96 Rev. F. W. Hope's Observations on the Genus Cassida, 



D. Chloris, Hope, long. 7 lin., lat. 7 lin. Totum corpus supra vi- 

 ride, thorace utrinque acute-angulato, convexo, impunctato ; 

 elytris in medio disci angulato-nodosis, subrugosis, lateribus 

 externis glabris ; corpus subtus atrum, elytris infra subcyaneis, 

 pedibus nigris plantisque ferrugineis. 

 Habitat in Insula Sancti Vincentii. 



This Cassida I obtained by purchase from the valuable col- 

 lection of the Kev. Lansdown Guilding. To this genus be- 

 long Cassida strigata of Schuppell^ and luctuosa of Olivier 

 and others. 



Belenis^, Hope. PL IV. fig. 3. 



Type of the Genus, Cassida perforata of Fabricius. 



Antennceox^AcxAi^ compressisextrorsum crassioribus,l"^°crasso, 

 2^" minimo, 2i*'° longo gracilis 4^^ breviori^ 5*° et reliquis 

 longitudine decrescentibus, et gradatim crassioribus^ ex- 

 timo apice acuto. 



MandihulcE corneae multidentatae. 



Maxill(B simplices^ lobis rotundatis. 



Palpi maxillares 1"^° minimo, 2*^° longissimo curvato^ apice la- 

 tiori, 3^^° et extimo aequalibus^ ultimo apice conico. 



Mentum parvum subquadratum. 



Labium parvum trigonum et setosum. 



Palpi labiates V^^ articulo brevi, 2^° elongato, 3^^° subsecuri- 

 formi. 



Elyti^a semicircularia ante medium angulato elevata^ humera- 

 libus angulis acute porrectis, apice elytrorum acuminato. 



Thorax trigonus utrinque in spinam acutam productus. 



S, perforata 1 make the type of the genus. It appears 

 doubtful after examining many specimens of the above insects 

 if the perforations are not the result of accident ; no two spe- 

 cimens accord ; the holes under a lens seem irregularly worn, 

 the effect may be caused simply by attrition ; it may be re- 

 marked also that the elytra of the same insect differ consider- 

 ably ; the only published species besides the type is C. Spi- 

 nifex, Fab., which is considered only as a sexual distinction. 

 There are, however, in our English cabinets others which are 

 undescribed. 



♦ Selenis, from the Greek l,ihviui;, signifying a crescent. 



