Genus 3ii. — PIILYCTINUS. iG.^ 



'Palria : Caput Bona? Spei. Dom. Drkge. Mus. Senn. 



Phjäolno uiiifonni vix longior, sed nonnihil latior. Caput nie- 

 diocre, crassuni, supra niodice convcxum, subtilitcr Cüiifcrtiin 

 puuctulatum , inter oculos tenue cavinatum, nigrum, ferc denu- 

 datuiii; oculi ovati, haud prominull, brunneij rostrum capitc non- 

 nihil longius et an.gustius, crassiusculum, parum aicuatuni, li- 

 neare, supra fere planum, infra oculos utrinque lonffitudinaliter 

 impressum, colorc et punctura capitis. Antennss ultra thoracis 

 basin pcrtingentes, minus tenues, obscure ferrugine«, parce gri- 

 seo-pilosa3 ; clava oblongo-ovata, acuminata, fusco-pubescente. 

 Thorax latitudiiie postica vix brevior, basi apiccque truncatus, an- 

 tcrius nonnihil angustior, lateribus rotundato-ampliatus, supra 

 modicfi convexus, subtilitcr confcrtim punctulatus, niger, squa- 

 inulis vircscentibus parce adspersus. Scutellum nulluni. Elytra 

 oblongo-ovata, anticc conjunciim levitcr cuiarginata , thoracis 

 basi paulo latiora, huuieris vix pronüuuüs, rotundatis, mox pone 

 basin ampliata, lateribus inflexa, a medio apicem versus angus- 

 tata , thorace fere quadruple longiora, apice ipso conjunctim sub- 

 acuminata, supra convexa, postice declivia, subtilitcr punctato- 

 striata, interslitiis sub-convexis, subtilitcr crelne alutaceis ; tota 

 nigra, squamulis cincrcis , viridibus, mixtis dorso parce apicem 

 versus densius adspcrsa, sctulisque griseis obsita. Corpus subtus 

 nigro-piceum, punctulatum, parce squamosum. Pcdcs mediocres, 

 validi, obscure ferruginci, parce cinereo-squamulosi et pubescen- 

 tcs; femoribus modicc clavatis, muticis; tibiis terctibus, rectisj 

 tarsis modice dilatatis, subtus brunneo-spongiosis. — Bhn. 



Stibps 2. — Antenna: brevuiscAike ; arlicuU Z-"] fdiilcidi brevisslmi, 

 sub-rohindaü^ paiilo coarctnü. Grex Oosoinus. Ilujus operis II. p. 

 525. Periteliis sub-gcnus Oosoinus. Cure. Disp. Melk. p. igS. 

 (Spec. 9-14.) 



g. P. METALLESCENS. {Scilli.) — Ohtougo-ovatus , niger, srjuanmlis 

 cinereis, melaUico-micanlÜnis vestilus ; antemiis pedihusque obscure 

 fen-ugincis , rostro longiore, aii(/zistlore, obsolete carinalo, thorace 

 suhtiliter punctulalo, titringue rotundato; elytris evidenter punclalo- 

 striatis, interstitiis planis , brcviter setulosis. 

 Patria : Teri'a Caffrorum. D.D. Eckxon et Zeyher. Mus. Dom. 



V. WiNTHEM. 



Phhjctino agrcsli similis , paulo major, pra^scrtim loiigior, alitcr 



