534 Genus 170. — AOMUS. 



nigri; rostrum eapite nonnihil brevius, etangustius, crassum, basi 

 constrictum, parum arcuatum, supra planum, nigrum, crebre 

 punctatum, apice impressum, pube depressa albida dense obsi- 

 tum. Antennas versus apicem rostri insertae , ultra tboracis basin 

 pertingentes, subtenues, ferrugiisieae, pilosce, clava oblongo-ovata, 

 acuminata, griseo-pubescente. Thorax latitudine media vix brevior, 

 basi apicecpie truneatus, lateribus modice rotundato-ampliatus , 

 antice posticeque angustatus, supra convexus, sat crebre puncta- 

 tus, niger, pube depressa albida undique adspersus. Scutellum 

 parvum, trianguläre, nigrum, cinereo-pubescens. Elytra basi sub- 

 truncata, antice. thorace dimidio latiora , et illo quadruplo longiora, 

 humeris rotundatis, apicem versus angustata, apice ipso conjunc- 

 tim sub-acuminata, supra modice convexa, regulariter subtiliter 

 punctato-striata , interstitiis latis, planis, subtilissime alutacefs; 

 nigra sub-nitida, tota pube depressa, albida, dense obsita. Corpus 

 subtus nigrum, sub-nitidum, subtiliter punctulatum, pube tenui 

 cinerea adspersum. Pedes mediocres, nigri, cinereo-pubescentes; 

 femoribus modice clavatis, muticis; tarsis piceis, subtus fulvo- 

 spongiosis. — Bhn. 



Genus 171. SCI013IUS. Nobis(i). 



Character generis. — Antennee aut graciles aut tenues, inplerisque 

 longissima?; scapus thoracem attingens, aut clavatus, aut latus, 

 compressus; articulo basali funiculi breviusculo, i° longissimo, 

 3 — 7 longiusculis , omnibns sub-obconicis ; clava elongata, ovalis, 

 angusta. 



Rostrum longitudine capitis, quo vix angustius, teretiusculum , 

 supra tri-carinatum, basi per strigam arcuatam, profundam, a 

 fronte distinctum, apice late emarginatum, pterygiis sub-divari- 

 catis; scrobs superna, apicalis, versus oculos explanata. 



Oculi rotundati , modice prominuli. 



Thorax brevissim us, transversus, basi apiceque truneatus, late- 

 ribus parum rotundatus, anterius angustior. 



Scutellum nulluni. 



Elytra magna, aut oblongo aut breviter ovata, antice sub-trun- 

 cata, tboracis basi ibi paulo latiora, lateribus ampliata; posterius 

 angustiora, apice conjunetim sub-acuminata, supra valde convexa. 



Observ. — Corpus parce squamulosum, apterum ; medioeris magni- 

 tudinis. 



(i) Sclili. Cure. Disp. IVIeili. j>. 197. n° 109. 



