M KSOM PH AI, I A. 30 r> 



Var. k. iit var. i, sod iiuuulis elvtroiuin VHiio niotlo 

 conniientibus, 



Patiia: Cavenna, iVIiis. Reg. Holm. — Guyana Dom. 

 Olivifr. 



Magnitndo, staluia et simililuclo M. discoidis, signa- 

 turis aliis, elytris reinotius, tlorso antico profunclius pun- 

 ctatis. Caput snhtiliter, cichre punctulatum, nigro-a-ne- 

 um, sub-opacnm, postice inedio canalicnlatum ; oculis 

 ovalis, modice convexis, briinneis. Antennoe nigrae, basi 

 sub-nitida', glabra*, subtiis articulo l:o apice, 2 — 4 et 

 interdum 5:o flavo-testaceis. Protliorax latitudine postica 

 duplo bievior, apice late, niinus profiuule rotundalo- 

 emarginatiis, cxtiorsum tenuiter i eflexo-marginatns, la- 

 teribus ultra meclium latius rotundalis, dein sub-rectis; 

 postice utrinqiie tinncatus, lobo medio retrorsum mo- 

 dice prominulo, apice lolundato, angulis rectis; supra 

 subtiliter, minus ciebre punctulatus, viridi-anicus, opa- 

 cus, ineclio sub-nitidus, antice utriiique tenuiter flavo- 

 marginatus, dorso paullo convexus, a basi ultra niedium 

 tenuiter canaliculatus , extrorsum modice explanatus. Scii- 

 tellum triangulare, heve, viridi-aMieum , parum nitidum. 

 Elytra antice singiilatim truncata, ad basin in mare obli- 

 cpie, in femina lafe , sensim rotundato-ainpliata , a medio 

 angustata, apice conjunctim rotundata, supra convexa , 

 basi ad scutellum utiinque levitcr iinpressa, dorso an- 

 tico nonniliil elevata, levilci- gibbosa, undique minus 

 prolunde punctala, viridl-aDiiea , opaca , anterius sub-ni- 

 tida, singulo intia niarginem niaculis duabus, mediocri- 

 ter magnis, sanguiiieis, uiia ante medium vel ovata 

 sub-transversa , vel rotnnda, allera mox pone medium, 

 sub-ovataj inargine late ex|danato, pone basin impresso, 

 subtus cyaneo, maculis saiiguineis li anslucentibus. Cor- 

 pus sublus subtilissime, transversim stiiolalum, nigrum, 

 nilidunij abdomiiu; utiiiupie sei ie e maculis ferrugineis. 

 Pedes subliliter, lemote punctiilati, iiigii, niiidi 



74. bioculafa: sub-ovata , modicc convexa, viridi-anea, 

 pariim nitida; piotliorace subtiliter, sub-remotc pnn- 



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