2i8 Genus 162. — POLYCLdilS. 



<em versus angustata, apice ipso singulatim acuminata, breviter 

 mucronata, thoraco triplo longiora, supra modice convexa, dorso 

 antico sub-depressa, anterius evidenter et posterius subtiliter minus 

 regulariter punctato-striata, interstitiis sub-planis,confertim coria- 

 ceis ; tota atra, sub-nitida, pube depressa brevissima albida sat 

 dense obsita, ab humeris vitta sub-impressa ad medium oblique 

 introrsum ducta, ad suturam fere opposita, connexa, cinnabarino- 

 pulverulenta decorata. Corpus subtus nigrum, crebre punctula- 

 tum, pube depressa albida dense obsitum. Pedes nigri, subtiliter 

 punctulati, albido-pubescentes, femoribus clavatis, muticis ; tibiis 

 teretibus, anticis apicem versus modice arcuatis; tarsis dilatatis, 

 subtus obscure brunneo-spongiosis. — Bhn. 



* 2. P. Maculatus. Schh. 



Oblongo-ovatus , niger, squamulis parvis piliformibus cinereis sat dense 

 obsitus, pedibus ferrugineis ; thorace sub-ob-conico , subtilissimc 

 punctulato, media obsolete sulcatö, lateribus dense silaceo-squamoso; 

 elytris tenue punctato-striatis , singulo litura infra-humerali ramu- 

 lum ante medium introrsum emitlente, macula sub-ovata dorsi 

 vitlaque laterali, ante apicem sub-impressis , dense olivaceo-squa- 

 mosis decorato. 



Patria : Nubia. E Musaeo Reg. Gall. benevole communicatus. Mus. 

 Schh. 



Habitus fere Polyclaiis Bohemani , sed dimidio major. Caput 

 latum, crassum, supra fere planum, obsolete granulatum, nigrum, 

 sub-nitidum, pube depressa albida parce adspersum ; oculi late- 

 rales, sat magni, sub-rotundati, parum prominuli,nigri ; rostrum 

 longitudine capitis sed illo nonnihil angustius, crassum, rectum , 

 supra planum, obsolete ruguloso-punctatum , basi sulco sat pro-* 

 fundo insculptum, colore et indumento capitis. Antennse breves, 

 minus tenues, picea?, parce albido-pubescentes, clava ovata, acu- 

 minata, atro-bolosericea. Tborax sub-conicus, latitudine baseos 

 nonnihil brevior, basi apiceque truncatus, lateribus obliquis, poste- 

 rius sensim ampliatis; postice tenue reflexo-marginatus, supra 

 modice convexus, subtilissime punctulatus, medio longitudinaliter 

 obsolete sulcatus: niger, sub-nitidus, dorso parce et lateribus dense 

 silaceo-pubescens. Sc u teil um breve, lahim, snb-lriaiigulare, ni- 

 ;;riiiu, basi silaceo-squamosuni . Elytra oblongo-ovata , antice trnn- 



