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dein lateribus ad medium sensim pauUo rotundatis, tum fere 

 rectis, basin versus nonnihil angustatis; postice utrinque sub- 

 sinuatus, lobo medio triangulari, modice producto, apice rotun- 

 dato, angulis rectis; superne subtiliter, sat crebre punctula.tus, 

 dorso convexiusculus , canalicula tenui longitudinali, antice 

 posticeque abbreviata insculptus, parce, lateribus depressis 

 densius, breviter dilute griseo-pubescens; margine modice re- 

 flexo. Scutellum nigrum, sub-opacum, laeve. Elytra protho- 

 race fere triplo latiora et longiora, antice utrinque leviter 

 sinuata, humeris antrorsum non prominuiis, apice leviter ro- 

 tundatis ; pone basin subito rotundato-arapliata, pone medium 

 sensim, apice conjunctim late rotundata, superne modice convexa, 

 non gibbosa, nigro-aenea, sub-opaca, pube brevissima, depressa, 

 dilute grisea parce adspersa, dorso subtiliter, irregulariter reti- 

 culata, reticulo parum elevato, tenui, reniote punctato, areolas 

 parvas includente; margine, paesertim antice, late explanato, 

 oblique nonnihil deflexo, subtilissime, sat crebre punctulato, 

 subtus intus vitta obsoleta fusca notato. Corpus subtus nigro- 

 aeneum, nitidum, subtiliter punctulatum, parcissime, breviter 

 pubescens. Pedes nigro-a^nei, pubescentes. 



122. excisa: rotundata, convexa, supra caerulea vel nigro- 

 caerulea, opaca, parce albido-puberula, subtus nigra, nitida 

 prothorace longitudine vix dimidio latiori, obsolete punctuj 

 lato, utrinque profunde, arcuatim impresso, lateribus ad 

 medium obliquis, dein basin versus leviter rotundato-angu- 

 statis; elytris subtiliter, sub-remote, posterius adhuc subti- 

 lius punctulatis, basi retusis, impressis, dein valide, obtuse 

 gibbosis; margine late explanato, obsolete punctulato, pone 

 basin profunde impresso, intus foveolato; humeris antrorsum 

 prominulis, rotundatis. — Long. 15A, lat. 14 millim. 

 Mesomphalia ewcisa Bhn. Cat. <it" Coleopt. Ins. IX. p. 55. 108. 



Patria: Puerto Caballo. Mus. Berol. Columbia. Mus. Dom. 

 DoHRN et Dom. Baly. 



Magnitudine et summa similitudine M. tomentosae. parcius 

 pubescens, apice magis obtusa, prothorace latiore, vix punctato, 

 elytris magis retusis, evidentius impressis, dein altius gibbosis, 

 margine obsolete punctulatis, pone basin profundius inipressis, 

 humeris apice magis rotundatis, ab illa distincta. Caput nigro- 



