(144) 
Stephanoderes Chapuisii, * Eicxn., Berl. ent. Zeil., 1871, p. 152. 
(?) Crypturgus dissimilis, Zinm., Syn. Scol., 1868, p. 144. 
Statura fere et similitudo St. rotundicollis vel seulpturati, tho- 
race tuberculis paucis seabrato, elytris cylindricis, apice subacu- 
minalis, thorace medio magis ampliato-dilatato, postice profun- 
dius punetato, elytris basi subattenuatis, interstitits subbiseriatim 
punetulatis ete. abunde distinctus. Oblongus eylindrieus, piceo- 
brunneus vel sordide fusco-lividus, pube brevi griseo tenuiter 
adspersus. Caput nigro-piceum, fronte leviter convexa, fortiter 
subgranulate punctata, pilis griseis adspersa, linea media longi- 
tudinali obsolete impressa. Oculi et antennae structura ut in 
congeneribus, his testaceis, capitulo subrotundato. Prothorax 
subglobosus, amplus, longitudine multo latior, latcraliter medio 
valde ampliato-dilatatus, ad basin et apicem versus subaequaliter 
fortiter rotundatus, basi truncatus, angulis posticis rotundatis , 
obtusis, margine apicali medio tuberculis duobus confertis pro- 
minulis notatus, ideoque submucronatus, supra nigro-piceus, 
subnitidus, valde convexe rotundatus, subnodose elevatus ; ante- 
rius tuberculis scabratus; plaga tuberculorum angusta, subrotun- 
data, ex paucis (10-12) tuberculis composita; tuberculis anterio- 
ribus (4-8) vage dispersis, compressis, subtransversis, posteriori- 
bus contiguis, confusis, subelevatis; post medium et lateribus 
ubique vage subrugulose punctatus. Elytra picea vel dilute fusco- 
livida, subnitida, cylindrica , summa- basi tamen subangustata, 
maxima latitudine thoracis angustiora at illo amplius duplo vel 
triplo longiora, lateraliter recta parallela, a quarto vel quinto 
postico per areum brevem vel celerem subangulatim rotundata 
et iterum subrecte ad angulum suturalem inversa, ideoque elytra 
apice subacuminata; supra cylindrice convexa, piceo-brunnea vel 
sordide fusco-livida, subnitida, profunde punetato-striata, inter- 
stitiis subconvexis, irregulariter vage multipunetatis et uniseria- 
tim setosis; apice praerupte deelivi, convexe rotundato. Corpus 
subtus piceo-brunneum, punetulatum. Pedes testacer, uübus extus 
denticulatis, antrorsum subdilatatis, tarsis tenuibus. 
Patria : America borealis (Texas). (Coll. domini Chapuisi.) 
