360 Genus 54. — HOMALOCERUS. 
Lixo Bardance nonnihil brevior et dimidio angustior. Caput 
quadratum, prominens, supra fere planum, fronte producta, 
deflexa, transverse convexa; totum nigrum , subtiliter confertim 
ruguloso-punctatum , pube albida parce adspersum; oculi laterales, 
sub-ovati, convexi, nigri; rostrum thorace vix longius, sub- 
tenue, teres, modice arcuatum, obsolete punctulatum, nigrum, 
nitidum, glabrum. Antenne basi rostri inserte, minus tenues, 
nigre, parce pubescentes; articulo basali obscure ferrugineo, ul- 
timo oblongo, acuminato. Thorax latitudine media nonnihil 
brevior apice truncatus, intra apicem leviter transversim constric- 
tus, lateribus rotundato-ampliatus, basi obsolete bi-sinuatus, su- 
pra modice convexus , undique confertim subtiliter rugoso-puncta- 
tus, dorso postico medio obsolete impressus, niger, utrinque 
vitta laterali e pube depressa, albida, superne maculis nonnullis 
obsoletis aurantiacis adjecta, decoratus. Scutellum mediocre fere 
quadratum, sub-depressum, nigrum, parce pubescens. Elytra 
antice conjunctim leviter emarginata, thoracis medio vix latiora, 
humeris retusis, oblique angulatis; apicem versus paulo latiora, 
apice ipso simultanae obtuse rotundata , ad suturam breviter mu- 
cronata , thorace quadruplo longiora, supra in dorso parum con- 
vexa, obsolete crebre, minus regulariter striato-punctata , inter- 
stitiis angustis , obsolete coriaceis , nigra, sub-opaca, pube depressa 
cinerea adspersa, singulo vitta laterali antice posticeque abbrevi- 
ata, e pube densa sordide albida ornato, margine ipso laterali 
anguste ferrugineo. Corpus subtus nigrum, rugoso-punctatum , 
pube pallida parce adspersum. Pedes mediocres, obscure ferrugi- 
nei, pube cinerea parce adspersi; femoribus apicem versus infus- 
catis , omnibus muticis , tibiis teretibus, sub-rectis, paulo compri- 
matis, anticis intus obsolete crenulatis. — Ban. 
Divisio. VI. ITHYCERIDES. 
Huj. op. Y. p. 246. Divisio VI. 
Genus 55. ITHYCERUS. Dalman. 
Huj. op. 1. p. 246. Genus. 34. 
* 1. I. CuncurioNorpEs. Herbst. — Huj. op. I. p. 246. 1. 
Adde : Sax. Descr. of Cure. of N. Amer. p.8. 1. 
