214 COPTOCYCLA. 



lobo medio paullo prominulo, apice truncato, angulis ob- 

 tusis; supra nonnihil convexus, lasvis, flavo-testaceus, ni- 

 tidus; margine explanato, hyalino, confertim reticulato. 

 Scutellum laeve, rufo-testaceum, nitidum, anguste nigro- 

 marginatum. Elytra antice conjunctim late emarginata, 

 prothorace multo latiora et duplo longiora, humeris an- 

 trorsum prominulis, sub-acutis; pone basin ad medium 

 sensim rotundato-ampliata, dein nonnihil angustata, apice 

 conjunctim late rotundata, supra modice convexa, parum 

 profunde, sub-remote striato-punctata, basi ad suturam 

 leviter retusa, disco antico bi-impressa, dorso plaga ma- 

 xima, communi, nigra, extus in medio leviter emarginata ; 

 margine sat late explanato, flavo-testaceo, sub-hyalino, 

 confertim reticulato. Corpus subtus flavo-testaceum, ni- 

 tidum, subtiliter, crebre punctulatum. Pedes flavo-testa- 

 cei, punctulati. 



116. ephippiata: rotundata, modice convexa, dilute fla- 

 va, nitida; prothorace la^vi, basi plaga mediocri, fer- 

 ruginea, antice infuscata, leviter rotundata; scutello 

 nigro-piceo; elytris ultra medium mediocriter, cre- 

 bre, dein apicem versus remotius, obsoletius striato- 

 punctatis, dorso antico plaga sat magna suturaque pone 

 medium rufo-ferrugineis; margine sat late explanato, 

 hyalino, confertim reticulato; humeris modice promi- 

 nulis, sub-angulatis. — Long. 5i, lat. 5 millim. 



Var. a: elytrorum plaga dorsali picea, utrinque in disco 

 macula parva flava, postice ferrugineo-marginata. 



Patria: Mexico. A Dom. Chevrolat ad describendum 

 communicata. 



Statura et similitudo C. purpurece, nonnihil minor, 

 prothorace basi plaga mediocri, ferruginea, elytris antice 

 minus profunde striato-punctatis, plaga dorsali immacu- 

 lata, sutura postice infuscata, ab illa facile distincta. Ca- 

 put subtiliter, crebre punctulatum, flavum, nitidum; oculis 

 oblongis, modice convexis, nigris. Antennas prothorace 

 nonniliil longiores, tenues, flavaj, extrorsuin paullo incras- 

 sataj. artieulo tertio secundo dimidio longiore. Prothorax 



