Rhynthcenus. 249 



Habitat In foliis SaUcis, Jkmfe, A!ni, fat 

 frequens, 



Defcr. Rh. SpnteHari pauPo minor, convcxfor, 

 variat etipru dup!o minor & ultra. Gaput parvum, 

 ni^rum , opacum, pun£hi!aruRi , oculis nigro- brutr- 

 neis , in utnoque fexu conniventjbus ; roftrum ar- 

 cuatum, nigaim, crebre rugofo punclituni, rnaris 

 capite cura thorace brevius, ferr.1r.2e illis lon^ius, 

 Antennae nigrae, clava grj|eo. pubefcente, ftruCtura 

 fere ut in prioribus, fed articulu* fecundus crailtor, 

 ov^us , vi v * ob conicus. Thprax anterjus vaide au- 

 guftatus, bafi fub trunclatus fupra modice convexus, 

 niger, fub opacus, creb^rrime rugofo- punclatus , pu- 

 be fubtiliffima, cinerea,, prseiertim fubtus & lateribus, 

 adfperfu*. Scutellum parvum, rotundatum, eleva- 

 tura, pube denfa a'ba veftitum.' Elytra magna, tho- 

 racis bafi dimidio latiora, & iilo qvintuplo longio- 

 ra, fupra modice convexa, ante medium transverfim 

 impreffa, tota n'gra, parum nitida, prnfunde pun&a» 

 to ftriata, interftttiis convexis, transverfim fub-rugo* 

 fis. Corpus fubtus nigrum, parum nitidum, crebre 

 punclatum, tenue ciaereo-pubefcens. Pedes medio- 

 cres, toti nigri, cinereo-pubefcectes, femoribus po- 

 fticis parum incraffatis. 



Obf, Dom. Fabricius erroneae fururae bafin al- 

 bam dicit, nam fcuteilum folum piioiitate aiba ve* 

 ftitum* 



149. R. Populi: obfongo-ovatus, niger, an- 

 tennis pedibusque pallide teitaceis, femo- 

 ribus pofticis iafcia nigra, pedtore albi» 

 do • pubefcente. 



Iabi\ Eltut, 2, 425. 2j 2. 



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