alone iufuscated). Elytra, and 

 antennee (especially at their apex), darkly infuscated. 



Var. y. testaceous, but altogether darkly (though very unequally) infuscated, — the legs however 

 being a little palor than the rest of the surface. 



