250 Genus 34. — PIEZOCORYNUS. 
ad latera condensata, vestitus, dorso fusco-variegatus, ante 
basin striga transversa sub-flexuosa , elevata , utrinque antrorsum 
nonnihil arcuata. Scutellum oblongum, dense albido-pubescens. 
Elytra brevia, obtusa, thorace vix duplo longiora, antice trun- 
cata, lateribus inflexa, apice conjunctim obtuse sub-rotundata, 
supra convexa, remote et irregulariter punctato-striata, versus 
apicem sub-callosa , nigra, margine laterali vittaque dorsali inde- 
terminata nonnunquam, piceo-ferrugineo-translucentibus; pube 
preterea griseo-albida fuscaque variegata, dorso interdum seriatim 
nigro-sub-tessellata. Pygidium amplum, obtusum, rotundatum, 
apice sub-carinatum , piceum , dense albo-pubescens. Corpus sub- 
tus nigrum vel piceum, punctatum , albo-tomentosum. Pedes va- 
lidi, albido-pubescentes, femoribus tarsisque nigro-piceis, tibiis 
dilutius piceo-ferrugineis. 
Obs. — Quoad emarginaturam oculorum hzc species Anthribis 
nimirum affinis, at respectu thoracis, striga transversa , instructi, 
sub hoc genere aptius collocata videtur. — Fus. 
Genus 34. PIEZOCORYNUS. Chevrolat. 
Piesocorynus Des. — Euparius Schu. olim. 
Character generis : — Antenn® longiuscul&, tenues; articulis fu- 
niculi sub-obconicis, ultimo oblongo triangulari; clava magna, 
oblonga , lata, compressa , articulis sub-remotis. 
Rostrum breve, latum , complanatum. 
Oculi majusculi , sub-laterales, modice convexi , parum emargi- 
nati. 
Thorax brevis, transversus, antice angustior, postice truncatus, 
angulis rectis; basi lateribusque postice elevato-marginatus. 
Elytra oblonga , sub-cylindrica, modice convexa. 
Descriptio : — Corpus longiusculum, sub-lineare, modice con- 
vexum ; mediocris magnitudinis. — Antenne longitudine dimidii 
corporis, in fovea irregulari laterum rostri insert ; articulis x et > 
crassiusculis, sub-elevatis, 3-7 tenuioribus, sub-obconicis, exteriori- 
bus successive brevioribus, 8^ paulo latiore, oblongo-triangulari , 
sub-compresso ; clava magna, lata , oblonga , sub-ovali, compressa, 
articulis sub-remotis, ı° sub-triangulari, 2° lunato , ulüimo apice 
sub-rotundato. — Rostrum deflexum , capite parum angustius eo- 
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