176 DOLICHOTOMA. 



opacus, subtilissime, remote punetulatus, basi tenuiter 

 canaliculatus, ante scutellum leviter, intra apicem eviclen- 

 ter transversim impressus, clisco utrincjue foveolis duabus, 

 parvis, longitudinaliter positisj margine laterali explanato, 

 reflexo. Scutellum triangularc, nigruiu, la!ve, opacum, 

 Elytra prothorace fere triplo longiora et ejus basi non- 

 nilul latiora, antice singulatim sinuata, angulis hume- 

 ralibus obtuse rotundatis; mox pone basin subito rotun- 

 dato-ampliata , infra medium angustata, apice conjunctim 

 late rotundata; supra in clorso inodice convexa, pone 

 scutellum non gibbosa , subtiliter, vage, remote punctata, 

 non procul a sutura costa longitudinali , sat elevata, fle- 

 xuosa, fere ad apicem continuata, posterius interdum 

 abrupta, tuberculisque disci remotis, obtusis in serie 

 duplici collocatis instructa 5 tofa nigra, opaca, costa tu- 

 berculisque supra nitidis; margine explanato, introrsum 

 serie e foveolis objongis, transversis notato, extrorsuin 

 profundc, sat crebre punctato, Corpus obsolete punctu- 

 latum; pectore nigro, plaga transversa abdomineque san- 

 guineis. Pedes remote punctulati, nigri. 



XVI. DOLICHOTOMA. 



HoPE Ann. Nat. Hist. Ill, p. 95, Tab. IV, f. 2. 

 Cassida. Linn. Syst. Nat. I, II, p. 574. — Fabr. Syst. El. I, p. 

 .387. — De Gekr Ins. V, p. 178. — Hf.rbst Naturs. VIII, 

 p. 204. — Oliv. Ent. VI, p. 922. — Schoknh. Syn. Ins. 

 II, p. 209. — Germ. Ins. Spec. I, p. 529, 530. — Disco- 

 morpha Chevrol. Dej. Cat. ed. 3, p. 368. — Oxynodera 

 HopE Coleopt. Man. III, p. 184. — Guerin Icon. d. Regne 

 Anim. Texte II, p. 289. 



Antenna^ filiformes, articulis sex basalibus glabiis, 

 nitidis, reliquis pubescentibus, l:o crasso, 2:o minimo, 

 sub-rotundato, cjuatuor sequentibus brevibus, cequalibus, 

 reliquis nuilto longioribus, ultimo acuminato, subtus piloso. 



Labrum breve, margine antico declivi, setoso, in- 

 terno simplici. 



Mandibuhe cochleariformes, apicibus sub-acutis et 

 cpiadri-denticulatis, 



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