400 Coptocvcla. 



nigrum, sub-nitidura, subtiliter, crebre punctulatum. Pe- 

 des reraote punctulati, antiei sanguinei, interdum basi in- 

 fuscati, reliqui nigri. 



d. Elytra testacea interdum nigro-variegata, macula mar- 

 ginali albida. 



296. egregia: sub-triangularis, convexa, flavo-testacea, ni- 

 tida; antennis articulis 5 ultimis nigris; prothorace 

 lffivi; elytris regulariter, subtiliter seriatim-fuscopuncta- 

 tis, pone scutellum leviter gibbosis; margine vage pun- 

 ctato, antice latius, postice angustius explanato, ante me- 

 dium macula sub-triangulari, intus rotundata, dilute 

 flavescenti-hyalina notato, subtus pone basin linea se- 

 micirculari et pone medium macula sub-cuneata, antice 

 bi-ramosa, nigris. — Long. 1\, lat. 6j millim. 



Patria: Mexico Mus. Reg. Holm. 



Individuis majoribus Copt. fallacis magnitudine aequa- 

 lis et statura non dissimilis. Caput flavo-testaceum, ni- 

 tidum, crebre punctulatum; oculis oblongis, modice con- 

 vexis, nigris. Antennae sat longge, flavo-testacene, arti- 

 culis 5 ultimis nigris, tertio secundo dimidio longiore. 

 Prothorax latitudine dimidio brevior, antice rotundatus, 

 postice utrinque leviter sinuatus, dein extrorsum obliquus, 

 lobo medio lato, parum producto, apice truncato, angulis 

 obtusis; supra convexiusculus, flavo-testaceus, nitidus, lae- 

 vis, margine explanato, dilutiori, reticulato. Scutellum 

 flavo-testaceum, nitidum, laeve. Elytra prothorace fere 

 duplo latiora et fere 2^ longiora, antice utrinque leviter 

 sinuata, humeris antrorsum nonnihil prominulis, apice late 

 rotundatis; pone basin paullo ampliata, dein sensim an- 

 gustata, apice conjunctim rotundata, supra convexa, pras- 

 sertim in dorso antico, ibique leviter, obtuse gibbosa, sub- 

 tiliter, regulariter seriatim punctata, interstitiis planis, lae- 

 vibus; margine oblique deflexo, vage punctato, antice la- 

 tius, postice angustius explanato, ante medium macula me- 

 diocri, dilute flavescente, intus rotundata, usque in lim- 

 bum continuata, subtus pone basin linea extrorsum flexa, 



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