Tauroma. 127 



goso-punctaro, mcdio oanalicnlato; elytris confeitim, 

 profunde, vairc, inliorsum sub-serialim , doiso antico 

 remotius punctatis; Iiunieris lateraliter extensis, vali- 

 (lioribus, apice rellexis. — Long. ll^, lat. 8f milliiiv. 



Cassida Taiirus. Fabr. Syst. El. I, p. 403, 87. — Ent. Syst. 

 I, p. 302, 45. — Mant. ins. II, App. p. 380, 29— .30. — 

 LiNN. Syst. Nat. Gmel. I, IV, p. 1643, 33. — Herbst Naturs. 

 VIII, p. 344, 111. — Olivier Enc. meth. Ins. VI, p. 387, 

 49. — Entomol. VI, p. 935, 17. 97. tab. 4, f. 60. a. b. — 

 ScnoENH. Syn. Ins. 11. p. 225. 114. 



Omocera Taurus? F^abr. Dej. Cat. ed. 3, p. 367. 



Tauroma jmnctipennis? Hope. Ann. Nat. Hist. III. p. 97. 



Vor. a. nonniliil major, nigro-caerulea. 



Patria: Havanna Dom. Com. Dejean , Mus, Dom. Com. 

 Mannerheiiw; Para Brasilioe Mus. Reg. Berol. et Mus. 

 Dom. Buquet; Columbia inlerior Dom. ChevrofAt; 

 Cayenna Dom. Fabricius et Oijvier. 



T Reichei magnitudine aequalis, elytris creberrime, 

 profunde punctatis, antice non gibbosis, ut et colore 

 obscuriori, ab illa bene distincla. Caput subtiliter ru- 

 goso-punctatum , postice sub-Ia^ve, obscure fusco-cupre- 

 uni, parum nitidum, inter oculos canaliculatum ; oculis 

 ovafis, modice convexis, glaucis. Antennae obscure cu- 

 prea% articulis cpiinque ultimis fusco-pubescentibus. Pro- 

 tliorax latitudine postica plus duplo brevior, antice late, 

 sat profunde lotundato-emarginalus, lateribus ultra me- 

 dium oblique ampliatis, dein versus basin rectis; po- 

 stice utrinque leviter bi-sinuatus, lobo medio sub-trian- 

 gulariler producto, angulis retrorsum modice prominulis, 

 acutis; supra paullo convexus, crebre, dorso tamen par- 

 cius et profundius rugoso-punctatus, medio canalicula te~ 

 nuiore, antice posticeque abbieviata insciilptus, obscure 

 seneus, parum nitidus, interdum cupreo-micans. Scutel- 

 lum parvum, triangulare, nigro-seneum , basi leviter im- 

 pressum. Elytra protborace triplo longiora , nigro-aenea, 

 parum nitida, antice singulatim leviter sinuata, ad bu- 

 meros in spinam sat validam, antice posticeque impres- 

 sam, supra carinatam, apice reflexam , subtus emargina- 

 tam, lateraliter excurrentia, lateribus versus apiceni per- 



