304 COPTOCYCLA. 



ineo, extus et intus nigro-marginato, utrinque extrorsum 

 in medio et ad apicem sinuato-emarginato, maculam ma- 

 gnara ovatam, flavam cingente; margine late explanato, 

 sub-hyalino, supra, basi excepto, confertim rugoso-pun- 

 ctato. Corpus subtus flavum, nitidum, subtiliter, crebre 

 punctulatum. Pedes flavi, nitidi, obsolete punctulati. 



b. Elytra dorso nigra, maculis duabus magnis longitudma- 

 libus, flavis. 



£63. centralis: rotundata, modice convexa, flava, nitida; 



prothorace laevi, antice late rotundato, basi plaga sat 



magna semicirculari, nigra; scutello nigro-piceo; elytris 



parum profunde, in declivitate posteriore obsoletius stri- 



ato-punctatis, sutura ultra medium anguste annuloque 



in dorso antico, sat lato, communi, nigris; marginc late 



explanato, hyalino, obsolete rugoso; humeris apice ob- 



tusis. — Long. 7|, lat. 7 millim. 



Coptocycla centralis Dej. Cat. ed. 3, p. 372. 



Patria: Brasilia Dom. Com. Mannerheim Mus. Reg. Ilohn. 



Species distinctissima. Caput flavum, nitidum, ob- 



solete punctulatum; oculis oblongis, modice convexis, ni- 



gris. Antenna? sat longas, sub-tenues, flavae, articulis 



duobus ultimis leviter infuscatis, tertio secundo nonnihil 



longiore. Prothorax latitudine dimidio brevior, antice 



late rotundatus, postice utrinque leviter sinuatus, dein 



extrorsum valde obliquus, truncatus, lobo medio lato, 



nonnihil producto, apice truncato, angulis rotundatis; 



supra convexiusculus, lcevis, flavus, nitidus, basi plaga 



sat magna semicirculari, nigra; margine late explanato, 



sub-hyalino, confertim reticulato. Scutellum nigro-pice- 



um, nitidum, lasve. Elytra antice singulatim leviter si- 



nuata, prothoracis basi multo latiora, humeris antrorsum 



valde prominulis, apice obtusis, prothoracis latera am- 



plectentibus; pone basin nonnihil ampliata, infra medium 



sensim, apice conjunctim late rotundata, quam lata haud 



longiora, supra modice convexa, pnrum profunde, sub-re- 



mote, in declivitate posteriore obsoletius striato-punctata, 



flava, nitida, sutura ultra medium anguste annuloque in 



