130 Mesompiialia. 



irregulariter reliculata, reticulo teimi, modice elevato, nitido, 

 laevi, areolas inediocres includente; margine late explanato, 

 intus parce reticulato, basi impresso, ante medium raacula 

 magna, sub-rotundata, dilute sanguinea, viridi-maculata, reti- 

 culo parum elevato formata, subtus translucente. Corpus subtus 

 nigrum, nitidum, subtiliter, transversim striolatum. Pedes nigri, 

 nitidi, remote punctulati, 



*77. imparilis: sub-triangularis, convexa, fusco-aenea, opaca, 

 subtus nigra, nitida; antennarum articulis 2 — 4 subtus rufo- 

 testaceis; prothorace angustiore, evidenter, minus crebre 

 punctato, lateribus ultra medium oblique ampliato, dein 

 sub-recto; elytris crasse, irregulariter reticulatis, reticulo 

 parura elevato, nitido, crebre punctato, areolas minores, 

 laeves includente; dorso antico haud gibbosis, raedio valde 

 dilatatis, apice sub-acuminatis ; margine late explanato, 

 punctulato, vix reticulato, intus ante medium macula sub- 

 ovata, flavescente, parce aeneo-maculata. — Long. 16, lat. 

 15 millim. 



Patria: Brasilia. Mus. Reg. Holra. 



Primo intuitu M. aeneae similliraa, nonnihil latiar, ely- 

 tris pone basin leviter gibbosis, apice non productis, areolis 

 reticulo inclusis niinoribus, macula marginali minore, a limbo 

 magis remota, parcius aeneo-raaculata ab illa distincta. Caput, 

 oculi, antennae et prothorax illius oranino forma et colore. 

 Elytra antice singulatim leviter sinuata, prothorace duplo 

 latiora et illo fere quadruplo longiora, humeris rotundatis; 

 pone basin subito rotundato-arapliata, dein angustata, apice 

 conjunctira sub-acuininata, non producta, superne, praesertira 

 in dorso antico, convexa, ibique vix vel tantura leviter gib- 

 bosa, fusco-aenea, opaca, irregulariter reticulata, reticulo 

 crassiore, parura elevato, nitido, sat profunde et crebre pun- 

 ctato, areolas quara in M. aenea rainores includente; mar- 

 gine late explanato, subtiliter punctulato, obsoletius reticulato, 

 ante mediura prope discum raacula sub-ovata, mediocri, flave- 

 scente, maculas nonnullas parvas aeneas includente notata, 

 subtus caeruleo, macula flava transluscente. Corpus subtus 

 nigrum, nitidum, obsolete punctulatura et striolatum, Pedes 

 nigri, nitidi, subtiliter punctulati. 



