5»o Genus 162. — OMIAS. 



apicem rostri insertae, ad thoracis basin pertingentes, minus tenues, 

 rufo-ferrugineae, parce pilosaa, clava oblongo-ovata, acuminata. 

 Thorax latitudine media longior, basi apiceque truncalus, antice 

 posticequenonnib.il angustatus, lateribus modice rotundato-am- 

 pliatus, supra paruin convexus, piceus, sub-nitidus, crebre evi- 

 denter punctulatus, pube cinerea adspersus. Seutellum minutissi- 

 mum , trianguläre, piceum. Elytra oblonga, antice thoracis basi 

 nonnihil latiora, basi sub-truncata, humeris vix prominulis, ro- 

 tundatis, thorace fere triplo longiora, pone liumeros ampliata , 

 apicem versus iterum angustala, apice ipso conjunctim obtuse ro- 

 tundata, supra modice convexa, rufo-picea, sub-nitida, minus 

 profunde regmlariter punctato-striata, interstitiis planis, sub-!ae- 

 vibus, pubesat longa cinerea adspersa. Corpus subtus dilute fer- 

 rugineum, sub-nitidum , obsolete punctulatum , tenue pubescens. 

 Pedes mediocres, validi, rufo-f'erruginei, pube pallida adspersi ; 

 remoribus clavatis, muticis; tibiis rectis, apice intus uncinatis; 

 tarsis elongatis, subtus fulvo-«pong"iosis. — Bhn. 



Gencs 163. STOMODES. Nobü i . 



Character generis. — Antennae longiuseulse , validae; scapus capiie 

 longior, sub-curvatus, versus apicem sensim incrassatus: ariiculus 

 basalis runiculi brevissimeobconicus, i — ■- breves, sub-turbinati , 

 sequales; clava oblongo-ovata. 



Rostrum breve, crassum, capite vix angustius, apice late ernar- 

 ginatum; scrobs brevis , lata, cavernosa; pterygia sub-divaricata; 

 mandibula (sinistra solum exserta elongata, valde arcuata, Cor- 

 nea, edentula. 



Oculi laterales, rotundati, pari, in convexi. 



Thorax oblongus, antice posticeque trnncatus, basi elevato-mar- 

 ginatus. lateribus aequaliter rotundato-ampliatus, supra modice 

 convexus. 



Seutellum haud conspieuum. 



Elytra oblonga , sub-elliptica, basi truncata, apice conjunctim 

 sub-acuminata , supra paruin convexa. 



Observ. — Corpus oblongum, sub-ellipticum , pubescens , apte- 

 niin : roinusculae magnitudinis. 



,t Schh. Cmo. Disp. Meth. p. 188. n" mi 



