582 Genus 76. — NAUPACTÜS. 



Stirps 3. — Antennae longae. Thorax antice valde gibbosus, basi 

 truncatus, marginatus. Elytra sub-obconica, basi thorace haud 

 latiora, angulis anticis acutis; versus apicem sensim angustata. 

 Corpus oblongum, sub-obconicum, apterum. 



• * 2i. N. Sf.nex. Schh. 



Elongatus, nigro-piceus, capite sulcato, rostro impresso, thorace am- 

 plo, antice valde gib boso, noduloso , lateribus tuberculato, elytris 

 obsolete seriatim punclalis, apice retusis, tarsis albo-pilosis. 



Habitat in Brasilia. Dom. Steven. Mus. Schh. 



Longitudine N. bipedis, sed crassior. Caput breve, latum, ni- 

 grum, subtiliter at minus crebre punctatum, fronte canalicula 

 longitiulinali impressa, versus medium rostri coutinuata; orbita 

 oculorura albido-squamosa ; oculi laterales, rotundati, globosi , 

 nigro-brunnei; rostrum vix longitudine capitis, et illo paulo an- 

 gustius, crassiusculum, sub-reclum, supraanterius lateimpressum, 

 nigrum, subtiliter rugoso-punctaturn. Antenna? tenues, tboracis 

 basin vix attingentes , nigro-piceae , pnbescentes. Thorax apice 

 truncatus, antice angustior, coarctatus, lateribus in medio valde 

 ampliatus, utrinque uni-tuberculatus , basi sub-bisinuatus, mar- 

 ginatus, angulis posticis rectis, prominulis; supra antice valde 

 convexus, gibbosus, tuberculis elevatis, remotis adspersus, postice 

 obsolete punctulatus, totus nigro-piceus. Scutellum minutum, 

 oblongo-ovatum, nigro-piceum. Elytra sub-obconica, basi thorace 

 haud latiora, eique arcte applicata, angulis humeralibus promi- 

 nulis, thorace vix triplo longiora, lateribus inflexa, sensim, api- 

 cem versus citius angustata, apice ipse rotundata , et intra apicem 

 impresso-retusa, supra convexa, pone scutellum foveola sat pro- 

 funda impressa, nigro-picea, nitida, obsoletissime et remote seria- 

 tim punctata, interstitiis snbtilissime transversim strigosis. Corpus 

 subtus nigro-piceum, punctulatum, pube grisea adspersum. Pedes 

 picei ; antici robusti, femoribus incrassatis, muticis, tibiis curvatis, 

 intus crenulatis, apice uncinatis; pedes posteriores validi, femori- 

 bus vix incrassatis, tibiis rectis. Tarsi supra albido-pubescentes, 

 subtus fulvo-spongiosi. — Bhn. 



* -2i. N. Gibbicollis. Faldermann. 



Elongatus, nigro-piceus , capile sulcato, thorace amplo, sub-rotundato, 

 valde gibboso, antice poslicecpie utrinque fovrolato, coriaceo, late- 

 ribus mutico, elytris obsoleiissinie seriatim punclalis, apice retusis, 

 tarsis albo-pilosis. 



