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heve. Elytra antice singulatim Ieviter sinuata, prothoraee 

 nonnihil latiora et duplo longiora, humeris antrorsum rno- 

 dice proininulis, apice obtusis; pone basin nonnihil rotun- 

 dato-ampliata, infra mcdium scnsim, apice conjunctim late 

 rotundata, supra convexa, undique crebre, profunde, dorso 

 in macula flava rude punctato-striata, punctis dorsi in 

 fundo puncto parvo, distincto impressis; flava, nitida, 

 dorso annulo magno, sat lato, communi, sanguineo, nigro- 

 marginato, maculam magnam, rotundam, flavam includente; 

 inter discum et marginem serie e fovcolis, transversis, 

 crebris; margine modice explanato, hyalino, confertim re- 

 ticulato, supra crebre, parum profunde rugoso-punctato. 

 Corpus subtus subtiliter, crebre punctulatum; prosterno 

 pectoreque nigro-piceis; abdomine flavo. Pedes obsolete 

 punctulati, flavi, nitidi. 



76. connexa: sub-ovata, convexa, flava, nitida; prothorace 

 lajvi, basi plaga transversa, angustiore, antice late ro- 

 tundata, sanguinea; elytris profunde, crebre punctato- 

 striatis, annulo antico sat magno, angustiore, sanguineo, 

 maculam magnam flavam cingcnte; margine minus ex- 

 planato, hyalino, confertim rcticulato; humeris antror- 

 sum modice prominulis, sub-acutis. — Long. 5^, lat. 

 h\ milliin. 



Patria: Bahia. E Mus. Dom. Dupont descripta. 



Copt. circinatcv affinis, minor, magis ovata, plaga ba- 

 sali prothoracis angustiore, elytrorum annulo sanguineo 

 multo angustiore, ultra medium parum continuato, non 

 nigro-marginato, maculam majorem flavaui usque ad ba- 

 sin extensam includente, elytris requaliter punctatis mar- 

 gineque minus explanato, ab illa bene distincta. Caput 

 subtiliter punctulatum, flavum, nitidum; oculis oblon- 

 gis, modice convexis, nigris. Antenna? mediocres, sub- 

 tenues, flavas, extrorsum nonnihil crassiores. Prothorax 

 latitudine fere duplo brevior, antice late rotundatus, basi 

 utrinque leviter sinuatus, dein extrorsum sensim obliquus, 

 lobo medio lato, parum producto, apice truncato, angulis 

 rotundatis; supra modice convexus, la^vis, flavus, nitidus, 



