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bus obliquis, basin versus sub-rectis; elytris basi retusis, 

 valide, obtuse gibbosis, vage, sub-reraote punctatis, leviter 

 reticulatis, basi plaga magna, communi vittaque intramar- 

 gindli silaceo-pubescentibus, singulo ante apicem tuberculo 

 magno, obtuso, pubescente instructo; margine sat late ex- 

 planato, remotius punctulato, antice impresso, deflexo. — 

 Long. 1%, lat, 15j millim. 



Mesomphalia bitubercvlata. BiiN. Cat. of Coleojit. Ins. IX. p. 37. 3. 

 Patria: Brasilia Dom. Buquet. Mus. Reg. Holm. 



M. difformi magnitudine aequalis, elytris ante apicem 

 tuberculo instructis ab affinibus distincta. Caput nigro-ajneum, 

 sub-opacum, subtiliter, crebre rugoso-punctatum, medio cana- 

 liculatum. Oculi ovati, modice convexi, nigri, Antennae nigrae, 

 pubescentes, basi nitidae, fere glabrae. Prothorax magnus, 

 latitudine fere triplo brevior, antice late truncatus, dein obli- 

 que sensim ampliatus, pone medium usque ad basin fere rectus ; 

 postice utrinque leviter sinuatus, lobo medio sat magno, tri- 

 angulari, apice leviter rotundato, angulis sub-rectis, reflexis; 

 superne in dorso paullo convexus, obsolete, sub-remote pun- 

 ctulatus, nigro-aeneus, sub-opacus, pube brevissima, depressa, 

 pallida parcissime adspersus; margine laterali late explanato. 

 Scutellum nigro-aeneum, opacum. Elytra prothorace vix latiora 

 sed triplo longiora, antice sub-truncata, pone basin rotundato- 

 ampliata, pone medium sensim angustata, apice parum rotun- 

 data, superne convexa, praesertim in dorso antico, basi ad 

 scutellum retusa, utrinque leviter impressa, dein alte, valide, 

 obtuse gibbosa, vage, sub-remote, parum profunde punctata, 

 leviter, obsolete reticulata, reticulo sub-nitido, areolas parvas 

 includente; nigro-aenea, sub-opaca, pube brevissima, pallida 

 parcissime adspersa, plaga basali communi vittaque intramar- 

 ginali dense silaceo-pubescentibus ; singulo ante apicem dorsi 

 tuberculo sat valido, obtuso, pube silacea tecto et cincto in- 

 structo; margine sat late explanato, obsoletius punctulato, basi 

 impresso, deflexo. Corpus subtus nigro-aeneum, nitidum, sub- 

 tiliter striolatum et punctulatum, tenuiter pubescens. Pedes 

 nigro-aenei, obsolete punctulati. 



4, difformis. (BHN.) Bhn. Mon. Cassid. I. p. nl. 2. — Cat. of Culuopt, 

 lus. IX. p. 37. i. 



Patria: Brasilia, 



