Mesomphalia. 137 



prothorace subtiliter, niinus crebre punctulato, medio tenuiter 

 canaliculato; elytris pone basin levitor gibbosis, dorso reti- 

 culo modice elevato, obsolete punctulato, areolas mediocres, 

 irregulares, laeves includente; margine late explanato, san- 

 guineo, intus parce aeneo-maculato, limbo aeneo. — Long. 

 10, lat. 9 millim. 

 Patria: Peruvia. A Dom. Baly ad describendum missa. 



Magnitudine et fere statura M. antiquae, elytris basi vix 

 retusis, minus distincte gibbosis. Caput nigrum, sub-opacum, 

 punctulatum, griseo-pubescens, inter oculos canaliculatum. Oculi 

 ovati, modice convexi, nigri. Antennae nigrae, extrorsum pube- 

 scentes, articulis quinque primis glabris, 2 — 4 subtus testaceis. 

 Prothorax latitudine postica duplo brevior, apice leviter rotun- 

 dato-emarginatus, extrorsum tenuiter reflexo-marginatus, late- 

 ribus ultra medium oblique ampliatis, dein rotundatis; basi 

 utrinque leviter sinuatus, lobo medio parum producto, triangu- 

 lari, angulis non prom.inulis, obtusis; superne leviter convexus, 

 obscure aeneus, sub-opacus, pube brevi, cinerea parce adspersus, 

 remote, subtiliter punctulatus, dorso canalicula tenui, longitu- 

 dinali, utrinque abbreviata insculptus. Scutellum sub-triangu- 

 lare, aeneum, nitidum, laeve. Elytra antice singulatim leviter 

 sinuata, protliorace triplo longiora et ejus basi plus duplo 

 latiora, humeris non prominulis, rotundatis; mox pone basin 

 ad medium rotundato-ampliata, dein citius rotundato-angustata, 

 apice conjunctim rotundata, superne convexa, basi vix retusa, 

 ante medium obtuse gibbosa, obscure aenea, sub-opaca, pube 

 brevissima, cinerea parce adspersa, dorso reticulo raodice elevato, 

 obsolete punctulato, sub-nitido, areolas mediocres, irregulares, 

 laeves includente; margine, praesertim antice, late explanato, 

 sanguineo, parce punctato, prope discum maculis nonnullis 

 parvis, impressis, nigris notato, limbo toto anguste aeneo. 

 Corpus subtus nigrum, nitidum, subtiliter striolatum. Pedes 

 nigri, nitidi, obsolete punctulati. 



97. modica (BHN.) Bhn. Mou. Cassid. I. p. 293. 64, — Cat. of Coleopt. 

 Ins. IX. p. 50. 85. 

 Patria : 'Brasilia. 



*98. plumbea (GeRM.) Bun. Mon. Cassid. I. p. 294. 65. — Cat. of 

 Coleopt. Ins. IX. p. 50. 86. 

 Patria: Brasilia. 



