334 MeSOM l'H A Ll A. 



inctlia lon^itiulin;tli scutello(|ne nigris; clytns sa! cr(;- 

 hre, mecliocriter pnncliilalis, sutnra tenuiter infuscataj 

 margine modice explanato, sub-dencxo. — Lon^. rf 

 91—10, lat. 81, long. $ 12 — 14, lat. 91- 11 n.illim. 



Cyrtonola lineatocollis. Dia. Cal. ed. 3, p- 369. 



Var. a. corpore subtus [)C(lil)usque ruCo-festaceis. 



Var. h. snpra ruro-brunnca, subtus nigro-picea, pedi- 

 bus ferrugineis. 



Var. c. corpore subtus rufo-rerrugineo, elytris basi 

 interiore inajqualiter et sutura antice sanguineis. 



Var. d. corpore subtus pedibusque nigris, clytris ma- 

 cula magna, scutellari, triangularl, communi, san- 

 guinea. 



Patria*. Brasilia Dom. Schoenhf:rr et Dom. Chevrolat, 

 Mus. lleo;. Holm. Var. b. e Mus. Dom. Com. Man- 

 NERHEIM descripta. 



M. bipustulata sa?pe nonniliil major. Caput obso- 

 lete, crebre punctulatum, rufo-terrugineum , parum nili- 

 dum , medio canaliculatumj vertice macula parva, nigro- 

 l^icea, interdum deficiente notato; oculis ovatis, modice 

 convexis, brunneis. AntcniKe nigiie, pubcsccntes, aiti- 

 culis qnatuor basalibus rufo-testaceis, sub-nitidis, fere 

 glabris, 3 ct 4 supra soepe infuscatis. Prothorax lati- 

 tudine postica duplo brcvior, apice late, sat profunde 

 rotundato-einaroiiiatus, laleribus tenuiter redexo-mariii- 

 natis, ultra medium oblique ampliatis, dein versus ba- 

 sin sub-rotundatis; postice utrinque vix sinuatus, lobo 

 medio modice prominulo, apice rotundalo, angulis sub- 

 obtusis; supi-a vix punctiilatus, dilute (la\us, linca me- 

 dia longitudinali , postice ct interduin margine exteriore 

 versus basin tenuiter nigris; dorso modicc convexus, tnc- 

 dio leviter canaliculatus , marginibus modice explanatus. 

 Scutellum parvum, triangularc, la^ve, nigrum, nilidum. 

 Elytra protliorace triplo longiora , antice singulatim sub- 

 truncata, pone basin citius rotundato-ampliata , medio 

 modice ampliata, infra medium sensim angustala, apice 

 conjunctim rotundata, supra in mare miniis, in femina 



