Genus 3ii. — I'ULYC'IINUS. u> 



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ä. P. Ai-no-MixTLS. (Schli.) — OblüiiQo-ovalus , nigcr, sqnmnulis 

 J'uscis, albidis, mixtis vestitus; rostro lotigiiisciilo, valiclo, basi strigci 



transversa insciilpto, thorace crebre puuctato, anterius angustiovc ; 



laleribus vix rotunclato, poslice tenue carinalo; elylris subtililer 



pmictalo-strialls , postice obsolete tubercitlatis ; lat'^ribiis albido- 



srjuautosis. 



Patria : Capul Bonae Spei. Dom. Drege. Mus. Schh. 



Ma^nitudo Plihjctini Gallina;. Caput mediocre, crassum , supra 

 parum convexum, nigrum, confertim punctulatum, squamulisal- 

 bidis adspersüm; fronte plana, leviter impressa ; oculi ovaii, mo- 

 dice prominuli, nigri ; rostrum capite pauIo longius, sed dimidio 

 fere angustius, crassiusculum , rectum, supra sub-elcvatum , pla- 

 num , utrinque infra ocidos longitudinaliter lateque impressuui , 

 nigrum, punctulatum, parce albido-squaaiulosum ; basi striga 

 transversa insculptum. Antennse ultra tlioracis basin pertingentcs, 

 minus tcnues, picea?, parce griseo-piloscT3; clava oblongo-ovata , 

 acuminata, fusco-pubescente. Tborax latitudine baseos nonnibil 

 brevior, antice posticeque truncatus, anterius angustior, lateribus 

 vix rotundato-amplialus, supra modice convexus, confertim punc- 

 latus, mcdio carinula tenui, antice abbreviata, instructus; totns 

 niger, squamulis rotundis, albidis adspersus. Scutellum nulluni. 

 Elytra oblongo-ovata , antice conjunctim leviter emarginata , tbo- 

 racis basi paulo latiora, bumeris antrorsum prominulis, rotunda- 

 tis; pone basin ampliata, lateribus inflexa , infra medium apicem 

 versus angustata , tborace fere quadruplo longiora , apice ipso con- 

 junctim sub-acuminata , supra modice convcxa, postice declivia, 

 subtiliter punctato-striata , interstitiis sub-convexis ; posterius ob- 

 tuse rcmote tuberculato; tota nigra, dorso squamulis fuscis, albi- 

 dis, mixtis vcstita, lateribus late albido-stjuamosa. Corpus subtus 

 nigrum, punctulatum, sat dense al])ido-squauiosum. Pedes me- 

 diocres, validi, ferruginei, parce albido-squamosi et palliJo-pu- 

 bescentes; femoribus modice clavatis, muticis ; tibiis teretibus, 

 rectis; tarsis dilatatis, subtus brunneo-spongiosis. — Bun. 



*6. P. AGRESTis. Schh. — //. op. II. p. 524- 3. — P. Caput Bona? 



Spei. 



Obs. — In diagnosi et descriptione loco citato, elytra postice ob- 

 soletissime tuberculosa dicuntur, non recte, interstitiis potius se- 

 riatjm granulatis. 



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