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ovata, antice latitudine thoracis vix superantia, 
truncata, elevato iiiargiiiata, anguiis humerali- 
bus haud prorainulis, subacutan^ulis; a basi ul- 
tra meJiam aiiipliata, tanc apicem versus atte- 
nuata; apice ipso conjuncliai subacaminata, su- 
pra modice conv-exa. — Pedes inediocres, inter- 
medii paallo brevio-res, nuUici ; femoiibus cla- 
vatis; tibiis terelibus, rectis; tarsis' mediocres , 
subtus spongiosis, bi-unguiculatis. 
Ab agrcLÖicoTj^g, sciitatus L scntellatus. 
Tijpus: Aspidiotes Westringii; ex Hispania rae- 
ridionalis. 
Obsen).: Genus quoad babiturii Piazomii qui- 
dem subsiaiiie est. 
Genus 142 — 143. Pterotropis. Schh. 
Character generis. ■ — Anlennse mediocres, mi- 
nus tenuesj articnlis duobus basalibus funiculi 
longiusculis, obconicis, reliquis brevibus, subova- 
lis; clava ovala, acuminata. 
Rost rum breve, supra subplanum, basi ca- 
naliculatufii , apice piaga triangulari, elevata 
iiiunilum. 
Thorax suboblongus, basi apiceque truncatus, 
lateribus parum rolundatus, anterius angustior. 
Elvira oblonga, subovalia, basi truncata, ca- 
rina elon^ata ab an2:ulo humerali versus me- 
dium ducla, elevata; supra nunnihil convexa, 
versus apicem callosa. 
Descriptio: — Corpus oblongum, subovalum, 
paullo convexum, squamosum, alalum; miooris 
magnitudinis. — Antennce thoracis basin fere 
perlingenles, juxla medium rosUi inserta?, mi- 
nus teiuies, fractas, 12-articulata3: articulo l:o 
oculos superan te, clavato, 2:o et 3:o longiuscu- 
