366 Mesomphalia. 



letroisum riiudice proiniiiulo, apice lolundato, angulis 

 reclis; siipra subtilissime, sub-iemote punctnlatus, rufo- 

 rcniigineus, sub-nitidus, dorso convexiusculus, tenuiter 

 canaliculatus, extrorsum niodice explanatus, utrinque in 

 medio leviter impressus. Scutellum triangiilare, laeve , 

 nigro-piceum, nitidum. Elytra prothorace triplo lon- 

 giora et ejus basi paullo latiora, in mare rotundata, in 

 femina ovata , antice singulatim sub-truncata , pone basin 

 in illo oblique-in hac late rotundato-ampliata, in utroque 

 apicem versus sensim angustata, apice conjunctim late 

 rotundata; supra modice convexa, dorso anlico in f"e- 

 niina magis elevata; mediocriter, sat crebre, disco ante 

 inedium profundius punctata, pallide flava, sub-nitida, 

 sutura tenuiter et interdum medio baseos macula parva, 

 rufo-brunneisi margine modice explanato, nonnihil de- 

 flexo, medio magis ampliato. Corpus subtus obsolele 

 punctulalum, dilute rufo-ferrugineum, nitidum. Pedcs 

 remote punctulati, similiter colorati. 



126. varians: sub-rotundata (o^) aut ovata (?), convexa, 

 rufo-ferruginea , sub-opaca; antennis extrorsum nigris; 

 prothorace subtilissime, sat crebre punctulato, utrin- 

 que obscure a^neo-maculato , lateribus late rotundato- 

 ampliato; eljtris subtiliter, crebre, disco antico pro- 

 funde punctalis, leviter bi-impressis, dorso remote, 

 obscure aeneo-variegatis; margine sat late explanato, 

 nonnihil deflexo, medio fascia lata, transversa, ob- 

 scure oenea, — Long. c^ 8, lat. 7, long. ? 10, lat. 8 

 millim. 



Cassida varians. Fabr, Syst, El, I, p. 405, 101, — Schoenh. 



Syn. Ins, If, p, 226, 128. 

 Cassida rufescens? Hkrbst Naturs. VIII, p. 283. T. 134, f. 1. — 



ScHOENH. Syn. Ins. II, 219, 66. 

 Cyrtonota subfasciata. Dej. Cat. ed. 3, p. 369. 



Var. a. prothorace basi plaga magna dorsali, elytro- 

 rum sutura antice, arcu ab humero introrsum ducto, 

 fascia transversa laterali in medio, maculisque du- 

 abus disci pone medium, obscure aeneis. 



