C I» T C V C I. A . 5 1 3 



vemote, sub-seriatim brunneo-punctatis, singulo in disco 

 exteriore vitta angusta, apicem vcrsns introrsum flexa, 

 cum opposita connexa maculaque suturali ante medium, 

 nigro-piceis; margine modice explanato, reticulato. — 

 Long. 5 — 6, Jat. 4} — 5j millim. 



Cassida quadrata Faisr. Syst. El. I, p. 395, 37. — - De Gef.r 

 Mem. V, p. 188, 13. T. 15, f. 16. — Schoenii. Syn. Ins. 

 II, p. 218, 49. 



Coptocycla quadrata Dej. Cat. ed. 3, p. 373. 



Var. a: dilutius flava, plaga prothoracis vittnque ely- 

 trorum ferrugineis, macula suturali interdum defi- 

 ciente. 



Patria: Brasilia Dom. Sturm. Bahia Dom. Lindgren. 

 Bolivia et Columbia Dom. Dupont. Cayennna Mus. 

 Dom. Com. Mannerheim. Surinam Dom. De Geer. 



Statura C. hebrcece, srcpe nonnihil major. Caput sub- 

 tiliter, crebre punctulatum, dilute flavum, nitidum; oculis 

 oblongis, modice convexis, nigris. Antennre sat longas, 

 sub-tenues, flavas, articulo ultimo apice nigro-fusco, tertio 

 secundo tenuiore, vix longiore. Prothorax latitudine di- 

 midio brevior, antice late rotundatus, postice utrinque le- 

 viter sinuatus, dein extrorsum obliquus, lobo medio lato, 

 paullo producto, apice truncato, angulis rotundatis; supra 

 convexiusculus, lasvis, flavus, nitidus, basi plaga mediocri, 

 antcrius angustata, apice truncata, nigra vel picea, ante 

 scutcllum macula oblongo-quadrata, flava insignita; mar- 

 gine late explanato, hyalino, reticulato. Scutellum fla- 

 vum, nitidum, heve. Elytra antice singulatim leviter si- 

 nuata, prothorace latiora et duplo longiora, humeris an- 

 trorsum modice prominulis, apice obtusis; pone basin 

 paullo ampliata, infra medium sensim angustata, apice 

 conjunctim late rotundata, supra modice convexa, ad scu- 

 tellum leviter impressa, dilute fiava, nitida, dorso remote, 

 sub-seriatim brunneo-punctata, in disco exteriore vitta 

 angusta, apicem versus introrsum ducta, ad suturam cum 

 opposita conjuncta maculaque antica suturali, nigris vel 



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