MeSOMPII ALI A. 233 



Scutellum meillocrc, triangulare, subtillssiine punctula- 

 tum, nimum, opacum. Elytra prothorace triplo lon- 

 giora et ejns basi latiora , antice conjunctim leviter tri- 

 sinuata , hnmeris rotundatis; pone basin subito obbque 

 ampliata, infra medium angustata, apice conjunctira 

 late rotundata, supra proesertim in dorso antico con- 

 vexa, ibique gibbo vabdo, breviori, obtuso, instructa, 

 (quam in M. turrita breviori, quam in M. Godetii altiori) 

 ad scutelkxm utrinqne impressa, confertissime, medio- 

 criter punctata, nigra, sub-opaca, singulo elytro macu- 

 lis duabus magnis, helvolo-pubescentibus, silaceo-margi- 

 natis, luia ante medium pone humerum, rotunda, altera 

 intra apicem , ovataj margine valde explanalo, deflexo, 

 subtiliter punctulato. Corpus subtus obsolete punctula- 

 tum et striolatum, nigrum, magis nitidum. Pedes bre- 

 viusculi, , validi, remote punctulati, nigri, sub-nitidi, 

 parce, tibiis apice dense pallido-pubescentibus. 



13. suhlcevis: sub-rotundata, nigra, nitida; prothorace 

 loevi , utrinque macula njagna, semilunata, dense sila- 

 ceo-pubescente; elytris subtiliter, sub-remote punctu- 

 latis, antice ad suturam impressis, gibbo breviori, ob- 

 tuso instructis, macubs quatuor magnis, silaceo-pube- 

 scentibus ornatis, humeris late rotundatis. — Long. 

 18, lat. 15^ millim. 



Patria: Rio Janeiro, Mus. Paris. 



Magnitudo fere et summa simibtudo M. turritCB, 

 magls nitida , prothorace angustiorl, elytris subtiHter, re- 

 motius punctulatis, antice ad scutellura evidenter im- 

 pressis, gibbo in dorso antico breviori, humeris latius 

 rotundatis. Caput obsolete, crebre punctulatum, nigrum, 

 sub-nitlduni , medio canaliculalum j oculis ovatis, modice 

 convexis, nigris. Antennce nigra?, articuHs basalibus gla- 

 bris, nitidis, rebquis pubescentibns. Prothorax latitudine 

 postica dimidio brevior, apice late, parum profunde ro- 

 tundato-emarginatus, lateribus ullra medium obbquis, 

 dein rotundatis et versus basin sub-rectis, undique lenne 

 reflexo-niarginatisj postice utrinqxie sub-truncatus, lobo 



