Genus 29. — PLATYRHINUS. 231 
3. P. AcuLEarus. Fabricius. 
Oblongus, piceus, helvo-pubescens , rostro tri-foveolato, vertice im- 
presso, thorace angustiore, antice elevato, dorso tri-tuberculato , 
elytris multi-spinosis, antennis pedibusque testaceis, his fusco-an- 
nulatis. 
Anthribus id. FABR. Syst. El. IL. p. 409. zo. 
Patria : America meridionalis. Dom. Smipr. Mus. Reg. Dan. 
Facies et statura fere generis Elaphri et Elaphro ripario parum 
major. Caput sub-deflexum , punctatum, piceum, helvo-tomento- 
sum, vertice impresso ; oculi oblongi, valde prominuli, brunnei; 
rostrum transversum ,, vix capitis longitudine lateribus ampliatum, 
apice sub-truncatum, supra depressum, punctatum, piceum , hel vo- 
tomentosum , foveola laterali utrinque tertiaque sub-duplicata in 
medio baseos impressum. Antenne medium thoracis parum supe- 
rant sub-tenues, ferruginee, clava incrassata, articulis discretis. 
Thorax latitudine baseos fere brevior, basi apiceque truncatus, la- 
teribus pone medium nonnihil ampliatus, supra inzqualis, rude 
punctatus, antice elevatus, in medio dorsi tuberculis tribus validis, 
in serie transversa positis, armatus, ante basin striga transversa, 
inzquali, elevata, ad latera antrorsum adscendente ibique sub-bi- 
tuberculata; totus fusco-piceus, helvo-tomentosus, basi fusco bi- 
maculatus. Scutellum punctiforme, tomento helvolo tectum. Ely- 
tra thorace dimidio latiora et plus duplo longiora, basi utrinque 
sub-truncata, lobo parvo interne elevato-producto, humeris tuber- 
culatim elevatis; lateribus inflexa , vix ampliata, margine ante me- 
dium in callum elevato, postice conjunctim sub-rotundata, apice 
ipso breviter mucronato ; supra modice convexa, irregulariter pro- 
funde striato-punctata, fusco-picea, helvo-tomentosa, dorso tuber- 
culis tribus validissimis, in serie longitudinali positis, basali sub- 
gemino pluribusque minoribus, externe posticeque sparsis, armata. 
Pygidium descendens, rotundatum, piceum, helvo-pubescens. 
Corpus subtus convexum , piceum , tenuiter helvo-pubescens. Pedes 
mediocres, testacei, tenuiter griseo-pubescentes, femoribus subtus 
longius birsutis, medio infuscatis, tibiarum annulo tarsisque 
fuscis, — Fus. 
