COPTOCYCLA. f)0i 



emarginata, apice oblique subtruncata; margine modice 

 explanato, reticulato. — Long. 7, lat. 6 millim. 



Patria: Surinam Mus. Reg. Holm. Cayenna Mus. Dom. 

 Deyeolle. 



Copt. interwedice similis, major, magis convcxa, sig- 

 naturis flavis plagaa prothoracis aliter locatis, elytris ad 

 suturam evidentius rugosis, nigredine dorsi extus in me- 

 dio profundius emarginata. Caput flavum, nitidum, sub- 

 tiliter, crebre punctulatum; oculis oblongis, modice con- 

 vexis, nigris. Antenna? sat longas, sub-tenues, flavas, arti- 

 culis 8 — 10 totis, \ I apice, nigris, tertio secundo nonnihil 

 breviore et tenuiore. Prothorax latitudine dimidio bre- 

 vior, antice rotundatus, postice utrinque leviter sinuatus, 

 dein extrorsum modice obliquus, lobo medio lato, parum 

 producto, apice truncato, utrinque impresso, angulis ro- 

 tundatis; supra convexiusculus, lanis, dilute flavus, niti- 

 dus, basi plaga sat magna, semicirculari, nigra, apice 

 utrinque leviter rotundato-emarginata, maeulis septem 

 parvis, flavis notata, nempe duabus in margine basali, 

 remotis, angustis, binis ante lobum, nonnihil majoribus, 

 oblongis, approximatis, obliquis tribusque non procul ab 

 apice, rotundis, media parva, interdum deficiente, latera- 

 libus majoribus; margine sat late explanato, hyalino, re- 

 ticulato. Scutellum lajve, flavum, nitidum. iateribus an- 

 guste fusco-marginatum. Elytra prothorace latiora et 2^ 

 longiora, antice singulatim ieviter sinuata, humeris an- 

 trorsum modice prominulis, apice sub-obtusis; pone basin 

 nonnihil rotundato-ampliata, infra medium sensim, apice 

 conjunctim late rotundata, supra convexa, ad scutellum 

 leviter at distincte impressa, mediocriter, minus regulari- 

 ter punctato-striata, dorso nigra, nigredine utrinque extus 

 medio profunde emarginata, in singulo elytro apice oblique 

 truncata, prope suturam ultra medium sat late, ina:qualiter, 

 crebre flavo-rugosa, pra?terea interdum in disco maculis 

 duabus parvis, flavis, una ante, altera fere in medio; mar- 

 gine modice explanato, oblique deflexo, dilute flavo, hy- 

 alino, confertim reticulato. Corpus snbtus crebre punctu- 

 latum, saturatius flavum, nitidum. Pedee flavi, nitidi. 



