Genus 22. — STENOCERUS. 197 
* 3. S. Varıpes. Fahreus. 
Oblongo-ovatus , ferrugineo-piceus , tomento fusco, cinereo et fulves- 
cente variegatus ; thorace dorso late bi-sulcato, lateribus leviter bi-si- 
nuatis, ante basin angulatis ; elytris inequalibus, ad suturam longi- 
tudinaliter depressis, seriatim atro-fulvoque maculatis, tibiis tarsisque 
brunneo griseoque variegatis. 
Habitat in Brasilia. Mus. Scan. 
Statura Stenoceri fulvitarsis at multo minor, Tropideris albirostris 
individua majora parum superans. Caput anterius attenuatum , 
supra sub-depressum, punctulatum , piceum , tomento fusco ac 
fulvescente variegatum ; oculi ovati, convexi, nigri, rostrum 
capite dimidio longius , apice dilatatum, supra planum, basi in 
medio longitudinaliter obsolete impressum, apice vix manifeste 
carinatum , confertim punctatum, colore et indumento capitis. 
Antennze thoracis basin fere attingunt, graciles, ferrugine®, parce 
griseo-pilose , clava nigro-fusca. Thorax latitudine baseos parum 
brevior, anterius multo angustior, apice sub-truncatus, lateri- 
bus leviter bi-sinuatis, ante basin in angulum acuminatum ex- 
currentibus, basi sub-bi-sinuatus ; supra inzqualis, dorso sulcis duo- 
bus longitudinalibus , latis, appoximatis , rectis , exaratus, ferru- 
gineo-piceus, tomento in sulcis albido-cinereo , alibi fusco-brunneo 
et fulvescenti variegato , vestitus, intra basin striga transversa , 
flexuosa , elevata , utrinque ad angulum lateralem ducta. Scutel- 
lum minutum , sub-quadratum , dense albido-tomentosum. Elytra 
antice thoracis basi paulo latiora, humeris sub-angulatis , lateri- 
bus parum ampliata , apice conjunctim obtuse rotundata , thorace 
fere triplo longiora; supra inzqualia, ad suturam longitudina- 
liter depressa , basi praeterea intra humeros fovea lata, abbreviata; 
exarata ; tota ferrugineo-picea, evidenter punctato-striata , in- 
terstitiis planis, tomento fusco-brunneo et fulvescente variegata, 
sutura interstitiisque alternis maculis atro-holosericeis et fulves- 
centibus sub-tessellatis, in individuis illzsis interstitio suture proxi- 
mo posterius quartoque basi equaliter cinereo-pubescentibus. Pygi- 
dium parvum, rotundatum, fusco-ferrugineum , tomento brunneo 
albidoque variegatum. Corpus subtus fusco-ferrugineum , tomento 
flavescente sat dense adspersum. Pedes elongati, ferruginei, femori- 
bus incrassatis, tenuiter griseo-tomentosis, muticis , tibiis tarsisque 
albido-pubescentibus, illis bis, his unice brunneo-annulatis.— Fus. 
