M t: s M I' u \ L I A . 353 



iiIiiiKjiK' serie e m;tciilis ni(o-tcstiK'eis. Pedes siihtililei , 

 reiiiote piinctulati , obscuie cierulei, nilicli. 



114. Laconlairei : rotunfhita (o^) aut ov.ita ($), convcxa, 

 nitida, subtus nigra; antennarum aiticulis 2 — 4 sub- 

 tus rufo-testaceis j piothorace viridi-seneo, evidenter, 

 minus crebre punctulato, antice utriiique late tesla- 

 cco-marginalo; eljtris dilute sanguineis, dorso disco- 

 que sub-remote, mediocriter punctulalis, inaculis nu- 

 inerosis, sub-seriatis, leviter impressis, smaragdinis no- 

 tatis; iTiargine modice dilatato, deflexo, crebre punctu- 

 lato, viridi fasciato maculatoque. — Long. c/' 9^, lat. 

 7^, long. ? 10 — 11, lat. 7^ — 8 millim. 



Cyrtonola Lacordairei, Dkj. Cat, ed. 3, p. 369. ^ 



Var. a. prothorace ct signaturis elytrorum cjaueis. 



Patria: Oucnos Ayres Dom. Westermann ct Dom. Drew- 

 SEN. Corientes Dom. Com. Mannerheim , Mus. Rcg. 

 Holm. 



Mas minor, rotundatus. Fcmina magnitudo el sta- 

 tura omnino M. subriigosa' 9- Caput obsolete punctu- 

 latum, nigro-subncneum , parum nitidum, parce pube- 

 scens, medio profiinde canaliculatum ; oculis ovatis, mo- 

 dicc convexis, brunneis. Antcnnae nigra^, basi nitidae, 

 glabrae, extrorsuin pubescentes, arliculis 2 — 4 subtus 

 rufo-testaceis. Prothorax latitudine postica plus duplo 

 brevior, apice late, mediocriter rotundato-emarginatus, 

 lateribus tenuiter reflexo-marginatis, ultra medium sen- 

 sim oblique ampliatfs, dein versus basin sub-rotundatis; 

 poslice utrincjue leviter sinuatus, lobo medio modice 

 prominulo, apice rotundato, angulis rctroisinu nonnihil 

 productis, sub-acuminatisf supra subtiliter, evidcnter, mi- 

 nus remote punctulatus, viridi-oeneus, nilidus, antice late 

 rufo-testaceo-marginatus, dorso paullo convexus, ante scu- 

 tellum leviter impressus, anticc tenuiter canaliculatus, 

 extrorsurrj explanatus. Scutellum triangulare, heve, vi- 

 ridi-aeneum, nitidum. Elytra prothorace triplo longiora 



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