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43. Polychvis eqiiestris : oblongo-ovatus, niger, subnitidus, pube 

 depressa albida obsitus, fronte rostroque canaliculatis; thorace 

 crebre punetato; elytris aiitice evidenter, apicem versus subtili- 

 ter et irregulaviter pimctaio-striatis, interstitiis coriaceis, vitta 

 impressa ab huiueris oblique ad medium ducta, roseo-pulveru- 

 leuta oniatis; capitc subtus, angulis posticis et parapleuris tho- 

 racis, scutello, vitta laterali pectoris tibiisque quatuor posteri- 

 oribus externa, viridi-azureo-squaraulosis vel tomentosis. Long. 

 lU—151, lat. 6 — 7i milliiu. 



Polyclceis eqiiestris Boii. in ScH. Gen. et Sp. Cure. t. 

 VI, p. 217. 



44. Polyclceis longieoriiis: oblougus, niger, intequaliter cinereo- 

 pubescens, thorace vitta laterali elytrisque lunula humerali ma- 

 culisque duabus posticis albido-tomentosis; fronte rostro(iue ca- 

 naliculatis; thorace puactulato, angulis posticis spinosisj elytris 

 autice fortiter, postice obsoletius punctato striatis. Long. 14i 

 — 15, lat..4^— 4| millira. 



Caput latitudine brevius, punctulatum, nigrum, cinereo- 

 pubescens, vertice utrimqiie transversim subcariuato, fronte an- 

 tice in medio canaliculata, juxta oculos impressa; oculi latera- 

 ls, rotuudati, prominuli; rostrum capiti contiguum eodemque 

 dimidio longius, sublineare, supra planum, rugoso-punctatum, 

 nigrum, cinereo-pubescens, "medio canalicula. a fronte continu- 

 ata, profunde exarata. Antennte huraeros attingentes, nigra?., 

 albido-pilosse, clava fusco-holosericea, acuminata. Thorax sub- 

 couicus, latitudine postica hand brevior, apice truncatus, basi 

 leviter bisinuatus, angulis posticis acute spinosis, supra parum 

 convexus, minus crebre punctulatus, medio canalicula longitudi- 

 nali, iuterrupta, obsoleta, et intra marginem baseos transversim 

 impressus, niger, cinereo-pubescens, vitta laterali dense albido- 

 vel silaceo-tomentosa. Scutellum subtriangulare, nigrum, albido- 

 coeruleo-squamulosum. Elytra antice, cum humeris rotundatis 

 et calloso-elevatis, basi thoracis paullo latiora, pone humeros 

 vix vel parum ampliata, apice singulatim acuminata, latitudine 

 media triple longiora, convexa, sat regulariter punctato-striata, 

 punctis striisque apicem versus tenuioribus, interstitiis coriace- 

 is; nigra, tenuiter cinereo-pubescentia, vitta humerali, longe 

 ante medium dorsi introrsum flexa, maculisque in singulo dua- 

 bus, una pone medium prope suturam, rotundata, altera prope 

 marginem lateralem ante apicem, oblonga, dense alb.ido-vel 

 silaceo-tomentosis. Corpus subtus et pedes nigra, coriacea, 

 cinereo-pubescentia; femoribus subtus dense albo-villosis. 



Variat femoribus tibiisque posterioribus plus minusve ru- 

 fescentibus. 



45. Polyclceis vestitus: oblougus, niger, squamulis silaceis ochra- 

 ceisque adspersus, vitta laterali thoracis liturisque tribus ely- 

 trorura densius albido-squamosis; fronte impressa; rostro sul- 



