Genls 397. — PIII.OEOFHA(;üS. io-.3 



fnscopiceuiii. Elytra antice truncata , thoracls basi ijaiilo laliora , 

 liuiiieris lectan^ulatis; laleriljus iioii anijiliala , apice conjunctiiii 

 rotundata , thoracefereduplo loiigioia, supra in dorso sub-plana , 

 posterius declivia, regulariterconfertim punctato-siriata, iiiterstitiis 

 anjjiistis, sub- convexis, siiignlis seiie c setulis parvis , reclinatis , 

 cincreis obsitis, tota fusco-picca, sub-nitida. Corpus sublus piceum, 

 subtiliter disperse punctulatum, setulis cinereis parce adspersum. 

 Pedes breviusculi, sub-tenues, rufo-picei , punctulati , parce cine- 

 reo-setulosi; f'emoriLus clavatis, tarsis tenuibus, parum dilatatis. 



Bhn. 



7. P. MiNiMus. Clievrolat. 



Elongiüus , siib-deprcssus, uifjro-piceits, antetinis, rostro aplce pedi- 

 biisrpie rufo-fcinifjini'h , roslio brcvori, crassiori, arciuito ; thorace 

 a basi apicein versus sensir.i anyustato , zindique sub-remote pimc- 

 fato; elytiüs rafo-caslaneis , mediocvifer piinctato-striatts, interstidis 

 keuibus. 



Cossomts id. Dom. Chf.vrolat /;; Littcris. 



Patlid •A)\\\a\y<\ in Mexico. Ex Musa'o Dom. Chevp.olat de- 

 srriptus. 



Parvus. Statura Cossoni el Cossono cxcirtifo fere triplo minor. Caput 

 breve, convexum, vix punctulatum, nigro-piceum , nitidum ; oculi 

 ovati , sub-de|5ressi , obscure l)runnei ; rostrum capite pUis duplo 

 longius et dimidioangustius, vaUdum, teres, arcuatum, sublilissime 

 punctulakim, a basi ultra medium nigro-piceum,dein apicem versus 

 rufo-ferrugineum; totum nitidum, glabrum. Antennae breviusculas, 

 valida?, dilutius ferrugineae, clava ovata, acuminata, cinereo-pu- 

 bcscente.Tlioraxlatiludinebaseosnon nihil longior, apicetruncatus, 

 intra apicem leviter constrictus , lateril^us pone stricturam versus 

 basin sensim perparum ampliatus, postice fere truncatus, suprasub- 

 depressus, undiqne snlj-remote disjierse punctatus, nigro-piceus , 

 nitidus, glaber. Scutellnm parvum, rolundatum, concolor. Elytra 

 antice sidj-truncata, thoracis basi paulo latiora, humeris rotundalisi 

 lateribus non ampliata , apice conjunctim rotundata, thorace vix 

 duplo longiora, snpra in dorso sub-depressa , sat profunde striata 

 et in striis mediocriter crebre punctata, interstitiis angitstis, lajvibus, 

 tota rufo-castanea, nitida. (Corpus subtus crebre punctulatum, 

 piceum. Pedes breviusculi, rufo-lerruginei. — JJun. 



