Chelymorpha, 13 



retrorsum modlcc proininulis, acutisj supra paullo coii- 

 vexus, subtilitor, rcmotc puiictulalus, anieus, suh-nitiJus, 

 vittis tribus longitudinalibus sanguineis, meclia antice po- 

 slicetpie abbrc\iata, lateralibus latioribus, inoequalibus; po- 

 stice in meclio tcnuiter canaliculalus. Sculelluin aeneum, 

 uiticlnm, la^ve. Elytra antice singulatim leviter sinuata, 

 prothoracis basi pauUo latiora, angulo humerali lotun- 

 dato, levitcr reflexo; pone basin versus niedium sensim 

 ampliata, inlra mediuni apicem versns nonnihil angustata, 

 apice conjunctim late rotundata, supra valde convexa, 

 proesertim in dorso antico, iblcpie obluse, c|uam iii Chel. 

 constellata mlnus alte gibbosa, rortiter, sub remote pun- 

 ctata, obscure a^nea, sub-nitida, crebre, angustius sangui- 

 neo-reticulata, reliculo modlce elevato, maculas mlnores, 

 crebras, intccjuales includente; niargine modice explanalo, 

 parclus sanguinco-reticnlato. Corpus subtus nigrum, ni- 

 tidum, subtlliter punctulatum et transversim stiiolatum; 

 abdoniine utrlncjue serle e maculls testaceis. Pedes nigri, 

 nllidl, subtiliter punctulati. 



10. distinguenda : rotundata (cr^) aut ovata ($), convexa, 

 supra rufo-testacea, subtus nlgra, nitida; antennis ar- 

 ticulis 5 basalibus teslaceis; prothorace evidenter, sub- 

 remote punctulato, medio maculis duabus parvis, nigris, 

 transversim posltls; eljtrls obtuse gihbosls, fortlter, sub- 

 remote punctatls, maculis parvls^ remotis, sub-serlatls 

 nigris, levlter impressis notalls: femorlbus anteriorihus 

 rufo-tcstaceis. — Long. (j^ 9^, lat. 8|. Long. ? 12, 

 lat. 9 mllllm. 



Chelymorpha distinguenda. Dej. Cat. ed. 3, p. 369. 



Var. a. elytris testaceis, dorso valde, lateribus minus 

 remote, nigro-maculatis. 



Patria: Brasllia. Dom. Schoenherr, Mus. Rcfr. Holm. 

 A Dom. Com. IMannerheim ad conferendum missa. 



Magnitudo et fere statura CJiel. constellata!, dilutlus 

 rufo-testacea , prothorace medio maculls tantum duabiis 

 parvis, nigils, elytris antlce minus alle, angustius gib- 

 bosis, maculis nigris elytrorum minoribus, rcmotioribus, 



