170 CoPTOCYCLA. 



flavam riule, remotius punctatam, puncto parvo, sutu- 

 rali, nigro notatam includente; margine motlice expla- 

 nato, hyalino, confertim reticulato. — Long. 5, lat. 4.} 

 millim. 



Cassida Cyclops Fabr. Syst. El. I, p. 394, 33. — Schoenh. Syn. 

 Ins. II, p. 217, 43. 



Patria: Brasilia. A Dom. Westermann ad describen- 

 dum benevole communicata. 



Charidot. Sorori colore similis, minor, antennis ar- 

 ticulis duobus ultimis nigris, elytris profundius jmnctato- 

 striatis, macula flava dorsali minus regulari, sub-elevata, 

 antice puncto suturali nigro ornata, ab illa facile distincta. 

 Caput flavum, nitidum, subtiliter, crebre punctulatum; 

 oculis oblongis, modice convexis, nigris. Antenna? pro- 

 thoraee vix longiores, minus tenues, flavre, extrorsum mo- 

 dice incrassata3, articulis duobus ultimis nigro-fuscis. Pro- 

 thorax latitudine dimidio brevior, antice late rotundatus, 

 postice utrinque leviter sinuatus, dein extrorsum citius 

 rotundatus, lobo medio lato, parum producto, apice trun- 

 cato, angulis late rotundatis; supra convexiusculus, ob- 

 solete, sub-remote punctulatus, flavus, nitidus, basi plaga 

 sat magna, semicirculari, atra, postice utrinque leviter 

 impressa; margine sat late explanato, hyalino, antice re- 

 mote, posterius crebrius reticulato. Scutellum nigrum, 

 sub-nitidum, postice in medio tenuiter transversim strio- 

 latum. Elytra antice singulatim leviter sinuata, protho- 

 race nonnihil latiora et duplo longiora, humeris antror- 

 sum modice prominulis, apice obtusis; pone basin paullo 

 rotundato-ampliata, infra medium magis, apice conjunctim 

 late rotundata, supra convexa, sat crebre, profunde pun- 

 ctato-striata, disco transversim rugulosa, flava, nitida, an- 

 nulo magno, lato, nigro, maculam mediocrem, sub-rotun- 

 dam, minus regularem, sub-elevatam, flavnm, remote pun- 

 ctatam, macula parva suturali nigra notatam cingente; 

 margine modice explanato, hyalino, confertim reticulato. 

 Corpus subtus saturatius flavum, subtiliter, crebre pun- 

 ctulatum. Pedes saturate flavi, obsolete punctulati. 



