Cassiua. 345 



utrinque leviter sinuatus, dein extrorsum obliquus, angulis 

 rotundatis, lobo medio lato, parum producto, apice truncato; 

 superne convexus, nitidus, sordide flavescens, sat crebre, parum 

 profunde punctatus, dorso postico plaga magna, triangulari, 

 nigra longitudinaliter, crebre aciculata, antice punctata, ante 

 medium utrinque leviter emarginata; margine sat iate explanato, 

 parum liyalino. Scutellum nigrum, nitidum, subtiliter, crebre 

 granulatum. Elytra sub-triangularia, prothorace dimidio latiora 

 et duplo longiora, antice utrinque leviter siuuata, huraeris an- 

 trorsum nonnihil prominulis, apice parumrotundatis; pone basin 

 longe ultra medium sensim angustata, apice conjunctim late 

 rotundata, superne convexa, nigra, nitida, sat profunde, crebre 

 punctato-striata, basi ad scutellum utrinque impressa, impres- 

 sionibus carina elevata cinctis, dorso rugulis sparsis, praesertim 

 transversalibus, instructa, humeris antice et limbo medio an- 

 guste, macula mediocri intramarginali ante medium, oblonga, 

 intus irregulariter dilatata margineque apicali dilute flavis; 

 margine sat late explanato, oblique deflexo, sat crebre rugoso- 

 punctato. Corpus subtus flavo-testaceum, nitidum, subtiliter, 

 crebre punctulatum. Pedes flavo-testacei. 



*188. frontalis: sub-rotundata, convexa, nigra, sub-nitida; 

 fronte, antennis, prothorace' antice, tibiis tarsisque testaceis; 

 prothorace paullo convexo, dorso crebre aoiculato, antice 

 lateribusque rugoso-punctato ; elytris crebre, sat profunde 

 punctato-striatis, rugulis valde elevatis, remotis, anasto- 

 mosantibus instructis, basi ad scutellum impressis. — Long. 

 4i, lat. 3| millim. 

 (Jassida frontalis Bhn. Cat. of Coleopt. Ins. IX. p. 143. 158. 



Patria: Madagascar. Dom. Com. Mannerheim. Mus. Reg. 

 Holm. 



Magnitudine Cassidae scutellaris, magis convexa. Caput 

 subtiliter punctulatum, nigro-piceura; fronte macula magna 

 rufo-testacea. Oculi oblongi, modice convexi, nigri. Antennae 

 minus tenues, testaceae. Prothorax latitudine dimidio brevior, 

 antice leviter, -posterius magis rotundatus, basi utrinque parum 

 sinuatus, lobo medio lato, paullo preducto, apice truncato; 

 superne modice convexus, niger, nitidus, antice late flavo- 

 testaceus, dorso confertim, irregulariter aciculatus; margine 



