MICEASPIS. 173 



Cyrtocaria inflata.* 



Zeis injlata, Mute. Spec, p. 244. 3. 

 Madagascar (Paris). 



Micraspis. 



Chevr. Dej. Cat. (typ. striata). 



Mulsant has used this genus for 12-punctafa, but Hope (1340) 

 expressly gives Striata as the type. Besides the small scutellum, 

 it is characterized by its comparatively short antennae and the 

 elytra not being thickened at the margin. The abdominal plates 

 are sometimes V-shaped, sometimes incomplete. 



Micraspis litterata. 



Oenopia litterata, Mute. Spec. p. 427. 6 (1850) T. 



Alesia sybillina, Mute. Op. ill. 4G (1853) T. 



Abyssinia (Reiche). 



Almost absolutely im punctate, elytra not bordered, the margins 

 flattened out and inclined, the abdominal plates incomplete, termi- 

 nal; thoracic epipleura? with a very small fovea near the prester- 

 num; scutellum small ; surface alutaceous. 



Micraspis bidentata. 



Alesia bidentata, Mute. Op. ill. p. 48 (T). 



Subhemispherical, tolerably thickly and evidently punctate ; 

 thorax visibly alutaceous ; black ; knees, tibiae, tarsi and epimera 

 pale; head ochreous, with a longitudinal central band black; thorax 

 black, anterior angles and margin pale, posterior portion with four 

 rounded yellow marks ; elytra rose-coloured, suture and margin 

 narrowly black, a black discoidal narrow vitta starting from the 

 middle of the base, and crossing the suture at five-sixths ; this 

 vitta has two large black triangular teeth on its inner edge, and is 

 bordered with pale yellowish. L. 3^ lin. Cape of Good Hope 

 (Deyrolle). 



Micraspis torquata. 



Alesia torquata, Mute. Spec. p. 344. 1. 

 Alesia Gabilloti, Mute. Mon. p 233. 2 (T). 

 Neda Hopfftri, Mute. Mon. p. 204. 19 (T). 

 Cape of Good Hope (Deyrolle). Punctuation not deeply im- 

 pressed, surface alutaceous. 



Micraspis Bohemani. 



Alesia Bohemani, Mute. Spec. p. 346. 3 (T). 



Caffraria (Stockholm), Natal (Janson). Punctuation very 



