Coptocycla. 387 



funde, remote, irregulariter seriatim punctata, dilutc rufo- 

 testacea, macula in singulo marginali, magna, extrorsum 

 latiure, dilute flavo-hyalina, rembte reticulata; anticc Je- 

 viter retusa, dein in gibbum validum, obtusum elevata, 

 prope gibbum foveola sat profunda, rotunda et infra me- 

 dium disci altera oblonga, leviter inipressa; inter discuin 

 et marginem serie e punctis profundioribus, antrorsum 

 nonnihil arcuatim in marginem excurrente; margine, pra2- 

 sertim antice, sat Jate explanato. Corpus subtus rufo- 

 testaceum, sub-nitidum, subtiliter, transversim striolatum ; 

 prosterno medio, pectore fascia postica abdomineque seg- 

 mento ultimo basi nigris. Pedes flavo-testacei ; femoribus 

 subtus, anterioribus a basi ad medium, posticis basi nigris. 



285. rutila: sub-triangularis, convexa, dilute rubra, ni- 

 tida, subtus testacea; prothorace lrevi, margine antico 

 flavo-pellueido, reticulato; elytris basi retusis, fortiter 

 gibbosis, inasqualiter, dorso postico obsolete striato- 

 punctatis; margine dilute flavo-hyalino, confertim re- 

 ticulato, fasciis duabus, una humerali, altera ante api- 

 cem, dilute rubris; humeris antrorsum prominulis, ro- 

 tundatis, supra profunde, remote punctatis. — Long. 

 8, Jat. 7 millim. 



Cassida rutila Eiucus. Arch. f. N;iturg. XIII, p. 153, 1. 



Patria: Peru Dom. Philippi Mus. Berol. 



Summa similitudo Copt. rubicundce, nonnihil major, 

 pnesertim longior, elytris pone basin evidentius gibbosis, 

 antice subtilius, dorso postico obsoletius punctatis ut et 

 fascia antica marginali rubra nonnihil latiore ab illa unice 

 distincta. Caput testaceum, nitidum, subtiliter punctula- 

 tum; oculis oblongis, modice convexis, nigris. Antenna; 

 individui descripti mutilatas, basi testacea?. Protliorax 

 longitudine dimidio latior, antice leviter rotundatus, po- 

 stice utrinque sub-sinuatus, extrorsum modice obliquus, 

 lobo medio lato, parum producto, apice truncato, utrinque 

 impresso, angulis obtusis; supra convexiusculus, lasvis, 

 dilute ruber, nitidus, margine apicali sat late flavo-pel- 

 lucido, reticulato. Scutellum rubrum, nitidum, lreve. Elytra 



