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tcstaceuin, suh-nitidiiin , lceve. Elytra [)i'ollioi'ace Iriplo 

 longiora et ejus basi noiinihil latiora, antice vix siiiuata, 

 humeris angulalis, apice ohtusis; inedio perparuin am- 

 pliala, infia medium sensim angustata, apicc conjunctim 

 rotundata, supra pra?sertim in dorso antico convexa, 

 (lavo-testacea , suh-nitichi, mediocriter, sat crehre pun- 

 ctata, singulo inaculis parvis numerosis, nigris, in serie- 

 bus 12 — -13 (lispositis notato; margine deflexo, haud di- 

 latato. Corpus subtus suhtiliter, transversim striolatum, 

 nigrum, nitidum,- abdomine interdum ulrinqne serie e 

 maculis rufo-testaceis. Pedes nigri, rcmote punctiilali. 



49. testudinana: rotundala, convexa, suh-nilida, supra 

 flavo-tesfacea , suhtus nigra, capite, antennis basi, la- 

 teribus abdominis pedibusque rufo-testaceis; prolho- 

 race brevi, evidenter, crebre punctato, lateribus ultra 

 medium oblique ampliato, sub-sinuato; scutello nigro; 

 elytris lcviter gihhosis, mediocriter, crebre punctatis, 

 macuhs parvis, remotis, seriatis, nigris nofatis, mar- 

 gine modice explanatis; humeris suh-rotuiidatis. — 

 Long. 10, lat. 8^ millim. 



Patria: Buenos Ayres. A Dom. Chevkolat ad descrihen- 

 dum communicala. 



P. punctulata brevior, latior, magis convexa, aliter 

 colorafa, profhorace breviori, evidenter, crebrius puii- 

 ctato, anfice utrinque oblique ampliato, sub-sinuato, scu- 

 tello nigro, elytris leviter gihbosis, crehrius punctatis, 

 remotius nigro-maculafis, ah illa bene disfincta. Caput 

 ruro-testaceum , suh-nitidum, punctulatum, medio cana- 

 liculatum; oculis ovatis, modice convexis, brunneis. An- 

 tennic nigrae, puhescentes, articuhs quatuor hasalihus 

 rufo-testaceis, nitidis, glahris. Prothorax latifudine po- 

 stica triplo brevior, apice late rotundafus, haud emar- 

 «rinatus, lateribus reflexo-marijinatis , ulfra medium obli- 

 que ampliatis, sub-sinuaf is, dein versus basin cilius ro- 

 tundalis; postice ufrincpie levifer sinuatus, lobo inedio 

 retrorsum modice producto, apicc rotimdato, angulis ob- 

 tusis; supra (lavo-testaceus, parum nitidus, crehre, evi- 



