G4o Genus 354. — COPTURUS. 



* i6. C. Desckei. Matmcrheiin. 



Sub-ovatus , niger, thorace co)n)exo, crebre evidenter rugoso-pnncUito, 

 mcdio caiinula vailc abbreviata , Uevi , nolato, dense miniato- 

 sqtiamoso, playa magna, ohionga, transversa, dorsali maculaque 

 infra-liitpraü denudatis decorato; elytris profunde pimctato-striatis, 

 interslitiis angustis , sub-carinatis, fascia lala oblüjua, macubapie 

 apicali communi , miniato-squamosis , decoratis; corpore sublus alho- 

 squavioso ; femorlbus unl-dentatis. 



Palria : Brasilia interiori. Dom. Bescke. A. Dom. Com. Mannek- 

 iiEiM missus. Mus. Schh. 



Statura et summa similitudo Cop/?/n roseisi(piati, diimdio tarnen 

 minor, thorace carinula abbreviata mstructo, evidenter punctalo, 

 elytris profunde punctato-striatis , interstitiis sub-carinatis, aliter 

 coloratis, etc. , ab illo bene distinctus. Caput orbiculatum, nigrum, 

 linea anjjustissinia frontali albido-vertice inarj;ine([ue infra-oculari 

 luste miniato-squamosis; üculi magni , ovati , niyri, valde approxi- 

 mati, maximam capitis partem occupant; rostrum thorace vix lon- 

 gius, arcuatum, minus tenue, teres, basi nonnihil crassius, apice 

 deplanatum,piceum , conlertini subtilitcr pniutulaluni, basi dense 

 lateribus parcius albido-squamosum. Antenna; tcnues , rutb-testace;e, 

 clava parva, fusca. Jhorax latitudine baseos multo brevior, anterius 

 angustior, apice sub-truncatus , intra apicem leviter constrictus et 

 transversim inipressus , pone stricturam versus basin ampliatus , 

 postice bi-sinuatus,supra convexus, confertini evidenter rugoso- 

 punctatus, linea media longitudinali antice posticeque valde ab- 

 breviata , elevata , laevi , notatus ; totus niger , dense miniato-squa- 

 mosus,plaga oblonga , dorsali , transversa , maculaque utrinque 

 infra-ialerali, in ipsa basi,<lenudalis, derorntus. Scutelliim parvuui, 

 rotundatuni , nigr um. Elytra antice thoracis basi nomiiliil latiora, 

 sed mox pone basin ampliala, humeris vix clevatis, rotundatis ; 

 basi leviter sinuata, tenue refl<'xo-marginata,pone humeros apicem 

 versus sensim angustata, apice ipso conjunclim obtusissinie roturi- 

 data, thorace vix duplo longiora, supra parum convexa, suicata , 

 sulcis sat profunde crcbrc punctalis; interstitiis angustis,convexis, 

 sub-carinatis ; atra, fascia lata, a scutelloposteriusoblique ad margi- 

 nem ducta macula(]ueapicali,suturali,sub-triangulari cum margine 

 latcrali antice aiigusfe miuiato sqnamosis. Corpus su!)tus nigium , 

 coiilertim subtiliter puiictulatum , squaiuulis niveis dense ttcluui , 



