17S DOLICHOTOVA. 



dice incrassatis; libiis teretibus, rectis, basi tenuioribus, 

 apicc extus leviter oblique truncatis; tarsis dilatatis, sub- 

 tus dense spongiosis; aiticulo primo parvo, sub-triangu- 

 lari, apice truncato, 2:o longiore et latiore, basi angu- 

 stiore, apice emarginato, 3:o proecedenti longiore, pro- 

 fundissime emarginato, quarto tenui, extrorsum modice 

 clavato; unguiculis brevibus, divaricatis, inflexis, sim- 

 plicibus. 



I. Elytiis antice in dorso gibbosis. 



1. lugens: rotundata, convexa, nigra, sub-opaca, pube 

 silacea parce, inoequaliter adspersa; protiiorace sub- 

 tilissime punclulalo, versus basin bi-foveolato, ad la- 

 tera densius pubescente; elytris subtiliter, rernote, 

 hinc inde sub-seriatim punctatis, basi retusis, aiitice 

 valide gibbosis, postice obtuse quadri-tuberculatis; mar- 

 gine late explanato, lajvi. — Long. 18, lat. I6l inillim. 

 Cassida lugens. Germar Ins. Spec. p. 530, 716, 



Patria: Bahia Brasilioe Dom. Germar et Dom. Com. Man- 



NERHEIM. 



Mesomphalia gihhosa magnitudine sequalis, elytris 

 minus convexis, latius marginatis. Caput obsolete punctu- 

 latum, nigrum, pube pailida parce adspersum , inter ocu- 

 los canaliculatum ; ocuiis ovatis, modice convexis, nigiis. 

 Anlennoe longx, nigrai, basi nitidoe, giabrce, arliculis quin- 

 que ultimis pubescentibus, priino et interdum secundo 

 subtus rufo-testaceis. Prothorax latitudine postica plus 

 <luplo brevior, apice late, leviter rotundato-emarginatus, 

 anguiis anlicis obtusis, lateribus obiique ampiiatis, basin 

 versus nonnihil rotundatis; postice utrinque bi-sinuatus, 

 lobo medio modice producto, apice rotundato, angulis 

 retrorsum paiuin prominulis, sub-acutis; siipia paulio 

 convexus, vix punctalus, utrinque propius ad basin fo- 

 veola obsoleta insculptus, niger, opacus, dorso vix, la- 

 teribus densius silaceo-pubescens, basi utrinque inter- 

 dum macula mediocri, rufo-testacea , notatus. Scutel- 

 lum triangulare, sub-lajve, nigrum, opacum. Elytra 

 prolhorace plus qnam Iripio longiora, antice singulatim 



