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manifeste latiora, pone humeros sensim angustata, apice con- 

 juiictiin obtuse rotundata, latitudine antica vix Longiora, dorso 

 dcprcssa, punctato-striata, sutura antice impressa, margine an- 

 tico anguste lituraque communi pone medium dorsi albo-squa- 

 mulosis. Pygidium brevissimum, obtusum. Corpus subtus 

 eonvexum, erebre punctatum, tenuiter griseo-pubescens. Pe- 

 des mediocres, ruguloso-punctati, griseo-pubescentes, femoribus 

 modice incrassatis, subtus acute dentatis; tibiis arcuatis; tarsis 

 fusco-ferrugineis. 



295. Hoplitopales (Sen.) ambiguus: oblongo-ovatus, fusco-casta- 

 neus, subtus niger, intequaliter albido-squamulosus ; thorace 

 strigoso-punctato, albido-trivittato; elytris punetato-striatis, mar- 

 gine antico fasciaque postica communi densius albido-squamu- 

 losis. Long. 3h, lat. 1^ millim. 



Caput rotundatum, punctatum, castaneum, tenuiter gri- 

 seo-pubescens; oculi rotundati, depressi, in fronte approximate 

 rostrum longitudine thoracis, cylindricum, arcuatum, punctula- 

 tum, basi striolatum, castaneum, apicem versus obscurius. 

 Antenna; tenues, rufo-testacea. Thorax latitudine postica fere 

 longior, apice truncatus, basi leviter bisinuatus, a basi ultra 

 medium linearis, dein fortiter angustatus, supra depressus, 

 tenuiter strigoso-punctulatus, f'usco-castaneus, pube albida, in 

 vittas dorsales tres longitudinales, plus minusve distinctas, 

 condensata. obsitus. Scutellum rotundatum, albo-squamulosum. 

 Elytra antice basi thoracis vix latiora, illi arete applicata, pone 

 lmmeros, nonuihil rotundato-dilatatos, sensim leviter augustata, 

 apice conjunctim rotundata, latitudine dimidio longiora, dorso 

 depressa, tenuiter punctato-striata, interstitiis planis, coriaceis; 

 fusco-castanea, squamulis piliformibus albidis inaequaliter obsita, 

 margine antico fasciaque postica communi, utrimque abbreviata. 

 densius squamulosis. Corpus subtus eonvexum, punctulatum, 

 nigrum, tenuiter at sequaliter albido-squamulosum. Pedes picei. 

 albido pubescentes, femoribus clavatis, subtus dente acuto, ru- 

 fescente, armatis, tibiis compressis, anticis valde arcuatis. 



296. Pylarus (Sen.) designatus: subovatus, nigro-piceus, cervino- 

 squamosus, antennis rufo-testaceis; rostro confertim punctata; 

 thorace rugoso-puuetato, fusco-variegato ; elytris tenuiter pune- 

 tato-striatis, interstitiis planis, plaga communi ante medium, 

 fasciaque maculari pone medium atris. Long. 3A, lat. li 

 millim. 



Pylarus designatus Boh. in Sch. Gen. et. Sp. Cure. 

 T. VIII, 1 p. 45. 



297. Mecocorynus (Sch.) loripes: oblongo-ovatus, niger, squamu- 

 lis cervinis adspersus; thorace rude rugoso-scrobiculato, antice 

 breviter carinato, intra apicem profundissime constrieto; elytris 

 rude punetato-striatis. interstitiis subconvexis, dorsalibus an- 

 tice granulatis, secundp interrupte carinato, fascia brevi trans- 



