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43. Polyclceis equestris : oblongo-ovatus, niger, subnitidus, pube 

 depressa albida obsitus, fronte rostroque canaliculatis; thorace 

 crebre punetato; elytris antice evidenter, apicem versus subtili- 

 ter et irregulariter punctato-striatis, interstitiis coriaceis, vitta 

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

 lenta ornatis; capite subtus, angulis posticis et parapleuris tho- 

 racis, scutello, vitta laterali pectoris tibiisque quatuor posteri- 

 oribus externe, viridi-azureo-squamulosis vel tomentosis. Long. 

 U\— 15J, lat. 6-7i millim. 



Polyclceis equestris Boh. in Sch. Gen. et Sp. Curc. t. 

 Yl, p. 217. 



44. P olyclfCeis longicornis: oblongus, niger, insequaliter cinereo- 

 pubescens, thorace vitta laterali elytrisque lunula humerali ma- 

 culisque duabus posticis albido-tomentosis; fronte rostroque ca- 

 naliculatis; thorace punctulato, angulis posticis spinosis; elytris 

 antice fortiter, postice obsoletius punetato striatis. Long. 14| 

 — 15, lat. 4|—4| millim. , 



Caput latitudine brevius, punctulatum,. nigrum, cinereo- 

 pubeseens, vertice utrimque transversim subcarinato, fronte an- 

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

 les, rotundati, prominuli; rostrum capiti contiguum eodemque 

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

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

 ata, profunde exarata. Antennse humeros attingentes, nigrae, 

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

 conicus, latitudine postica haud brevior, apice truncatus, basi 

 leviter bisinuatus, angulis posticis acute spinosis, supra parum 

 convexus, minus crebre punctulatus, medio canalicula longitudi- 

 nali, interrupta, obsoleta, et inträ 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 triplo 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 albido-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: oblongus, niger, squamulis silaceis ochra- 

 ceisque adspersus, vitta laterali thoracis liturisque tribus ely- 

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



