230 Omaspides. 



nato, iiinnihil deflexn, limbo toto obscure viridi-aeneo, ad basin 

 cum plaga dorsali oblongo-triangulari, connexo. Corpus subtus 

 sub-nitidura, obsolete punctulatum ; prothorace subtus pecto- 

 reque piceis, illo extus sat late rufo-testaceo-marginato. Ab- 

 domen rufo-testaceum, medio saturatius. Pedes picei, nitidi, 

 articulo tarsorum ultimo unguiculisque ferrugineis. 



5. augusta: rotundata, modice convexa, obscure caerulea, 

 sub-opaca; antennis nigris; prothorace subtilissime punctu- 

 lato, ante lobum transversim impresso, medio tenuiter, 

 breviter canaliculato ; elytris in dorso subtiliter irregulariter 

 reticulatis, reticulo tenui, parum elevato, areolas parvas 

 includente; margine late explanato, plaga maxima, oblonga, 

 dilute sanguinea, maculis plurimis caerulescentibus notata. 

 — Long. 14, lat. 13| millim. 



Omaspides augusta Bhn. Cat. of Coleopt. lus. IX. p. 92. 3. 

 Patria : Campo del Sacramento Dom. Castelnau. Mus. Paris. 

 Statura Omasp. trifasciatae. Caput nigro-caerulescens, 

 parum nitidum, crebre punctulatum. Oculi ovati, modice con- 

 vexi, nigri. Antennae nigrae, pubescentes, articulis quatuor 

 basalibus sub-nitidis, fere glabris. Prothorax semicircularis, 

 antice leviter, posterius magis rotundatus, basi utrinque sub- 

 sinuatus, lobo medio triangulari, parum producto, angulis rectis ; 

 superne pauUo convexus, subtilissime, sub-remote punctulatus, 

 ante lobum leviter, transversim impressus, medio canalicula 

 tenui, utrinque abbreviata; obscure caeruleus, sub-opacus, limbo 

 parum reflexo, antice interdum anguste, obsolete testaceo. Scu- 

 tellum vix conspicuum. Elytra prothorace multo latiora et 

 triplo longiora, antice utrinque vix sinuata, humeris non pio- 

 minulis, apice valde rotundatis; pone medium citius, apice 

 conjunctim late rotundata, superne modice convexa, obscure 

 caerulea, parum nitida, irregulariter sat crebre reticulata, 

 reticulo tenui, parum elevato, sub-nitido, distincte punctu- 

 lato, areolas parvas, opacas includente; margine late expla- 

 nato, subtiliter, crebre punctulato, plaga magna, lata, ovata, 

 pone basin orta, ultra medium continuata, dilute sanguinea, 

 apicem versus nonnihil angustata, maculis sparsis, mediocribus, 

 caerulescentibus, circiter 20 — 24 notata, macula media reliquis 

 saepe nonnihil majore. Corpus subtus nigro-caeruleum, niti- 



