326 Genus 186. - PHOMIXOPS. 



oculi oblon{;o-ovati, deprcssi, niyri. Antenna; medium thoracis vix 

 cxcedcntcs pirca' , oiisoo-piibesccntes. Thorax sub-quadratus, feit- 

 in iiicdio sub-a'qualitcr aliquantulum ampbatus . basi lajvissime 

 sub-bi-siiiuatus, apice utrinque distincte sinuato-lobatus , supra 

 pariim convexus, sat profunde disperse punctatus ; niyro-piceus , 

 itjuamosifate silaeea vel {jrisca vestitus setulisque dccunibeiitibus 

 .ilbidis parcc obsitus. Scutclluni sub-rotundalum densc albido- 

 squamosuin. Elytra tborace fere duplo bTtiora el plus quam triplo 

 longiora, ab bumeris obtuse elcvatis ultra medium sub-linea- 

 ria, apice conjunctim acute rotundata , supra coiivexa , evidenter 

 pnnctato-striata, punctis striarum sub-rcmotis, squama albida um- 

 bibcatis, sutura interstitiisque sccundo quartoque posticc elcvati)- 

 costatis: tota nigro-picea , squamositate sibicea vei grisea induta, 

 interstitiis alternis setulis rigidis griseis adspersis, medio dorsi 

 fascia communi obliqua , utrinque abbreviata , obsoletius infus- 

 cata. Corpus subtus nigrum , albido-squamulosum. Pedes mc- 

 diocres picei , silacco-vcl grisoo-squamulosi , tenuiter albido-se- 

 tulosi , femoribus vix incrassatis ; tarsis iimdioe dilatatis , siibtus 

 fusco-spongiosis. — Fhs. 



' * i5. P. Rhombicus. Kluy. 



Oblomßis, niyer, squamositate cinerea in dorso ochraceo-tincta vesti- 

 tus setulisque albidis fuscisque adspersus , fronte rostroque sulcatis ; 

 ihorace disperse punclato , niedio sub-canaliculato ; elytris punctato- 

 striatis, interstitiis dorsalibus alternis convexioribus : fascia communi 

 sinuata fusco-bninnea . 



Patria : Columbia. Dom. Dort. Moritz. A Dom. Schuppel dono 

 missus. Mus. Schh. 



Prontecope nuhifero pan\n longior, slatura angustiore, thoracc 

 sub-canaliculalo , elytris postice magis attenuatis, etc., ab affini- 

 bus pnecipue distinctus. Caput brevissirauni , nigrum , fusco-ci- 

 nereo-squamosum , parce griseo-setulosum , fronte sulculo longi- 

 tudinali impressa ; oculi oblongo-ovati , depressi, nigri; rostrum 

 capite dimidio lonjfius at versus basin paulo angustius, apice pro- 

 funde emarginatum, dorso longitudinaliter distinclc sulcatum , 

 colore et indumento capitis. Antennae medium tboracis haud 

 cxcedentes fusco-ferrugincae , tenuiter cinereo-pubescentes, clava 

 picco-nigra. Thorax latiludine bascoj. nor\ brevior anticequc vix 



