POKCILA SPIS. 419 



ctulato, antice utrinque niacula magna sub-cuneata , 

 tlilute sanguinea, elytiis subtiliter, sub-remote puncta- 

 tis, singulo maeulis septem mediocribus, sanguineisj 

 liumeris angulatis. — Long. 10 — llj, lat. 8 — 9 millim. 



Cassida 1 6-puslulata. Fabr. Spec. Ins. I, p. 115, 47. — Linn. 



Syst. Nat. Gmel. I, IV, p. 1643, G6. — Oliv. Encyclop. 



Ins. V, p. 392, 76. — Ent. VI, p. 940, 26, 97. T. 3, 



f. 41 (mala). 

 Cassida 4 6-punclala. Fabr. Syst. El. I, p. 408, 118. — Ent. 



Syst. I, p. 307, 68. — Mant. Ins. I, p. GQ, 56. — Herbst 



Naturs. VIII, p. 349, 119. — Scuoenh. Syn. Ins. II, p. 



229, 150. 

 Cassida tessellata. Voet. CoI. II, Tab. 43, f. 20. 

 Botanochara i 4-pustulata. Dej. Cat. ed. 3, p. 369. 



Patria: Brasilia Dom. Com. Mannerheim, et Dom. Wester- 

 MANN, Mus. Reg. Holm. 



P. ■J4-plagiatcv simillima, prothorace antice utrin- 

 que macula magna sub-cuneata sanguinea, elytris sub- 

 tiliter punctatis, maculis minoribus, ab illa distincta. 

 Caput nigrum, nitidum, sat crebre punctatum, medio 

 canaliculatum; oculis ovatis, modice convexis, glaucls. 

 AntennaB nigra^, basi uitidai, glabrae, extrorsum pube- 

 scentes, articulo secundo interdum ferrugineo. Protho- 

 rax latitudine postica duplo brevior, antice late rotun- 

 datus, apice leviter emarginatus, extrorsum tenuiter re- 

 flexo-niarginatus, lateribus pone medium citius rotun- 

 datis, versus basin nonnihil angustatis^ postice utrinque 

 leviter sinuatus, lobo medio lato, retrorsum parum pro- 

 ducto, apice rotundato, angulis obtusis; supia niger, pa- 

 rum nitidus, antice utrinque macula magna sub-cuneata, 

 sanguinea notatus, dorso convexiusculus, posticc tenuiter 

 canaliculatus, subtiliter, rcmote, marginibus explanatis 

 evidenter, crebrius punctulatus. Scutellum triangulare, 

 nigrum, sub-nitidum, Ia;ve. Elytra prothoracis basi di- 

 midio latiora, antice singulatim vix sinuata, bumeris 

 rectangulis, in mare (?) anlice ad apicem leviter emar- 

 ginatis^ medio liaud ampliata, apicem versus citius ro- 

 tundato-angustala, apice conjunctim rotundata, supra 

 modiee convexa , nigra , nitida , singulo maculis sepfem 

 mediocribus, sanguineis, nempe l:a in ipsa basi prope 



