Coptocvcla. 44.3 



elevatam, sub-rhomboidalem, punctis 6 vel 8 nigris 



impressam cingente; margine sat late explanato, hya- 



lino, confertim reticulato. — Long. 4^ — 6, lat. 4 — 5 

 millim. 



Var. a: prothorace plaga basali, scutello annuloque ely- 

 trorum, dilute sanguineis, hoc anguste nigro-mar- 

 ginato. 



Patria: Brasilia Mus Reg. Holm. — Var. a: A Dom. 

 Westermann et e Mus. Reg. Berol. ad conferendum 

 missa. 



Statura omnino et similitudo C. centropunctatce, an- 

 tennis articulo ultimo apice tantum infuscato, scutello atro 

 vel ferrugineo, elytris macula dorsali flava, a scutello ma- 

 gis remota, elevata, sub-rhomboidali, utrinque pone me- 

 dium punctis 3 vel 4 nigris notata ab illa facile di- 

 stincta. Caput flavum, nitidum, subtiliter, crebre punctu- 

 latuin; oculis oblongis, modice convexis, nigris vel glau- 

 cis. Antennas tenues, flavae, articulo ultimo apice leviter 

 infuscato, tertio secundo vix longiore. Prothorax latitu- 

 dine dimidio brevior, antice late rotundatus, postice utrin- 

 que leviter sinuatus, dein extrorsum sensim obliquus, lobo 

 medio lato, paullo producto, apice truncato, angulis le- 

 viter rotundatis; supra convexiusculus, lasvis, flavus, ni- 

 tidus, basi plaga mediocri, semicirculari, atra, postice 

 utrinque leviter impressa; margine late explanato, hya- 

 lino, reticulato. Scutellum atrum, nitidum, medio leviter 

 impressum. Elytra antice singulatiin leviter sinuata, pro- 

 thorace dimidio latiora et duplo longiora, humeris an- 

 trorsum modice prominulis, angulatis, antice leviter ro- 

 tundatis; pone basin nonnihil rotundato-ampliata, infra 

 medium sensim, apice conjunctim late rotundata, supra 

 modice convexa, crebre et profunde punctato-striata, di- 

 lute flava, nitida, annulo magno, lato, atro, a basi longe 

 ultra medium continuato, maculam mediocrem dorsalem, 

 sub-rhomboidalem, elevatam, flavam, a scutello remotam, 

 posterius utrinque punctis 3 vel 4 nigris impressam in- 

 cludente; margine late explanato, hyalino, confertim re- 



