l6o fihync hce nuK 



Var. b , fupra niger, fere g!aber, fubtus pat- 

 ce albiclo -fqvamofus, pedibus rufis* 

 Cnrculio mterfiitiatii. Rekk. Mcrnt* i, 6. 2. Tab. 

 1. f. 2. 



Habitat in arenofis aridis, agris, ubhqve 

 ireqvens» 



Defcr. Statura & fumma affimtas Rh* pericar- 

 pii, fed paullo minor, thorax evidentiiis tubercula- 

 tus, margine antico elevato, elytra cir.ereo- varie- 

 gata, interftitiis tuberculato - muricatis, &c. Caput , 

 roftrum , antennse , ut in Rh 4 periearpio , fed frons 

 & roftri bafis denfe cinereo • pitofa & fqvamulofa, 

 Thprax anterius anguftior, truncatus, margine ele- 

 vato fub-reflexo, bafi bi-finuatus, fupra pofterius 

 convexus, anterius transverfim d^prtffus, niger, 

 crebre pUndhtus, in medio obfoUie canaiicuiatus , 

 tuberculo Jaterali elevato fub- acuminato utrinqve 

 &rmatus ; lateribus, fubtus, & ih canaiiciila dorfali 

 fqvsmulis albidis , faepe lutefcenti aut ferrugineo- 

 tinclis obduftus , difco dorfali tenue cinereo- pube- 

 fcente, Elytra thoi^acis bali dimidio latiora, hume- 

 ris p-ominulis, & illo plus tnplo longiora , fupra 

 convexa, nigra, late & profunde ftriato-fulcata, 

 ftriis crenato punclatis , imerftitiis anguftis eievatis 

 coriaceis , tubercuis fub - acuminwtis feriatis praefce- 

 rea exafperatis ; fuperficies tota pilis & fqvamuiis 

 cinertro -albidis depreffis nebuiofa; futura lara , fub- 

 fcilius codacea, absqve tuberculis ; ad bafin macula 

 cornmuni obionga e fqvamu'is denfis, aut niveis 9 

 aut pallide rufefcentibus notata , dein nigra, pone 

 tnedium iterum cinereo albida. Corpus fubtiis ni- 

 grrim. crebre & profunde pun&atum, lqvamuiis den- 

 £s, aut aibidis, aut flavo - rufefcentibus te&um. Pe- 

 €s& mtdiocres rufo-teftacei. cinereo-pubelcentes. 



