414 POECILAS PIS. 



ger, aiitice arcu posteriiis latiore, saiiguineo, oriiatus, 

 dorso convexiusculus, subtilissinie, remote pnnctiilatus , 

 sub-niticlus, postice tenuiter canaliculatus, niarginibus 

 explanatus, subtiliter, crebre punctulatus, opacus. Scu- 

 telluin triangulare, nigriuii, sub-nitidum, Ijeve. Elytra 

 prothorace triplo longiora el ejus basi dimidio latiora, 

 antice singulatim vix sinuata , humeris sub-angulatis, in 

 mare (/) apice antrorsum leviter emarginatis; medio 

 paullo rotundato-ampliata, apice conjunctim rotinidata, 

 supra convexa, subtillter, remote punctulata, nigra, pa- 

 rum nitida, singulo maculis sex magnis, rufo-testaceis 

 insignito, nempe duabus ad basin, majoribus, iiiteriore 

 ovata, basi connexa , exteriore pone humerum in mar- 

 gine, rotunda, tribus mox pone medium, transversim 

 positis, minoribus, rotundis, media antrorsum nonnihil 

 magis locata et sexta intra apicem, sat magna, vel ro- 

 tunda vel triangulari; niargine sat late explanato, sub- 

 deflexo. Corpus subtus nigrum, nitidum, subtiliter pun- 

 ctulatum et transversim striolatum; abdomine utrinque 

 serie e maculis testaceis. Pedes subtiliter punctulati, ni- 

 gri, nitidi. 



28. duodecimmaculala: rotundata, convexa, nigra, pa- 

 rum iiitida; anteniiis basi sanguineis; prothorace su- 

 pra paullo convexo, subtiliter, sat crebre punctulato, 

 plaga magna apicali transversa, sanguinea, medio 

 profunde emarginata; elytris subtiliter, sub-remote pun- 

 ctulatis, singulo maculis 6 mediocribus, rotundis, san- 

 guineis, humerali majore. — Long. 12, lat. 9 millim. 



Patria: Brasilia Dom. Sellow, Mus. Reg. Berol. 



P. pantherince proxima cui magnitudine ?equalis, 

 signaturis elytrorum facile distiucta. Caput subliliter, 

 crebre rugoso-punctatum , nigrum, opacum, medio ca- 

 naliculatum; oculis ovatis, modice convexis, nigris. An- 

 tennai nigrie, glabroe, extrorsum pubescentes, articulis 

 quinque basalibus rufo-testaceis. Prothorax latiludine 

 postica duplo brevior, apice rotundatus, margine exte- 

 riore tenue reflexus, lateribus ultra medium oblique am- 



