28 CuiiL Y MORPH A. 



remote, inaeqiialiter, liinc inde siib-seriatini (Lisco-pun- 

 ctala, punctis in disco exteriore ct ad apiceni miiioribus; 

 niargine sat lale explanato, luevi, dilutiore, sub-byalino, 

 reliciilato, subtus ad basin piceo. Corpus subtus rufo- 

 testaceum. nitidurr», subtiliter punctulatuin et tiansversiai 

 stiiolatum. Pedes rufo-testacei, nitidi, obsolete punclulati. 



24. apiata: sub-rotundata (cf^) aut ovata (?)» modice 

 convexa, nitida, supra flavo- vel rufo-feslacea 5 anteiinis 

 extrorsum corpoieque nigris, abdominc rulo-testacco- 

 marginato; piotliorace semicirculari, subtiliter, sub-re- 

 mote punctulato, postice ulriiique tiansversim impressoj 

 elytris profunde, dorso postico remotius stiiato-puncta- 

 tis, punctis infuscatis, pone glbbum macula parva, com- 

 muni, fusca notatis; margine fortiler punclato. — Long. 

 cT' 71, lat. 6. l.ong. ? 91, lal. Gf millim. 

 Chelymorpha apiata. Dej. Cat. ed. 3, p. 370. 



Var. a. abdomine, basi exceplo, rufo- vel flavo-testaceo, 

 ulrinque serie e maculis nigris. 



Patria: Brasilia Dom. Com. Mannerheim, Mus. Reg. Holm. 



Chel. punctipenni statura similis, sed minor, nragis 

 convexa. Caput rufo-testaceunr , nitidum, obsolele pun- 

 ctulatum, poslice canaliculatum ; clypeo apice et ore 

 iiigi o-piceisj oculis ovatis, modice convexis, nlgio-bruii- 

 neis. Antennce lulo-tcstacea;, articulis 5 ultimis iiigris. 

 Prothorax latiludmc postica plus duplo brevior, antice 

 semiciicularis, extroisum tcnuiter rellexo-marginatus, la- 

 teiibus ultra medium sensim, deiii cilius rotundatiis, po- 

 stice utrinque levifer bi-sinualus, lobo medio modice 

 prodiicto, ele\ato, dilutioie, apice lotundato, angulis la- 

 teralibus retrorsum prominulis, acutis; supia modice con- 

 vexus, subtilissime, sub-remote punclulatus, flavo- vel rufo- 

 testaceus, nitidus, intra basin utrinque tiansversim impies- 

 sus; niarginibus late cxplanatis, confertim rtticulatis. Scu- 

 tellum flavo- vel rulo-testaceum, nitidum, laeve. El\tra 

 antice singulalim leviter rotundata, subtiliter crcnulata, 

 protboracis basi baud latiora, angiilis bumeralibus obtu- 

 sis; pone basin in inare inagis, in femina pauiio ampliata, 



