128 Mesomphalia. 



translucente. Corpus subtus nigro-aeneum, nitidum, subtiliter 

 punctulatum, et striolatum. Pedes nigro-aenei, punctulati. 



*75. contubernalis : sub-triangularis, convexa, superne fusco- 

 cuprea, sub-opaca, subtus obscure aenea, nitida ; antennarum 

 articulis 2 — 4 subtus testaceis; prothorace angustiore, sub- 

 tiliter, sub-remote punctulato, lateribus ultra medium obli- 

 quis, dein basin versus rectis; elytris crassius, irregulariter 

 reticulatis, reticulo parum nitido, areolas mediocres, laeves 

 includente, dorso antico leviter gibbosis, raedio valde dila- 

 tatis, apice acuminatis ; margine late explanato, ante medium 

 plaga magna flava, extus sinuata, intus sub-truncata, ma- 

 culis 3 vel 4 parvis, fusco-cupreis notata. — Long. 13 — 14^, 

 lat. llf— 12 millim. 



Mesomphalia conttibernalis Bhn. Cat. of Coleopt. Ins. IX. p. 



48. 70. 



Mesomphalia aenea var. b. Bhn. Mon. Cassid. I. p. 276. 50. 



Patria: Bahia Dom. Dohrn et Deyrolle. Mus. Reg. Holm. 



Media inter M. aeneam et inaequalem, illse statura simil- 

 lima, sed colore fusco-cupreo, elytrorum reticulo obsoletiore 

 in marginem non excurrente, plaga laterali flava majore, parce 

 fuscocupreo-maculata difFert, ab hac elytris dorso antico evi- 

 dentius gibbosis, apice acuminatis, reflexis, et forma signa- 

 turisque plagae marginalis abhorret. Caput, oculi et antennae 

 omnino ut in M. aenea. Prothorax latitudine vix duplo brevior, 

 apice late, parum profunde rotundato-emarginatus, lateribus 

 tenuiter reflexo-marginatis, ultra medium obliquis, dein basin 

 versus rectis ; postice utrinque sub-truncatus, lobo medio modice 

 prominulo, apice rotundato, angulis sub-rectis; superne paullo 

 convexus, subtiliter, evidenter, sat crebre punctulatus, fusco- 

 cupreus, opacus, medio canalicula antice abbreviata impressus, 

 utrinque ad latera leviter foveolatus. Scutellum cupreum, 

 nitidum, laeve. Elytra ut in M. aenea formata, pone basin 

 nonnihil evidentius gibbosa, fusco-cuprea, sub-opaca, irregu- 

 lariter reticulata, reticulo crassiore, parum elevato, profundius 

 crebre punctato, parum nitido, areolas mediocres includente; 

 margine late explanato, subtiliter, crebre, in plaga evidentius 

 punctulato, haud reticulato, ante medium macula magna, extus 



sinuata, 



