Genus 130. — PI>ATYCOPES. goS 



Stirps 2. — ElyUu pone basin Infra lininenan non luberculata. 



( Spec. 8 et 9. ) 



8. P. Argyuellus. Sparnnan. 



Breviterovatiis , ni(jer,squainulis viridi-argenteis undique tectus; rostro 

 canaliculalo , basi striga angulata a cripite disdncto ; thorace bre- 

 vissww, lateribiis purum ampUato, supra conferthn nujoso; elylris 

 amplis, ovatis , siib-rcmotc ptinctalo-slnatls. — Bmn. 



Synonymiam vide. Huj. op. !. p. 554- i- 



Pdtria : Cap. Rona? Spei. 



Q. P. PRASlNATUS.'^-i'c/i/j. 



Brcviterovalas, iiiger, sguaiiuilis Icete viridibas undlrpie veslkus ; rostro 

 obsolete ranaUcidatn , basi striga transversa, recta,a capitedistincto; 

 thorace brevissimo , lateribus paiilo ainpUato , supra obsoletius 

 riigoso; elytris amplis , breviter ovatis, suli-remote pnnctato-striatis. 



Patria : Cap. Bona? Spei. A Dom. Drege ad describendum amice 

 cominunicatus. 



Platycopi argyrcllo simillimus, noiiniliil tarnen major ; elytris 

 magis ovatis, thorace obsolelius rugoso, rostro striga transversa 

 basi, recta, ab illo distinctus. Caput breve, latum, supra modice 

 convexum, subtilitergranulatum, nigrum, dense viridi-squamosum ; 

 oculi semi-globosi, modice prominuli, nigri; rostrum longitudine 

 c.ipitis, antrorsum paulo aiigustius, crassum, rectum, supra pla- 

 num, medio obsolete canaliculatum, basi striga transversa, recta , 

 a capite distinctum , nigrum, similiter squamosum. Antenn« ultra 

 thoracis basin pertingentes , scapo maximo, extrorsum subtus 

 valde dilatato, compresso , squamoso, funiculo tenui, piloso, clava 

 parva, ovata , acuminata, nigra. Thorax brevissimus, transversus, 

 basi apiceque truncatus, lateribus perparum ampliatus, supra 

 paulo convexus, obsolete rugosus, nigcr, dense laete viridi-squa- 

 mosus. Scutellum nulluni. Elytra ampla, antice truncata, tboracis 

 basi ibi vix lotiora sed pone basin oblique valde anipliata, dein 

 posterius atlenuata, apice ipso conjunclim rotundata, ihorace 

 <Hi;nlru|)l!i l'M!,|;iora , supra in dorso nuuiicc convexa, postice decli- 



