SPHINGONOTUS. 195 



1. II- Moscri. 



Ferrugineo-grisescens, griseo-punctulatus, subtus lacteus. Caput prominulum, costa 

 faciali punctata, parallela, ad ocellum paulum dilatata. — Pronotum valde constric- 

 tum; prozona teviuscula, subtilissime vel haud carinulata, margine antico medio sub- 

 producto, subtruncato; metazona punclulata, subtiliter carinala, postice rotundato- 

 obtusangulala. — Elytra apice baud attenuata, griseo-conspersa, modice dense, scilicet 

 ut in Sphintjonoto ccsrulante reliculata, at dimidio distali venulis perpendicularibus 

 confertim reticulalo, quarta parte apicali remotius quadrato-reticulata; venisapicalibus 

 disci arcuatis. — Alae latiusculae, vitreae, venis thalassinis, margine posteriore parum 

 lobato; exteriore valde trilobato; lobi primi et tertii margine magis, secundi parum 

 arcuato. Campus anticus aream axillarem longiuscule superans ; vena discoidalis 

 prope apicem furcata; vena media haud libera; ejus rami in v. discoidali orientes, 

 apice valde arcuati, invicem valde remoti; area inter illas sita propter hoc lata, in 

 areolas quadratas majusculas biseriatim divisa; area media angustissima ; a. ulnaris 

 illi duplo latior, quamquam modice lata. Campi postici vena? radiatse omnes (5-6) 

 valde incrassatce, tanlum apice subtiles; vena spuria areaB radialse primae etsi incras- 

 sata, elongataque; venae spurise arearum reliquarum breves. — Femora post. intus 

 fusca, annulo prseapicali pallido; tibise post. sanguineas. — tf Long. 31 ; El. 31 mill. 



— Turquestania (a viatore helvetico H. Moser leclus). 



Var. Q. — Crassiuscula, cinerea, vel cceruleo-grisea, vel pallide fulvescens; elytris 

 griseo-irroratis, campo axillari nigro-maculoso. Alas coerulescentes venis longiludinali- 

 bus campi antici et areae axillaris nonnunquam nigris. — Q Long. 32, El. 33 mill. 



— Persia; Mare Caspium. (Coll. Brunn. n° 14632.) 



47. Genus Sphingonotus, Fieb. 



Sphingonotus, Fieber, Syuops^ 24. (Lotos III, 1853, 124.) — Bruuner de Wattenw. 

 Prodrom. 149. — Sphinctonotus, L.-H. Fisch. Orth. eur. 401. — Stai, Receus, I, 118. 



Insecta subtus lactea, punctulata. Verticis scutellum ovatum, subcarinatum. Costa 

 facialis planiuscula, punctata, infra ocellum subcoarctata, ad verticem subimpressa. 

 Tempora distincta, elongalo-trigonalia, parum impressa.Pronotum constriclum; meta- 

 zona canthis lateralibus obtusis, processu obtusangulo vel rectangulo. Elytra magna 



