Mesomphalia. 113 



rotundata, superne, praesertim in dorso antico, convexa, ob- 

 scure aenescentia, opaca, subtiliter, sat crebre, vage punctulata, 

 pube brevi, tenui, pallida adspersa, basi ad scutellum retusa, 

 utrinque profunde impressa, dein in gibbura validum, trans- 

 versum, caeruleura, nitidum excurrentia; margine late expla- 

 nato, oblique deflexo, pone basin leviter impresso; lirabo 

 exteriore reflexo, nitido. Corpus subtus caeruleum, nitidum, 

 subtiliter, transversira striolatum. Pedes caerulei, nitidi, ob- 

 solete punctulati, parce pubescentes. 



11. Elytra ante medium dorsi leviter gibbosa. 



*39. Jlavosparsa: rotundata (o^) aut ovata (9), convexa, supra 

 obscure nigro-aenea, opaca, subtus nigra, sub-nitida ; protho- 

 race subtilissime, sub-remote punctulato, apice sub-truncato, 

 lateribus ultra raedium parum obliquis, dein rectis; elytris 

 antice leviter gibbosis, subtiliter, sub-remote punctulatis, 

 obsolete elevato-reticulatis, disco maculis parvis, sparsis, 

 inaequalibus, elevatis, laevibus, dilute flavescentibus ; hume- 

 ris late rotundatis. — Long. o^ iVi, lat. \b\. Long. 9 20, 

 lat. 17 millim. 



Mesomphalia fiavosparsa Bhn. Cat. of Coleopt. Ins. IX. p. 42. 36. 

 Var, a. elytrorum raaculis ferrugineis. 



Patria: Bolivia. Mus. Britan. Var. a. Mus. Dora. Chevrolat. 



E raajoribus. Caput obscure nigro-aeneura, sub-nitidum, 

 subtiliter, crebre punctulatum, medio canaliculatum. Oculi 

 ovati, modice convexi, nigri. Antennae nigrae, pubescentes, 

 articulis quatuor basalibus fere glabris, nitidis. Prothorax 

 latitudine duplo brevior, antice sub-truncatus, lateribus ad 

 mediura sensira obliquis, dein rectis; postice utrinque leviter 

 sinuatus, lobo medio retrorsum modice producto, apice rotun- 

 dato, angulis sub-rectis; superne subtiliter, sub-remote pun- 

 ctulatus, obscure nigro-aeneus, opacus, medio paullo convexus, 

 canalicula tenui, longitudinali, utrinque abbreviata insculptus; 

 lateribus depressis. Scutellum obscure nigro-aeneura, opacum, 

 laeve. Elytra prothorace latiora, in mare triplo, in femina 

 quadruplo longiora, antice utrinque leviter sinuata, humeris 

 antrorsum non prominulis, rotundatis; pone basin subito rotun- 



