1'0EC1L ASPIS. 389 



ctalis, al) illa Miiox clisliin;ta. Capnt nigi-iiin, suh-opa- 

 cum , obsolete punctulatuui , postice in inedio canalicu- 

 lalum; oculis ovatis, niodice convexis, iiigris. Antennae 

 uigroG, basi piceic, nitidic, glabric, exlrorsum pubescen- 

 tes. Protlioiax iatitudine postica duplo brevior, antice 

 lale rotundatus, lateribus ponc niediuin cito rotundatis 

 et posterius nonnihil angustatis; poslice utrinque leviter 

 sinuatus, lobo inedio apice angulisque rotundatis; supra 

 niger, lajvis, antice utrinque tenuiter testaceo-marginatus, 

 dorso paullo convexus, extrorsum cxplanatus, medio 

 canalicula tenui, antice abbreviata. Scutellum triangu- 

 lare, nigrurn. nitidum, heve. Elytra prothorace triplo 

 longiora et ejus basi vix dimidio latiora , antice singula- 

 tim leviter sinuata, humeris late rotundatis- pone basin 

 ad medium parum am|)liata, dein citius rotundato-an- 

 gustata, apice conjunctim late rotundata , supra valde con- 

 vexa, nigra, opaca, remote, anguste sanguineo-reticulata , 

 reticulo modice elevato, nitido, Ia?vi , areolas inaequales 

 quain in P. nervosa majores, remote, obsolete punctatas 

 includente; margine niodice explanato, siib-denexo. Cor- 

 pus sublus nigrum, nitidum, subtilifer transversim strio- 

 lalum; abdomine utrinque serie e maculis obsoletis, te- 

 staccis. Pedes obsolete punctulati, nigri, nitidi. 



5. ordinata: sub-ovata, convexa, nigra, nitidaj antennis 

 basi ferrugineisj prothorace sub-lccvi, anticc late rufo- 

 testaceo marginato, elytris sub-remote, mediocriter pun- 

 ctalis, leviter, crasse rufo-testaceo reticulatis, reticulo 

 parum elevato, maculas minores, sub-seriatas, nigras 

 includente; humcris leviter rotundatis. — Long. 12 — 

 13, lat. 8^ — 10 millim. 

 Botanochara ordinala. Dej. Cat. ed. 3, p. 369. 



Patria: Columbia Dom. BuQUfiT, Mus. Reg. Holm. — A 

 Dom. Com. Mannerheim ad conferendum etiam missa. 



Praecedentibus certe afTuiis, sub-ovata, elytris levi- 

 ter, crassius reticulatis, undiquc punctatis, humeris le- 

 viter rotundatis, ab illis benc dislincta. Capul nigrum, 

 sub-opacum , obsolete punclulatum, postice in medio ca- 



