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versa , lenea divisa; margine cxplanato, .sublililer, cre- 

 brius punctulato. — Long. 16, lat. 13 millim. 



Cassula Ephippium, Herbst Naturs. VIII, p. 310, 74. T. 1.35, 

 f. 6. — ScHOENn. Syn. Ins. II, p. 230, 136. 



Patria: America borealis Dom. Hei^bst. 



M. Ilavoguttata; $ magnitudine icqualis, elytris an- 

 tice vix gibbosis, ut et colore, ab illa lacile clistincta. 

 Caput subtiliter, ci'ebre punctulatum, nii^rum, sub-opa- 

 cum, meclio tenuiter canaliculatum ; oculis ovalis, mo- 

 (lice convexis, brunneis. Antenme nigrx', basi niticloe, 

 glabrae, extrorsiim pubescenfes, articulo primo apice, 

 2 — 4 subtus rufo-lestaceis. Prothorax latitudine postica 

 duplo brevior, apice late, sat prorunde lotundato-emar- 

 ginatus, lateribus tenuiter redexo-marginatis , aiitice late, 

 posterius cito rotundato-ampliatis; basi utrinque sub- 

 truncatus, lobo medio modice proininulo, apice ro- 

 tundato, angulis retrorsum nonniliil prodiictis, sub-re- 

 ctis; supra subtilitcr, sub-remote punctulatus, viridi-ca;- 

 ruleus, opacus, antice utrinc[ue angusle, breviter testa- 

 ceo-marginatus, dorso paullo convexus, tenuiter cjinali- 

 culatus, in lobo leviter iinpressus, extrorsum modice ex- 

 planatus, Scutellum triangiilare, laive, nigro-a^neum , 

 sub-nitidum. Elytra protliorace triplo longiora , antice 

 singulatim sub-truncata , pone basin subito, late rotun- 

 dato-ampliata, a medio citius anguslata, apice conjunctim 

 siib-acuminata , supra modice convexa , basi ad suturam 

 utrinque levitcr impressa, liaucl gibbosa, subtiliter, minus 

 crebre , declivitate posteriori obsoletius j)iinctulata , viridi- 

 caerulea, parum nilida, singulo lineola basali parva, obli- 

 (jua, plagacjue magna , lata, transversa fere in medio, 

 tlavo-testaceis, hac anlice j)oslicec[iie vario modo emar- 

 ginata, interius arcuatim imj^ressa, ibique j)rolunde ni- 

 gro-[)unctata , maculas 3 vel 4 parvas, ccneas includente, 

 extus fascia transvcrsa viridi-ca'rulea divisa; margine 

 sal late explaiialo, subliliter, conrertiin [)unctulato. (lor- 

 |)us subtus subtilissime transversiin striolatum, nigrum, 

 nitidutn, abdomine utiinqiie seiie e maculis rulo-testa- 

 ceis. Pedes subtiliter [)unclulati, nigri. 



