COPTOCYCLA. 2fil 



161. extensa (Ciievroe.): sub-ovata, convcxa, dilute fla- 

 va, nitida; antennis articulis duobus ultimis nigris; 

 prothorace lam, basi plaga sat magna, subquadrata, 

 antice emarginata, utrinque nonnihil producta, nigra, 

 maculis duabus ovatis, flavis notata, lobo postico apice 

 scutelloque flavo-testaceis; elytris remotc, profunde stri- 

 ato-punctatis, disco plaga magna communi, nigra, ma- 

 culis quatuor magnis, flavis notata, sutura postice an- 

 guste infuscata; humeris prominulis, apice leviter ro- 

 tundatis; margine sat late explanato, flavescente, hya- 

 lino, reticulato. — Long. 5| — 6, lat. 4 — 5 millim. 



Var. a: plaga prothoracis et disco elytrorum fusco-te- 

 staceis, signaturis flavis obsoletis. 



Patria : Mexico Dom. Westermann et Dom. Ciievrolat. 



Primo intuitu Copt. guttatce simillima, vix brevior 

 sed angustior, scutello flavo-testaceo, eiytris profundius 

 striato-punctatis, plaga dorsali nigra ad basin ranndum 

 in margincm non emittente, ab illa certe distincta. Caput, 

 oculi et antenna? omnino ut in Copt. guttata, Prothorax 

 latitudine dimidio brevior, antice late, posterius magis ro- 

 tundatus, basi utrinque leviter sinuatus, extrorsum obli- 

 quus, lobo medio modice producto, apice truncato, angidis 

 rotundatis; supra lawis, flavus, nitidus, disco modice con- 

 vexus, basi plaga sat magna, oblongo-quadrata, transversa, 

 nigra, antice levitcr emarginata, utrinque nonnihil pro- 

 ducta, maculis duabus sat magnis, ovatis, flavis notata, 

 lobo postice anguste testaceo-marginato; margine late 

 explanato, dilutiori, hyalino, confertim reticulato. Scu- 

 tellum flavo-testaceum, nitidum, la^ve. Elytra prothorace 

 dimidio latiora ct duplo longiora, antice singulatim leviter 

 sinuata, humeris prominulis, apice leviter rotundatis; pone 

 basin non ampliata, infra medium nonnihil angustata, apice 

 conjunctim rotundata, supra convexa, sat profunde, re- 

 mote striato-punctata, disco j^laga magna, communi, nigra, 

 nitida, extus medio leviter sinuato-emarginata, non usque 

 ad apicem extensa, ibique utrinque rotundata, introrsum 

 leviter emarginata, ramulum angustum in suturam ad 

 apicem emittente; singulo maculis duabus majoribus, non 



