256 Mesomphalia. 



dein sub-angusiato; elytris snbtiliter, sub-rernote pun- 

 ctulatis, foveolis remotis, rotundis, ina^qualibus , atro- 

 holosericeis notatis, basi ad scutellum utrinque im- 

 pressis, dorso antico leviter gibbosis, singulo maculis 

 tribus helvolo-pubescentibiis; maigine late explanalo. 

 — Long. 14, lat. 12 niillim. 



Vai: a. viridi-coerulea, signaturis elylrorum ul in ge- 

 nuina, 



Var. h. dihile ccerulea, maculis disci elytrorum defi- 

 cientibus. 



Patria: Brasilia Dom. Com. Mannerheiim et Dom. Soivi- 

 MER, Mus. lleg. Hobn. 



Primo intuitu M. conspers(B simillima, elytris dorso 

 antico haud gil)bosis, apicem versus sub-attenuatis, evi- 

 denter punctulatis, (oveobs minoribus, leviter impressis, 

 ab illa certe distincta. Caput su!)tibter, crebre punctu- 

 latum, viridi-c:cruleum , parum nitidum, parce cinereo- 

 pubescens, medio canaliculatumj ocubs ovatis, modice 

 convexis, brunneis. Antennx- nigric, pubescentes, arti- 

 culis quatuor basabbus nigro-coeruleis, niti(bs, fere gba- 

 bris. Prothorax latitudine postica plus duplo brevior, 

 apice leviter rotundato-emarginatus vel sub-truncatus, la- 

 teribus tenuiter reflexo-marginatis, ultra medium oblique 

 anipliatis, dein versus basin fere rectis, sub-august;itis; po- 

 stice utrinque vix sinuatus, lobo medio modice produ- 

 cto, apice sub-rotundato, angulis rectis; supra subtilis- 

 sime, sub-remote punctulatus, cyaneus, opacus, dorso 

 paullo convexus, a basi ultra medium tenuiter canali- 

 culatus, extrorsum explanatus. Scutellum triangulare, 

 lceve, sub-opacum. Elytra piotborace triplo longioia et 

 basi ejus fere dimidio latiora, antice singulatim vix si- 

 nuata, aij l)asin late, valde rotundato-ampliata, a me- 

 dio apicein versus citius angustata , apice conjunctim sub- 

 acuta, supra niodice convexa, basi ad siituram utrinque 

 evidenter impressa, dorso antico parum elevata, haud 

 gibbosa , subtilissime coriacea, evidenter, subtiliter, sub- 



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