Gends 186. — PROMECOPS. 7,?,^ 



Patria : Mexico. Dom. Djipont. Mus. Schh. 



Promecope nnbifero duplo minor. Caput cum rostro latitudine da- 

 plo longius, obsolete punctulatum, rufo-piceum, squamulis supia 

 silaceis parcius, subtus viridibusdensius obsitum, dorso rostii non 

 nisi tenuissime canalicidato ; oculi sub-ovati , depressi , nigri. An- 

 tennae basin tboracis attingentes testaceae , tenuiter pubescentes. 

 Thorax sub-quadratus, ante medium perparum ampliatus , basi 

 leviter bi-sinatus, apice utrinque sub-sinuato-lobatus, supra niodice 

 convexus , obsolete punctulatus ; rufo-piceus , lateribus densius 

 silaceo-squamulosis, dorso sub-denudato , linea tantum media, 

 indeterminata , silaceo -squamulosa notato. Scutellum minutum 

 viridi-squamosuni. Elytra basi thoracis fere duplo latiora , pone 

 humeros elevatos ultra medium sub-linearia vel lasvissime tantum 

 ampliata, apice conjunctim sub-rotundata, thorace triplo longiora , 

 supra convexa, sat confertim punctato-striata , rufo- picea, apice 

 late determinate strigaque ab humeris utrinque oblique ducta 

 densius silaceo - squamosis setulisque albidis parce adspersis , area 

 communi triangulär! baseos fasciaque pone illam satis approxi- 

 mata, valde obliqua , sub-denudatis. Corpus subtus piceum, squa- 

 mulis Iffite viridibus aequaliter obductum. Pedes mediocres fusco- 

 testacei , parce silaceo-tomentosi , femoribus basi et subtus viridi- 

 squamulosis. — Fhs. 



* 23. P. Fallax. Schh. 



Oblongus, piceo-niger, supra fusco-bruniieo-squamosns , capite rostnt- 

 qiie variegatbn , thoracis lateribtis, elytrorum vitta repanda grisco- 

 albidis, rostri apice, corpore subtus feniorumque basi late viriJi- 

 argoiteo-squamosis , scuteUo albo ; thorace sub-cylindrlco , uiidiquc 

 disperse punctato ; elytris punctato-strialis , sub-acuminatis , setiüis 

 niveis adspersis, antennis pedihiisque ferrugineis. 



Patria : Brasilia. A Dom. Chevrolat benevole missus. Mus. Schh. 



Promecopis nubiferi magnitudo. Caput breve piceo - nigrum , 

 squamulis fuscLs juxta oculos griseo- albidis tectum ; oculi sub- 

 perpendiculares , ovati , depressi, nigri; ro.strum capite paulo lon- 

 gius at vix angustius , piceum , squamulis versus basip griseo- 

 albidis fusco-variegatis, apire viridi-argenteis, vestitum, in media 



