350 Cassida. 



gitudinaliter canaliculatus , utrinque inter medium et basin 

 macula sat magna, ovata, nigra, postice ante apicem excisa; 

 niargine modice explanato, diiutiore, transversim, subtiliter 

 striolatum, Scutellum rufo-testaceum, sub-nitidum, apice trans- 

 versim, subtiliter striolatum. Elytra antice singulatim leviter 

 sinuata, prothorace dimidio latiora et plus triplo longiora, 

 humeris antrorsum prominulis, apice sub-rotundatis; pone 

 basin longe ultra medium perparum angustata, apice conjunctim 

 rotundata, superne convexa, rufo-testacea, nitida, profunde, 

 crebre punctato-striata, rugis remotis, irregularibus, transversis 

 carinisque duabus dorsalibus instructa, areolas impressas uigras 

 includentibus, basi ad scutellum utrinque profunde impressa, 

 dein leviter gibbosa; margine modice explanato, oblique de- 

 flexo, sub-hyalino, crebre rugoso-punctato, maculis duabus sat 

 magnis, nigris notato, una longe pone basin obliqua, altera 

 inter medium et apicem, ovata. Corpus rufo-testaceum, niti- 

 dum, punctulatum. Pectus nigrum. Pedes rufo-testacei, nitidi, 

 vix punctulati. 



*205. tosta (KlUG.) Bhn. Mon. Cassid. II. p. 480. 14(i. — Cat. of 

 Cokopt. lus. IX. p. 140. 173. 



Cassida fossidata BiiN. Cat. of Colfopt. Ins. IX. p. 

 142. 1.t3. Fndividuum nuper exclusum. 



Patria: Guinea, Calabar, Isle de Prince. 



206. farinosa: sub-triangularis, convexa, supra obscure, subtus 

 dilutius ferruginea, nitida; antennarum articulis quatuor 

 ultimis nigro-fuscis ; prothorace dorso remote, parum pro- 

 funde, margine nonnihil crebrius et obsoletius punctato; 

 elytris sat profunde; minus regulariter striato-punctatis, 

 basi retusis, profunde impressis, dein gibbosis; margine 

 modice explanato, oblique deflexo, dilutiori, crebre rugoso- 

 punctato; humeris antrorsum prominulis, apice rotundatis. 

 — Long. 6|, lat. b\ millim. 



Cassida farinosa Bhn. Cat. of Coleopt. Ins. IX. p. 146. 174. 

 Patria: Ceylon. Mus. Dom. Dohrn. Insectum vivum pulvere 

 niveo mucore instar adspersum videtur, secundum observa- 

 tiones collectoris. 



Statura fere Cassid. gibbipennis, parum major, magis 

 convexa. Caput rufo-testaceum, nitidum, obsolete, crebre pun- 



