404 P O E C I L A S P I s. 



ni.KHilis irrogulai ihus impressis, nigris nolahs; niar- 

 o^ine fxi)lanat<), nii-ro-macMiIato. — Lon<>-. lO^, lat, 87 

 millim. 



Var. a. clytris sangiiincis, immaculalis. 



Patria: Cliiquitos Dom. GuERiiN-MENEvn.i.E, Mus. Rcg. 

 Ilolm. 



P. nervosa paullo minor; elytiis parum convexis, 

 doiso lorc planis, a conspccicbns facilc clislincta. Caput 

 prollioracc occiiltaliim , conlcrtim rugoso-punclalum , ni- 

 i^rum, sul)-opacum, medio tcnuitcr canaliculalinu ; oculis 

 ovatis, modice convexis, nigris. Anlcnnoe nigrie, extror- 

 siuu nonnihil crassiores cl pnhcscentes, basi ferrugineoe. 

 Prothorax latitucline poslica cluplo brevior, apice rotun- 

 clatus, extus tenue reflexo-marginatus , laleribus ultra 

 meclium ohlique scnsim amplialis, clein rotunclalis; po- 

 slice lcviter bi-sinnalus , angulis retrorsum non promi- 

 nulis, ohtusis, lobo meclio parum pioflucto, apice trun- 

 cato; snpra sub-clepressus, subtililcr, remote punctulatus, 

 aiiticc sanguineus, basi plaga magna, transversa, meclio 

 antrorsum triangularitcr valdc clilatala, nigra, parum ni- 

 tida, medio canalicula l)ic\i, tcniii insculptus, basi ante 

 sculellum et utrinque Icviler impressus. Sculellum me- 

 diocre, Iriangulare, vix punclalum, nigrum. Elytra pro- 

 thorace paullo latiora el triplo longiora , antice conjunctim 

 leviter tri-sinuata, humeris antrorsum nonnihil promi- 

 niilis, rolundatis; a medio sensim perparum angustata, 

 apice conjunclim obluse rotundala, snpra paullo con- 

 vexa , sal profunde, sub-rcmole punclata, sanguinea, sub- 

 nitida, doiso lere plana, carinulis longitudinalibus et 

 transversalibus reticulata, maculas majores et minores ni- 

 gras includentibus; margine explanato maculis oblongis, 

 transversis, nigris notato. Corpus sublus obsolete pun- 

 ctalum , nigrum, sub-nitidum; abdomine vel segmentis 

 tribus ultimis utrinque macula parva rufo-testacea , vel 

 toto rufo testaceo, inlerdum basi picco-variegalo. Pedes 

 subtililcr jjunctulati, uigri, tibiis interdum rufo-piceis. 



