100 Mesomphalja. 



inagna, sub-ovata, denudatis; niargine subtilissime coriaceo. 

 — Long. 22^, lat. 17^ millim. 



Mesmnphalia laticollis. Bhn. Cat. of Coleopt. Iiis. IX. p. 87. 2. 

 Patria: Brasilia Dom. Virmont. Mus. Berol. 



Magnitudine et statura M. quaJraticollis, elytris dorso 

 non reticulatis, dense silaceo-pubescentibus. Caput nigrurn, 

 parum nitiduni, obsolete rugoso-punctatum, medio canalicu- 

 latum. Oculi ovati, modice convexi, brunnei. Antennae nigrae, 

 sub-nitidae, extrorsum parce pubescentes. Prothorax latitudine 

 fere triplo brevior, apice parum rotundato-emarginatus, late- 

 ribus ultra medium sensim obliquis, dein basin versus rectis, 

 undique tenuiter reflexo-marginatis ; postice utrinque leviter 

 sinuatus, lobo medio sat lato, modice producto, apice rotun- 

 dato, angulis retrorsum nonnihil prominulis, sub-acutis; dorso 

 paullo convexus, extrorsum late explanatus, superne subtilis- 

 sime, remote punctulatus, nigro-aeneus, sub-opacus, medio 

 tauien sub-nitidus, pube brevissima, depressa, pallida parce 

 adspersus, medio vix canaliculatus. Scutellum nigro-aeneum, 

 parum nitidum, obsolete coriaceum. Elytra prothorace nonnihil 

 latiora et quadruplo longiora, antice singulatim vix sinuata, 

 humeris non prominulis, rotundatis; pone humeros nonnihil 

 rotundato-ampliata, pone medium sensim attenuata, apice con- 

 junctim parum rotundata, superne praesertim in dorso antico, 

 convexa, antice retusa et utrinque impressa, dein valide, acutius 

 gibbosa, remote, subtiliter, irregulariter punctata, nigro-aenea, 

 sub-opaca, dorso pube densa, depressa, silacea vestita, sutura 

 antice, plaga magna communi, transversa ad tuberculum, in 

 singulo antice ramulis duabus, postice non procul a sutura 

 ramulo medio angusto, ante apicem desinente maculaque 

 magna disci infra medium, sub-ovata, antice oblique truncata, 

 medio impressa, denudatis, sub-nitidis, macula postica in im- 

 pressione parce silaceo-pubescente; margine sat late explanato, 

 obsolete coriaceo, intus ante medium nonnihil elevato. Corpus 

 subtus nigrum, nitidum, subtiliter punctulatum, Pedes nigri 

 punctulati, parce, breviter pallido-pubescentes. 



3. bitubercidata: ovata, convexa, nigro-aenea, sub-opaca, 

 subtus nitida, pube brevi, silacea parce adspersa; protho- 

 race lato, obsolete punctulato, antice truncato, dein lateri- 



