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sinuata, intus sub-truncata, saturatius flava, maculis 3 vel 

 4 parvis, fusco-cupreis notata. Corpus subtus aeneum, niti- 

 dum, subtiliter punctulatum et striolatum. Pedes aenei, nitidi, 

 parce punctulati. 



76. beatula: sub-triangularis, modice convexa, supra pulchre 

 viridi-aenea, parum nitida, subtus nigra, nitida; antennarum 

 articulis basalibus subtus ferrugineis; prothorace sat crebre, 

 evidenter punctato, lateribus ad medium oblique arapliato, 

 sub-sinuato, dein recto; elytris vix gibbosis, obsolete, sat 

 crebre punctulatis, irregulariter reticulatis, reticulo tenui, levi- 

 ter elevato, nitido, laevi, areolas mediocres includente ; mar- 

 gine late explanato, ante medium macula magna, sub-rotun- 

 data, dilute sanguinea, viridi-maculata, reticulo parum ele- 

 vato, sanguineo formata, notato. — -Long. 14^, lat. 12| millim. 



Patria: Brasilia (Ega). Mus. Dom, Baly. 



Statura M. Thoreyi, nonnihil major, aliter colorata, 

 elytrorum reticulo tenui, laevi, areolas obsolete punctatas, 

 mediocres includente, macula marginali majore, reticulo dilute 

 sanguineo formata, ab illa bene distincta. Caput viridi-aeneum, 

 parum nitidum, crebre punctatum, postice in medio tenuiter 

 canaliculatura. Oculi ovati, modice convexi, nigri. Antennae 

 nigrae, basi nitidae, glabrae, extrorsum pubescentes, articulis 

 basalibus subtus ferrugineis. Prothorax longitudine duplo latior, 

 apice late, minus profunde excisus, lateribus tenuiter reflexo- 

 marginatis, ad medium oblique ampliatis, sub-sinuatis, dein 

 leviter rotundatis et basin versus rectis; postice utrinque sub- 

 truncatus, lobo medio parum prominulo, apice rotundato, angulis 

 rectis; mediocriter, sat crebre punctulatus, viridi-aeneus, sub- 

 opacus, dorso paullo convexus, sub-nitidus, antice in medio 

 tenuiter canaiiculatus, utrinque pone medium impressus, extror- 

 sum modice explanatus, limbo nitido. Scutellum viridi-aeneum, 

 nitidum, basi transversim impressura. Elytra antice singulatim 

 sinuata, prothorace duplo latiora et triplo longiora, humeris 

 rotundatis; pone basin subito rotundato-ampliata, a medio 

 angustata, ap'ice conjunctim sub-acuminata, superne minus con- 

 vexa, dorso antico modice elevata, haud gibbosa, parum pro- 

 funde, minus crebre punctata, pulchre viridi-aenea, sub-opaca, 



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