286 MliSUM PH ALl A. 



postic;eque ahbreviata insculptus. Scutelhim suh-trian- 

 gulaie, nigro-aeneum, parum nitidum, hasi impressum. 

 Elytia prothoiace triplo longiora et hasi ejus vix climi- 

 clio laliora , antice singiilalim vix sinuata, mox ad hasin 

 in mare ohlique-in femina late rotundato-ampliata , pone 

 hasin sensim aiigiistata, suh-attenuata, apice conjunctim 

 rotundata , supra praesertim in dorso anlico convexa, ibi- 

 que hreviter, obtuse gihhosa, hasi ad suturam leviter 

 retusa, viridi-ienea , suh-opaca, suhtiliter, remote, antice 

 circa gihhum profundius punctata, singuhi maculis tri- 

 hus mediocribus, sanguineis, profunde punctatis, nempe 

 una in hasi non procul a sulura, suh-rotunda, altera in 

 margine lalerali mox pone hasin, ohlonga , utrinque 

 suh-acuminata et tertia in disco longe pone medium, sat 

 matJfiia , rotunda vel sub-triaiiculari : maroine sub-deflexo, 

 antice iiiodice ex[)Ianato. Corpus suhtus subtiliter, cre- 

 hre punctulatum, viridi-anieum , nitidum. Pedes suhti- 

 liter punctuluti, similiter colorati. 



58. tristigma: sub-rotundata , modice convexa, viridi- 

 ainea, sub-nitidaj antennarum articulis 2 — 5 subtus 

 dilute piceis; prothorace sub-loevi, laterihus pone me- 

 diiim rotnndato; elytris subtiliter, crebre, disco evi- 

 dentcr punctatis, dorso anlico Iiand gihbosis, smgulo 

 maculis trihus majoribus, profunde punctatis, sangui- 

 neis; margine modice dilatato. — Long. 8 — 10, lat. 

 7 — 8 millim. 



Cyrtonota tristigma. Dkj. Cat. ed. 3, p. 369. 



Va)\ a. supra cairulea, nitida , maculis clytrorum ut 

 in genuiiia. 



Var. h macnlis elytrorum majoribiis, confluentihns. 



Patria : Orizaha iii Mexico Dom. ChevrolAT et Dom. 



SCHOENHERR, Mus. PvCg. Holll). 



Aflinis cerle M. Chevrulati , sed semper minor, ma- 

 gls rotundata, elytris crebrius punctatis, maculis elytro- 

 rum majoribus, alitcr locatis, dorso antico haud gihho- 

 sis, liumeris minus lotnndatis, ah illa mox distincta. 



