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Mesomph. cyanece magnitudine cequalis, niinus con- 

 vexa. Caput subtiliter, cnobrc punctulatuni , nigruin, 

 opacum, meclio teuuiler canaliculatum; oculis ovatis, mo- 

 drce convexis, brunneis. Antennx' nigroe, basi sub-nitida?, 

 <Tlabra3, extrorsum pubescentes. Protliorax latitudine po- 

 stica vix duplo brevior, apice lale, leviter rotundato- 

 emarginatus, lateribus tenuiter rcflexo-marginatis, ad me- 

 dium scnsim oblique ampliatis, dein versus basin late 

 rotundatis, sub-angustatis; postico utrinc|ue leviter sinua- 

 tus, lobo medio modice prominulo, apice rotundato, an- 

 gulis obtusis, rotundatis; supra subtilissime, sub-remote 

 punclulalus, viridi-cieruleus, opacus, antice utrinque te- 

 nuiter flavo-marginatus, dorso paullo convexus, nitidus, 

 medio tenuiter canaliculatiis, in lobo leviter im])ressus, 

 cxtrorsum sat late explanatus. Sculelliim triangulare, 

 lceve, viridi-ajiicum vel cyaneum, nitidum. Eljtra pro- 

 lliorace triplo loiigiora ct basi e]us duplo lalioia, aii- 

 tice singulatim vix sinuata, liumeris antrorsum promi- 

 nulis, sub-angulatis; pone luimeros fere ad medium sen- 

 sim rotundato-ampliala , dein apicem versus anguslata, 

 apice conjunctim rolundata, supra modice convexa, ob- 

 solete, remote punctulata, viridi-ca^rulea, opaca, irregu- 

 lariter reticulata , reticulo crassiori, parum elevato, nitido, 

 evidenter, remote punctulato, areolas mediocres inclu- 

 dente; marginc late explanato, nonnihil dcdexo, sub- 

 remote punclulato, obsoletius reticulato, ante medium 

 macula nuigiia, snb-ovata e reliculo rufo-testaceo, are- 

 olas obscure oeneas includente (ormata, subtus laete cae- 

 ruleo, macula rufa translucente, pallidioie. Corpus sub- 

 tus subtiliter, transversim striolalum, nigrum, sub-niti- 

 dum; abdomine ulrincjue serie e maculis ferrugineis in- 

 signito. Pedes remote punclulati, nigri, nitidi, 



6. Desmaresti: (Guerin.) rotundala, modice convexa, vi- 

 ridi-caMulea, parum nilida, subtus nigra; protliorace 

 subtiliter, sub-remote punctulato, anlice tenuiler flavo- 

 marginato, lateribus ad medium sub-oblique ampliato, 

 dein versus basin latius rofundato, sub-angiistafo; ely- 

 tris undique irregulariter elevato-iTticnlalis, rcticnlo 



