Coptocycla. 293 



dentius punctulatus; margine modice explanato, vix reti- 

 culato. Scutellum nigrum, nitidum, la^ve. Elytra pro- 

 thorace nonnihil latiora et plus duplo longiora, antice 

 utrinque leviter sinuata, humeris antrorsum parum pro- 

 minulis, apice obtusis; lateribus ultra medium recta, dein 

 sensim, apice conjunctim late rotundata, supra convexa, 

 sat profunde punctato-striata, interstitiis planis; nigra, 

 sub-opaca, singulo dorso vitta lata, a basi fere ad api- 

 cem continuata, testacea, sutura anguste nigra ab opposita 

 separata; margine modice explanato, oblique deflexo, lajvi. 

 Corpus subtus nigrum, sub-nitidum, subtilissime punctu- 

 latum. Pedes rufo-testacei, punctati; femoribus a basi 

 fere ad medium infuscatis. 



y. Elytra dorso fasco-llavoque variegata. 



193. judaica: rotundata, convexa, testacea, nitida; anten- 

 nis articulis 5 ultimis, prosterno, pectore abdomineque 

 nigris, hoc apice anguste testaceo-marginato; protho- 

 race lasvi, basi obsolete ferrugineo-maculato, margine 

 basin versus subtiliter punctulato; elytris sat profunde, 

 remote, irregulariter seriatim punctatis, nigro-variega- 

 tis; margine modice explanato, oblique deflexo, sub- 

 hyalino, reticulato; humeris parum prominulis, apice 

 rotundatis. — Long. 5 — 6, lat. 44 — 5^ millim. 



Cassida judaica Fabk. Syst. El. I, p. 392, 2 5. — Ent. Syst. I, 

 p. 295, 15. — Mant. Ins. I, p. 63, 14. — Spec. Ins. I, 

 p. 109, 11. — Linn. Syst. Nat. Gmel. I, IV, p. 1637, 39. 



— Herbst Naturs. VIII, p. 280, 52. Tab. 133, f. 11, k. 



— Onv. Encycl. V, p. 381, 18. — Enlomol. VI, p. 968, 

 78, 97. Tab." VI, f. 96. — Schoenh. Syn. Ins. II, p. 216, 34. 



Coptocycla judaiea Dej. Cat. ed. 3, p. 373. 



Var. a: dilutius testacea, prothorace vix maculato, ely- 

 trorum punctis plus minusve ferrugineo-tinctis. 



Var. b: prothorace basi lineola longitudinali, ferruginea 

 notato. 



Coptnci/cla operosa Dej. Cat. ed. 3, p. 373. 



Patria: Brasilia et Cayenna Mus. Reg. Holm. Guyana 

 Dom. Olivier. — Var. b : Columbia Dom. Com. Dejean. 



