31)4 PoiiCILASPIS, 



guineo-niarginato, cl^tiis dorso tri-caiinalis, carinulis 

 traiisveisis rcmotis, arcolas niajores, seriatas inclutlenli- 

 bns, a proececlentibus facile distincta. Caput rufo-testa- 

 ceum , sub-nitidum, crebre punctulatum, niedio canali- 

 culatum; oculis ovatis, modice convexis, glaucis vel brun- 

 neis. Anteniia? nigro-fuscae, pubescentes, arliculis quin- 

 que basalibus rufo-testaceis, nifidis, glabi is. Prothorax 

 latitudine poslica duplo brevioi', antice late rotundatus, 

 lateribus tenuiter reflexls, pone mediuin citius rotun- 

 datis, versus basin nonniliil angustatis; postice ntrinque 

 leviter sinuatus, lobo medio paullo producto angulisque 

 rotundatis; supra niger, sub-opacus, Uevis, extrorsum 

 undiquc late postice tamen angustius sanguinco-margina- 

 lus, dorso convexiusculus, postice tenuiter canaliciilatus, 

 extrorsum explanatus. Scutellum triangulare, nigrum, 

 nitidum, lacve. Elytra protborace friplo longiora et ejus 

 basi dimidio latiora, antice singulatim vix sinuata, hu- 

 meris antrorsum haud prominulis, leviter rotundatis; late- 

 libus ad medium haud ampliata, dein apicem versus 

 cilius rotundato-angustata , apice conjnnctim rotundata, 

 supra convexa, nlgra, parum nitida, undique minus cre- 

 bre, medlocriter punctata, sutura, niarglne exteriori, 

 carinis trlbus disci longiludinalibus modice clevatis aliis- 

 que transversis, inrequalihus, vario modo oblique posltis 

 intei-jectis, maculas magnas, serlatas, nigras includentl- 

 bus, sangulneisj margine modice explanato, sub-deHexo, 

 valde ina?qualiler sanguineo-retlculato, maculis majoribus 

 et minoribus nolato. Corpus subtus nlgrum, nitidum, 

 suhtiliter transversim striolatum; abdomine se£rnicntis basi 

 plus minusve late rufo-testaceo marginatis, ultimo toto 

 rufo-testaceo. Pedes obsolete punctulati, rufo-lestacei. 



10. porcata: sub-rotundata , convexa , nigra, sub-nitida; 

 capite, antennls ultra medlum, segmento abdominis 

 penultimo basi, ultimo toto pedlbusque rufo-testaceisj . 

 jirothoracc snbliliter, remote punctulato, extrorsum 

 uiidlque, antcrlus latius sangulneo-marginato^ elytris 

 niinus crebre, mediocriter pnnctalis, sutura, margine 

 cxteriori reticuloque modlce elevato sanguineis, hoc 



