Cnproc vr, :. a. 241 



Patria : Nova Guinea Mus. Reg. Holni. A Doin. Coni. 

 Mannerheim ad confereodum niissa. 



Aspidom. Puncto dimidio fere minor, magis rotun- 

 data. Caput flavum, nitidum, subtiliter, crebre punctu- 

 laturn; oculis oblongis, modice convexis, nigris. Antennre 

 tenues, flava^, extrorsum liaud infuscata?, articulo tertio 

 secundo liaud longiore. Prothorax latitudine fere duplo 

 brevior, antice late rotundatus, postice utrinque leviter si- 

 nuatus, dein extrorsum obliquus, lobo medio haud pro- 

 ducto, apice truncato, angulis rotundatis: supra paullo 

 convexus, flavus, nitidus, lajvis, postice plaga sat magna, 

 triangulari, nigra; margine late explanato, hyalino, reti- 

 culato. Scutelluin nigro-piceum, lasve. Elytra antice sin- 

 gulatim leviter sinuata, prothorace multo latiora et duplo 

 longiora, humeris antrorsum prominulis, apice obtusis ; 

 pone basin ad medium modice rotundato-ampliata, dein 

 sensim, apice late rotundata, supra modice convexa, me- 

 diocriter, sub-remote punctato-striata, dorso plaga maxi- 

 ma, communi, nigra, maculis in singulo tribus flavis no- 

 tata, nempe duabus prope suturam, prima non procul a 

 basi, irregulari, antrorsum ramulum in ipsam basin emit- 

 tente, altera pone medium rotunda et tertia in medio 

 disci exterioris cum flavedine marginis saspe confluente; 

 margine late explanato, flavo, sub-hyalino, confertim re- 

 ticulato. Corpus subtus saturatius flavum, nitidum, sub- 

 tiliter, crebre punctulatum. Pedes flavi, remote punctu- 

 lati; tarsis modice dilatatis. 



143. Nympha: rotundata, leviter convexa, dilute flava, 

 nitida; prothorace la^vi, basi plaga sat magna, trans- 

 versa, nigra, antice rotundata scutelloque nigris; elytris 

 sat crebre, mediocriter striato-punctatis, dorso plaga 

 maxima nigro-picea cum maculis quatuor flavis, anticis 

 rotundatis, posterioribus sub-triangularibus; margine 

 valde explanato, subtiliter, transversim ruguloso; hu- 

 mevjg antrorsum prominulis, apice obtusis. — Long. 6, 

 lat. 5 n.Uli m . 



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