FAHR.EUS, COLEOPrERA CAFFRARI.Ii. 259 



iiuiiiifeste latiora, pone liuaieros seiisim angustata, apii-e coii- 

 juuctim obtuse rotuiidata, latitudine antica vix lougiora, dorso 

 depressa, punctato-striata, sutura autice irapressa, raargine an- 

 tico anguste lituraque comniuni pone medium dorsi albo-squa- 

 mulosis. Pygidium brevissimura, obtusum. Corpus subtus 

 convexum, crebre punctatum, teuuitev griseo-pubescens. Pe- 

 des mcdiocres, ruguloso-puuctati, griseo-pubescentt's, femoribus 

 modice iucrassatis, subtus acute dcutatis; tibiis arcuatis; tarsis 

 fusco-ferrugiueis. 



295. Hoplitopales (Sch.) ambiguus: oblongo-ovatus, fusco-casta- 

 neus, subtus niger, in.nequaliter albido-squamulosus; thovace 

 strigoso-punctato, albido-trivittato; elytris puuctato-striatis, mar- 

 giiie autico fascia([ue postica commuui deusius albido-squamu- 

 losis. Long. o\, lat. 1^ millim. 



Caput votundatum, punctatum, castaneum, tenuiter gri- 

 seo-pubescens; oculi rotundati, depressi, in froute approximati; 

 rostrum longitudine thoracis, cylindricum, arcuatum, punctula- 

 tum, basi striolatum, castaneum, apicem versus obscurius. 

 Antenn?e tenues, rutb-testaceae. Thorax latitudine postica fere 

 longior, apice truncatus, basi leviter bisinuatus, a basi ultra 

 medium linearis, dein fortiter angustatus, supra depressus, 

 tenuiter strigoso-punctulatus, fusco-castaneus, pube albida, in 

 vittas dorsales tres longitudiuales, plus minusve distinctas, 

 coudensata, obsitus. Scutellum rotundatum, albo-squamulosum. 

 Elytra antice basi thoracis vix latiora, illi arete applicata, pone 

 liumeros, nonnihil rotundato-dilatatos, sensim leviter angustata, 

 apice conjunctim rotundata, latitudine dimidio longiora, dorso 

 depressa, tenuiter punctato-striata, interstitiis planis, coriaceis; 

 fusco-castanea, squaraulis piliformibus albidis ina^qualiter obsita, 

 margine autico fasciaque postica conimuni, utrimque abbreviata, 

 densius squamulosis. Corpus subtus convexum, punctulatura, 

 nigrum, tenuiter at gequaliter albido-squamulosum. Pedes picei. 

 albido pubescentes, femoribus clavatis, subtus dente acuto, ru- 

 fescente, armatis, tilnis compressis, anticis valde arcuatis. 



296. Pylarus (Sch.) designahis: subovatus, nigro-piceus, cervino- 

 squamosus, antennis rufo-testaceis ; rostro confertim punctato; 

 thorace rugoso-punctato, fusco-variegato ; elytris tenuiter puuc- 

 tato-striatis, interstitiis planis, plaga communi ante medium. 

 fasciaque maculari pone medium atris. Long. 3^, lat. 1| 

 millim. 



Pylarus designatus Bon. in ScH. Gen. et. Sp. Cure. 

 T. Vin, 1 p. 45. 



297. Mecocorynus (Sch.) loripes: oblongo-ovatus, niger, squamu- 

 lis cervinis adspersus; thorace rude rugoso-scrobiculato, antice 

 breviter carinato, intra apicem profundissime constricto; elytris 

 rude punctato-striatis, interstitiis subcouvexis, dorsalibus an- 

 tice granulatis, secundo interruptc carinato, fascia brevi trans- 



