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manifeste latiora, pone lmmeros sensim angustata, apice con- 

 juuctim obtuse rotundata, latitudine antica vix longiora, dorso 

 depressa, punctato-striata, sutura antice impressa, margine an- 

 tico anguste lituraque communi pone medium dorsi albo-squa- 

 mulosis. Pygidiu-m brevissimuni, obtusum. Corpus subtus 

 convexum, crebre punctatum, tenuiter gviseo-pubescens. Pe- 

 des mediocres, ruguloso-punctati, griseo-pubescentes, femoribus 

 modice incrassatis, subtus acute dentatis; tibiis arcuatis; tarsis 

 fusco-feiTugineis. 



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

 neus, subtus niger, inaequaliter albido-squamulosus; thorace 

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

 gine antico fasciaque postica communi densius albido-squamu- 

 losis. Long. 3^, lat. 1^ millim. 



- Caput rotundatum, punctatum, castaneum, tenuiter gri- 

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

 rostrum longitudine thoracis, cylindricum, arcuatum, punctula- 

 tum, basi striolatum, castaneum, apicem versus obscurius. 

 Antennee tenues, rufo-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, 

 condensata, obsitus. Scntellum rotundatum, albo-squamulosum. 

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

 lmmeros, nonnihil rotundato-dilatatos, sensim leviter augustata, 

 apice conjunctim rotundata, latitudine dimidio longiora, dorso 

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

 fusco-castanea, squamulis piliformibus albidis inaequaliter obsita, 

 margine antico fasciaque postica communi, utrimque abbreviata, 

 densius squamulosis. Corpus subtus convexum, punctulatum, 

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

 albidopubescentes, femoribus clavatis, subtus dente acuto, ru- 

 fescente, armatis, tibiis compressis, anticis valde arcuatis. 



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

 squamosus, antennis rufo-testaceis ; rostro confertim punctato; 

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

 tato-striatis, interstitiis planis, pläga communi ante medium, 

 fasciaque maculari pone medium atris. Long. 3^, lat. lf 

 millim. 



Pylarus designatus Bon. in Sch. Gen. et. Sp. Curc. 

 T. VIII, 1 p. 45. 



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

 lis cervinis adspersus; thorace rude rugoso-scrobiculato, antice 

 breviter carinato, inträ apicem profundissime constricto; elytris 

 rude punctato-striatis, interstitiis subconvexis, dorsalibus an- 

 tice granulatis, secundo interrupte carinato, fascia brevi träns- 



