Coptocvci. a. 30f> 



dum, subtiliter, transversim striolatum. Pedes flavi, ni- 

 tidi, remote punctulati. 



204. decussata (Chevrol.): sub-rotundata, modice con- 

 vexa, tiava, nitida; antennis articnlis duobus ultimis 

 nigro-fuscis; prothorace subtilissime, sub-remote pun- 

 ctulato, antice late rotundato, pone medium maculis 

 tribus parvis, transversim positis, nigro-fuscis ; elytris 

 sat crebre, mediocriter striato-punctatis, sutura vittaque 

 dorsali inaequali, nigi^is, hac maculis nonnullis flavis, ele- 

 vatis variegata, ramulum anticum et posticum concolo- 

 rem in marginem emittente; humeris sub-prominulis, 

 obtusis. — Long. 7, lat. 6 millim. 



Patria: Mexico Mus. Paris. 



Primo intuitu Copt guttatce similis, major, praesertim 

 latior, minus convexa, elytris subtilius, crebrius striato- 

 punctatis, signaturis nigris diversis margineque latius ex- 

 planato. Caput saturate flavum, nitiduui, obsolete, crebre 

 punctulatum; oculis oblongis, modice convexis, nigris. 

 Antenme longae, sub-tenues, flavaa, articulis duobus ulti- 

 mis nigro-fuscis, tertio secundo dimidio longiore. Pro- 

 thorax latitudine fere duplo brevior, antice late rotunda- 

 tus, postice utrinque leviter sinuatus, lobo medio modice 

 producto, rotundato, angulis obtusis; supra paullo con- 

 vexus, subtilissime, sub-remote punctulatus, flavus, nitidus, 

 mox pone medium maculis tribus parvis, transversim po- 

 sitis, nigro-fuscis. media oblonga; margine late explanato, 

 dilutiori, reticulato. Scutellurn nigro-piceum, nitidum, ob- 

 solete punctulatum. Elytra prothorace dimidio latiora et 

 duplo longiora, antice utrinque leviter sinuata, humeris 

 prominulis, sub-obtusis; pone basin nonnihil ampliata, a 

 medio perparum angustata, apice conjunctim late rotun- 

 data, supra modice convexa, regulariter, subtiliter, disco 

 exteriore profundius striato-punctata, flava, nitida, sutura 

 anguste, posterius latius et vitta disci sat lata, inaequali, 

 nigris, hac basi maculis parvis, sub-elevatis, flavis, exte- 

 riore majore; pone medium macula magna, saepe cum fla- 



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