Genus 353. — ZYCOPS. 62^ 



23. Z. Jaspidel's. Germar. 



Oblongiis , supra brunneo-subtus cjriseo-squamosus , orbitis octiloium 

 annuloque laterall duplicato thoracis albidis, coL'Opteris oblongo- 

 quadraüs, griseo-fuscoque variis ; femorilnis albo-fasciatis. 



Geum. 



PotcUma jaspideuin. Germ. Ins. Spec. I. p. 258. 3go. 

 Patriu : Brasilia. 



23. Z. FuRFURACEUs. Germciw 



Punctatus, ater, tliorace fid\<o-squainoiO , vittis duabus atris , coleop- 

 teris snb-qiiadratis, profunde punclato-striaüs , griseo-futuoque irro- 

 ratis. — Germ. 



Poecilma furfuraceum. Germ. Ins. Spec. I. p. 260. 892. 

 Patria : Brasilia. 



Genus 35i. COPTÜHUS. Nobls. 



Cop/on« Dejean. — Zyc/ops, subgenus Coptorus ScHir. (1). — Zygops 

 Say. — Poecilma Germ. — Cryptorliynclnis Say. — liliyncluenus 

 Fabr. 



Character generis. — Antennae medtocres, tenues, ante medium 

 rostri insertte; funiculo 7-articulato : articul > 1° longiusculo, obco- 

 nico , 2° saepissime valde elongato , sub-cylindrico ., 3° et 4" elongatis 

 sub-obconicis, reliquis brevibus, sub-rotundatis; clava oblonga, 

 sub-ob-ovata, acuminata, articulo 1° longiore. 



llostrum longiusculum , validiust^iilum , basi paulo crassius , 

 carinatum , versus apicem paulo coinplanatum , lasve , modice 

 arcuatum. 



Oculi ovati, maximi, intus ferc coeuntes. 



Thorax sub-conicus, basi bi-sinuatus, intra apicem coarctatus, 

 apice ipso late emarginatus. 



Elytra thoracis basi paulo latiora, latitudine saepius vix longiora, 

 versus apicem sensim paulo attenuata , pygidium obtegentia, supra 

 depressa. 



Abdomen basi sub-inllatum, postice retusum. 



(i) Schh. Cure. üisp. Meth. p. 3oi. ^ 



