292 MEsOMPnALiA. 



lidiini quam in M. antiqua magis elevalum, sub-ob- 

 tusun) producta , ol)scurc sanguinoa, opaca, punctis mc- 

 (liocribus, sub-remotis undique insculpta, foveolis par- 

 vis, remotis, prolundioribus, dorso sub-seriatis, fundo 

 nigro-oeneis notata- margine modice explanato, sub-de- 

 flexo, antice late, leviter impresso. Corpus subtus sub- 

 liliter punctulatum ct transversim striolatum, obscure 

 aeneum , nitidum; abdomine utrinque serie e maculis 

 rufo-testaceis. Pedes subtiliter punctulati, nigro-a?nei. 



63. anliqua: sub-rotundata, cunvexa, fusco-Kuea , opaca ; 

 antennis articulis basalibus testaceis; protborace subti- 

 lissime, remote, extrorsum evidenler punctulato, la- 

 teribus ultra medium obiiquo, dein sub-recto; elytris 

 subtilitcr coriaceis, remote, mediocriter punctatis, ob- 

 solete, sub-reniote, inaqualiter foveolatis, basi retu- 

 sis, dorso antico mediocriter, obtuse gibbosis, apicen» 

 versus sub-attenuatis; margine modice explanato, ob- 

 solete reticulato. — Long. 10 — 12,lat. 8 — 9 millim. 



Cassida anliqua. SAni,B. Spec. Ins. p. 56, 37. 

 Cassida nodipen^iis. Germ. Ins. Sp. I, p. 532, 718. 

 Cyrlonola cerea. Dej. Cat. ed. 3, p. 368. 



Var. a. margine elytrorum obsolete rufo-variegato, 



Var. b. elylris obscure sanguineis, fovcolis fundo in- 

 fuscatis. 



Patria: Brasilia Dom. Westermann et Dom. ScilOENHERR, 

 Mus. Re<T. Holm. 



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M. plumbea nonnihil minor, piotliorace latioii, ely- 

 Iris longioiibus, aiitice angustioribus, apiceiu versus sub- 

 attenuatis, ab illa niox dignola. Ca[)ut crebre puncta- 

 tum , obscure frneum, paium nitidum, inedio canalicu- 

 latum; ociilis ovatis, inodice convexis, biunneis. An- 

 tennie nigra-, pubescentcs, articulis quatuor basalibus ni- 

 tidis, glabris, supra a-ncis, sublus plns minusve testaceis. 

 Protliorax laiitudine postica duplo brevior, apice trun- 

 catns, cxtrorsum tcnuiter reflexo-marginatus, lateribus 

 longe ullra n)cdium oblique amplialis, dein vcrsus ba- 



