148 Mesomphalia. 



convexi, nigri. Antennae basi aeueae, nitidae, glabrae, extror- 

 sum nigrae, pubescentes. Prothorax latitudine postica duplo 

 brevior, antice late, leviter rotundato-emarginatus, lateribus ' 

 tenuiter reflexo-marginatis, ultra medium oblique ampliatis, 

 dein leviter rotundatis, basin versus sub-rectis; superne in 

 dorso leviter convexus, ibique canalicula tenui, antice postice- 

 que abbreviata insculptus; subtiliter, sub-remote punctulatus, 

 viridi-aeneus, sub-opacus, limbo laterali et antico viridis, utrin- 

 que ad latera sub-impressus. Scutellum viridi-aeneum, nitidum, 

 laeve, medio impressum. Elyira antice vix sinuata, protho- 

 race fere duplo latiora et illo longiora, ad basin subito ro- 

 tundato-ampliata, pone medium angustata, apice conjunctim 

 sub-acuminata, superne modice convexa, viridi-aenea, parum 

 nitida, subtilissime, crebre coriacea, punctis sat crebris, parvis, 

 parum profuadis, ad basin circa gibbum rarioribus insculpta, 

 pone scuteilum parum elevata, obsolete gibbosa, sub-nitida; 

 margine, praesertim antice, late explanato, deflexo, subtus 

 ante medium fovea magna,. parum profunda, fusco-testacea 

 impresso. Corpus subtus nigro-caerulescens, nitidum, subtiliter 

 punctulatum et striolatum. Pedes remote punctulati, similiter 

 colorati. 



121. piiberula: rotundata, modice convexa, nigro-aenea, sub- 

 opaca, pube brevissima depressa pallida parce, in prothorace 

 densius adspersa; antennarum articulis tribus primis subtus 

 testaceis; prothorace angusto, subtiliter, sub-remote punctu- 

 lato, lateribus ad medium leviter rotundatis, dein sub-rectis; 

 elytris obsolete punctatis, dorso leviter, irregulariter reticu- 

 latis; humeris non prominulis, apice sub-rotundatis. — 

 Long. 16^, lat. 14^ millim. 

 Mesoiiiphalia pitbcrula Bhn. Cat. of Coleopt. Ins. IX. p. 54. 107. 



Patria: Campo del Sacramento. Mus. Paris. 



Piimo intuitu M. tomentosae similis, humeris autrorsum 

 non prominulis, dorso subtiliter reticulatis, pube depressa, 

 breviore. Caput nigro-aeneum, parum nitidum, crebre puncta- 

 tum, postice medio tenuiter canalicnlatum. Oculi ovati, modice 

 convexi, nigri. Anteunae nigrae, pubescentes, articulis quatuor 

 basalibus nitidis, sub-glabris, 1 — 3 subtus testaceis. Prothorax 

 latitiidine fere duplo brevior, antice leviter rotundato-ampliatus, 



