Mesomphali A. 237 



Pafria: Brasilia, Miis. Reo-. Berol. 



M. nndicolli statiira similis sed ditnidio minorj pro- 

 tliorace respectu magnitudine latiori, elytris non reticu- 

 latis, pubescentibus, iii declivitate posteriore plaga la3vi 

 instructis, pone basin minus late rotundatis. Caput sub- 

 tiliter, crebre rugoso-punctatum , nigrum, opacum, medio 

 lenuiter canaliculatum; oculis ovatis, modice convexis, 

 l)runneis. Antennoe nigra?, glabra?, extrorsum pubescen- 

 tes, articulis 2 et 3 subtus rufo-piceis. Protliorax lati- 

 tudine postica plus duplo brevior, apice late, minus pro- 

 funde rotundato-einarginatus, ulrinque tenuiter testaceo- 

 marginatus, lateribus reflexis, longe ultra medium sub- 

 oblique ampliatis, dein parum rotundatisj postice ufrinque 

 leviter sinuatus, lobo medio paulio prominulo, apice trun- 

 cato, angulis sub-rectisj supra subtilisslme, remote pun- 

 cfulatus, dorso nonnihil convexus, postice tenuiter cana- 

 liculatus, extrorsum explanatus, utrinque leviter impres- 

 sus, nigro-a'neus, opacus, arcu laterali e pube tenui, 

 silacea insignitus. Scutellum triangulare, laive, nigrum, 

 sub-opacum. Elytra protborace triplo longiora el ejus 

 basi paullo latiora, antice singulafim levitrr sinuata , mox 

 ad basin citius, quam in M. nudicoUi latius rotundato- 

 ampliata, medio modice dilatata, apicem versus sensim 

 angustata, apicc conjunctim rolundata, snpra proesertim 

 in dorso convexa, ibique in gibbum validum , obtusum, 

 nitidutn, remotius punctulafum, elevata, basi retusa , 

 utrinque impressa, subfilitcr coriacea, sub-rernote pun- 

 ctulafa, in declivitate posferiore plaga irregulari, sub- 

 laevi; nigro-ainea, opaca antice et in dorso postico pube 

 silacea fasciculis parvis, remotis condensata; margine 

 late explanato, nonnihil deflexo, remotius, subtiliter pun- 

 ctulato. Corpus subfiliter punctulatum, nigrum, niti- 

 dum. Pedes remote punctulati, similiter colorafi, parce 

 pubescontes. 



17. Vetula: breviter rotundata (c/') aut sub-ovata (^), 

 nigro-suba?nea , parum nifida; protliorace sub-laivi; 

 eljtris subtiliter, minus crebre punctulatis, disco fo- 

 veolis plurimis, paruni profundis, inx-qualibus, atris , 



