3i8 Genus 186. — PROMECOPS. 



5. P. Setiger. Schh. 



Obtongus, niger, clense fusco-ochraceo-squamosus , opacus , rostro 

 tenuüer canaliculato; thorace perparum ampliato; elylris sub- 

 linearibus , dorso atro-sub-tri-fasciatis , interstitiis setulis declinatis 

 seriatim obsilis. 



Patria : Brasilia. E Musaeo Dom. Germar communicatus. 



Promecopenubecutoso haud brevior, at multo angustior; statura 

 oblonga, sub-lineari, ab affinibus pra?cipue distinclus. Caput sub- 

 deflexum, latum, parum convexum ; nigrum , squamulis rotundis 

 ocbraceis dense vestitum setulisque declinatis fusco -griseis parce 

 adspersum : oculi elongati, dcprcssi , nigri; rostrum capite parum 

 angustius et longius, dorso sub-depressum , medio liuea longitudi- 

 nali abbreviata insculptum , versus apicem rugulosum : nigrum, 

 indumento uti capitis vestitum. Antennae piceo-nigras , fusco-pu- 

 bescentes. Thorax latitudine antica non brevior, posterius non- 

 niliil angustior, ante medium lsevissime modo ampliatus, basi sub- 

 truncatus, apice sub-bi-sinuatus , medio leviter productus, supra 

 convexus , disperse punctulatus , squamulis rotundis ochraceis 

 undique obductus setulisque declinatis fuscis parce adspersus. Scu- 

 ii lliiin rotundatum dense ochraceo-squamosum. Elytra thorace 

 dimidio latiora et plus triplo longiora,antice sub-truncata, ab hu- 

 meris fere rectangulatis ultra medium sub-linearia, marginelaterali 

 inflexo; apice conjunctim sub-rotundata, intra apicem oblique im- 

 pressa, supra convexa, leviter striata, in striis remote punctata: 

 nigra , squamulis parvis rotundis ochraceis densissime induta punc- 

 tisque praeterea striarum singulo squama replctis, interstitiis parum 

 convexis, setulis declinatis griseis fuscisque seriatim parce adsper- 

 sis, in medio dorsi fascia communi distinctiori, sub-integra, adja- 

 cente antrorsum alia maculari abbreviata obsoletiore, posticeque 

 striga indeterminata, atris. Corpus subtus nigrum, dense cinereo- 

 ochraceo-squamosum. Pedes validiusculi nigri, ochraceo-squa- 

 mosi, tibiis rigide setulosis, tarsis dilatatis subtusque griseo-spon- 

 giosis. — Fhs. 



