Cassida. 335 



datus, postice utrinque leviter sinuatus, lobo medio lato, pa- 

 rum producto, apice truncato, angulis rotundatis; superne di- 

 lute flavescens, sub-opacus, vix visibiliter punctulatus, dorso 

 convexus, extus sat late explanatus, vix hyalinus, obsolete 

 reticulatus. Scutellum dilute flavescens, sub-opacum, laeve. 

 Elytra antice singulatim leviter sinuata, prothorace nonnihil 

 latiora et illo duplo longiora, humeris antrorsum modice pro- 

 minulis, sub-acuminatis; pone basin parum ampliata, pone 

 medium sensim angustata, apice conjunctim semicircularia, 

 superne convexa, dilute flavescentia, sub-opaca, medio- 

 criter, sat crebre punctato-striata, interstitiis fere planis, lae- 

 vibus; pone scutellum leviter impressa et dein ruga trans- 

 versa, communi, brevi, modice elevata, instructa; margine sat 

 late explanato, oblique deflexo, minus crebre, vage punctu- 

 lato. Corpus subtus dilute flavescens, sub-nitidum, subtiliter 

 punctulatum. Pedes dilute pallidi, punctulati. 



*141 margaiitacea (FaqR.) Bhn. Mon. Cassid. 11. p. 432. 95. — 

 Cnt. of Coleopt. Ins. IX. p. 136. 114. 



Patria: Europa media et meridionalis. 



142. insularis (MUS. PaRIS.) Bhn. Mon. Cassid. II. p. 433. 9(5.— 

 Cat. of Coleopt. Ins. IX. p, 136. 1J5. 



Patria: Madagascar. 



*143. Sphaerula (BHN.) Bhn. Mon. Cassid. II. p. 434. 97. — Cat. 

 of Coleopt. Ins. IX. p. 136. 116. 



Patria: Promontorium Bonae Spei. 



*144. hottentotta (Bhn.) Bhn. Mon. Cassid. II p. 435. 98. — Cat. of 

 Coleopt. lus. IX. p. 136. 117. 



Var. a. singulo elytro in disco, mox pone mediura, ma- 

 cula parva nigra notato. 



Patria: Proraontorium Bonae Spei. 



145. perpusilla: sub-rotundata, convexa, testacea, sub-ni- 

 tida; antennis extrorsum, prothorace subtus, pectore abdo- 

 mineque nigris, hoc tenuiter testaceo-marginato; prothorace 

 vix punctato; elytris profunde, regulariter punctato-stria- 

 tis, interstitiis interioribus convexis, dorso parce fusco-va- 

 riegatis; margine modice explanato, nonnihil deflexo, vage, 



