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paiillo (•onvexiis, suhtilitci", crcbif, disco poslico paicius 

 piinctatus, hnsi titiinqiie transveisim inipressus, rufo- 

 testaceus, nitidus, postice utrinque niacula sat magna, 

 subtriangulari, inaigine basab adfixa, nigro-senea, lateri- 

 bus parum explanatis, dilutioribus. Scutellum mediocre, 

 rufo-testaceum , nitidum, lajve. Elytra prolhorace triplo 

 longiora et basi ejus nonnihil latiora, anlice singulatim 

 jeviter sinuata, a basi ad medium nonnihil rotundato- 

 ampliata, dein apicem versus paulio angustata, apice con- 

 junctim late rotunclata, su])ra modice convexa, crebre, 

 vage et sat profunde, ad suturam seriatim, quam in 

 pra^cedentibus minus lortiter punctata, dorso longitudi- 

 naliter bi-carinata, carina interiore distincta, longe ante 

 apicem desinente, exteriore obsoleta, ad medium haud 

 extensa; rufo-tesiacea , nitidula, singulo maculis novem 

 viridi-a^neis, triseriatis, nempe quatuor prope suturam, 

 quarum I:a sat magna, sub-rotunda, a basi nonnihil re- 

 mota, 2:a in mcdio et 3:a pone medium, inediocribus , 

 rotumlis, 4:a ante apiccm, oblonga, tiansversa, tribus in 

 <lisc(), l:a in callo luimerali, parva, rotunda, 2:a in medio, 

 magna, irregnlari, 3:a iiitra medium et apicem, mediocri, 

 lotunda, binisque in disco exteriore, l:a infra humerum 

 ct altera non longe ab apicc, mediocribus, sub-rotundis; 

 niargine paullo explanato, anguste reflexo. Corpus sub- 

 tus rufo-tes(aceiim, sub-hTve, nitidum. Pcdes rufo-testacei. 



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HopE Coleopt, Man. III. p. 153. — Guerin Icon. d. Regn. 

 anim. Ins. II. p. 287. 

 Cassida Fabr. Sysf. El. I. p. 387. — Ouv. Ent. YI. p. 922. — 

 Herbst Naturs. VIII. p. 204. — Schof.nh. Syn. Ins. II. p. 

 209. — Cassida {Imalidium) Klug Ins. v. Madag. p. 122. 

 — Notosacanlha CnEvnOL. Dej. Cat. ed. 3. p. 367. — Thy- 

 reomorpha Dej. Cat. ed. 3. p. 367. 



Antenna; clavata?, ante medium tenues; articulo l:o 

 modice incrassato, obconico, 2:o brevi, sub-rotundato , 

 3 — 6 tenuibus, elongatis, cylindricis, longitudine fere 

 sequalibus, ?> ultimis brevibus, crassioribus , clavam di- 

 stinctain formantibus, ultimo acuminato. 



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