Chelymorpha- 23 



gibbosa, undique subtiliter, crebre punctulata, oenea, sub- 

 opaca, dorso antico magis nitida. Corpus subtus obso- 

 lete punctulaturn, acneum, nitidum. Pedes similiter colo- 

 rati, remote punctulali. 



19. orthogonia: ovata, convexa, supra senea, parum nltida, 

 subtiis nii^ra, nilida; antennis articulis 2 — 5 piceis; 

 protlioiace subtiliter, sub-remote punctulato; elytris 

 obtuse gibbosis, subtilissinie coriaceis, minus crebre 

 jHinctulatis, dorso antico nitidis, ad basin oblique am- 

 pliatis; margine explanato sublilissime remote punclu- 

 lato. — Long. 12, lat. 8^ millim. 



Cyrtonota orthogonia. Dej. Cat. ed. 3, p. 369. 



Patria: Brasilia. Dom. Com. Mannerheim. 



Magnitudo et similitudo Chel. urhancv, elytris sub- 

 tilissime coriaceis, minus crebre punctulatis, margine ex- 

 planato remote, subtilissime punctulato, ab illa distincta. 

 Caput nigrum, sub-opacum, punctulatum, postice in medio 

 canaliculatum ,• clypeo aeneo-micante; oculis ovatis, mo- 

 dice convexis, glancis. Anlennae nigrue, articulis 2 — 5 

 dilnle piceis. Prolhorax latitudine postica fere triplo 

 brevior, apice late, leviter rotundato-emarginatus, late- 

 ribus reflexo-marginatis, ultra medium sensim oblique 

 ampliatis, dein rotundatis et basin versus sub-rectis; po- 

 stice utrinque bi-sinuatus, lobo medio tiiangulariter pro- 

 duclo, apice rotundato, angulis lateralibus relroisum mo- 

 dice prominulis, sub-acutis; supra paullo convexus, sub- 

 tiliter, sub-remote punctulatus, obscure oeneus, sub-opacus. 

 Scutellum nigro-xmeum, sub-iiitiduu], loeve. Elytra antice 

 singulatiin leviter sinuata, prothorace haud latiora at tri- 

 plo longiora, mox pone basin citiiis oblique ampliata, 

 medio rotundata, infra medium apicem versus sensim 

 angustata, apice conjunctim late rotundata, supra valde 

 convexa, prsesertim in dorso antico, ibiqiie obtuse gib- 

 bosa, obscure aenea, anterius sub-nitida, subtilissime co- 

 riacea, sub-remote, mediocriter punctata, in declivitate 

 posteriore intus haud punctulata, extus obsolete reticu- 

 lata ; margine modice explanato, subtiliter, remote punctu- 



