Genus 21g. ^ IIYPSONOTUS. iGg 



caphe thoraceqiie supra squamulis cceruleo-virescentllnls ohskis; 

 rostro sulcato; elytris splendide viridi-lmeatis, femoribus testaceis. 



Patna : Brasilia. A Dom. Faldermann amice communicatus, 

 Mus. SCHH. 



Longitudo corporis, rostro exci., 7, summa latitudo 2 "/2 ^in. 

 Par. Caput breve, sub-rotundatum, ruguloso-punctatum, nigrum, 

 squamulis cseruleo-virescentibus obsitum, fronte setulis erectis 

 atris adspersa; oculi breviter sub-ovales, sub-depressi , nigri; ros- 

 trum capite dimidio angustius, sed fere duplo longius, apice non- 

 nibii ampliatum , undique temere rugoso-punctatum , dorso sulco 

 longitudinali , versus basin attenuato, exaratum, totura nigrum, 

 in cavitatibus squamulis cseruleo-virescentibus obsitum, inferne 

 prffiterea griseo-barbatum. Antennae basin tboracis band attingen- 

 tes, sub-tenues, nigrae, parcc fiisco-pubesccntes. Tborax latiludine 

 baseos bi'evior, antice parum angustior, medio aequaliter rotun- 

 dato-ampliatus , basi marginatus ibique, ut etiam apice supra, 

 truncatus, pone oculos lobo exiguo instructus, supra pulvinatus, 

 intra apicem leviter sub-constrictus , undique confertim rugoso- 

 punctatus, niger, squamulis subtus viridi-aureis, supra cseruleo- 

 virescentibus, pilisque in dorso crebris, erectis, nigris, obsitus. 

 Scutellum parvum , trianguläre, demersum, nigrum. Elytra tlio- 

 race quintuplo longiora ejusque basi duplo latiora, antice fere 

 tinincata, bumeris calloso-elcvaiis , sub-rectangulatis j a basi ultra 

 medium sub-linearia vel indistincte sub-ampliata, poslice atte- 

 nuata, apice ipso breviter debiscentia, singulatim sub-acuminata, 

 margine laterali inflexo, ante medium sinuato; supra anterius 

 modice, postice admodum convexa, tenuiter punctato-striata, in- 

 terstitiis planis, disperse punctatis; nigra, setulis erectis concolo- 

 ribus griseisque, promiscue obsita, sutura apice interstitiisque 

 secundo et quarto splendide et distincte viridi, sexto indeterminate 

 Cffirulescenti , vittaque marginali latiori, antice abbreviata, viridi- 

 aurco-squamosis. Corpus subtus convexum, piinctatum, nigrum, 

 squamositate viridi-aurca pilisque sparsis griseis vestitum. Pedes 

 validi, parce griseo-pilosi ; femoribus incrassatis, laHe testaceis, 

 apice tibiisque nigris, violaceo-tinctis; tarsis nigvis, viridi-squamu^ 

 losisj subtus fusco-spongiosis. Fhs. 



* 39. II. Clericus. Scldi. — Huj. op. II. p. 268. 21. 



Oilongiis, nujer, nitidus, thorace, vage pnnctalo, vitta marqinali, ety- 

 trisque, anrjuste pwictato-slriatis, margine , (inea adjacente abbre-^ 



