12 Chelymorpha, 



telltiin asneiim, nilitluin, hcve. El_yti'a antice singulatim 

 leviter sinuata, protlioracis basi parum latiora, angnlo 

 humerali leviter reflexo, lotiuKlato; mox potie basin vel 

 magis (c/') vcl minus (?) oblique ampliata, infra me- 

 dium apicem vcrsus nonnihil angustafa, apice conjunctim 

 late roiunclata, supra valde convexa, pra'sertim in dorso 

 antico, ibique in gibbum validum oblusum, nitidum, ele- 

 vata, sub-remote, mediocriter punctata, sangiiinea, maculis 

 parvis, numerosis, sub-seriatis, obscure oencis, haud im- 

 pressis, interdum majoribus, vario modo confluentibus, ut 

 elytra seiiea, parce lenuiter sanguineo-reticulala apparent, 

 gibbo, sutura et maigine exterioie sa^pe seneis. Corpus 

 subtus nigrum, uitidum, subtiliter punctulatum et trans- 

 versim striolatum; abdomine utrinqiie serie e maculis te- 

 staceis. Pedes nigri, nitidi, confertim punctulali. 



9. injlata: ovata, convexa, subtus nlgra, nitida; antennis 

 basi flavo-testaceis; prothorace subtiliter, remote pun- 

 ctulato, seneo-micante, vittis tribus longitudinalibus, 

 sanguineis, media antice posticeque abbreviata; elytris 

 obtuse gibbosis, fortiter, sub-remote puiictatis, aeneis, 

 confertim sanguineo-reticulatis, reticulo anguste elevato, 

 maculas parvas, crebras, oeiieas includcnte. — Long. 

 12, lat. 9 millim. 



Palria: Brasilia. Mus. lleg. Holm, E Mus. Reg. Berol. 

 commiuiicata. 



Affinis Chel. constellatcc ?, illa magnitudine asqua- 

 lis, prothorace aliter colorato, subtilius punctulato, ely- 

 tris minus alte gibbosis, fortiter punctatis, evidentiiis, 

 crebrius sanguinco-reticulatis. Caput nigrum, sub-niti- 

 dum, crebre punctatum, postice in medio canaliculatum ; 

 oculis ovatis, modice convexis, nigris. Antennoe nigroe, 

 articulo l:o ef 4:o supra, 2 et 3 totis flavo-testaceis. 

 Prothorax latitudine postica duplo brevior, apice late ro- 

 tundato-emarginatus, lateribus tenuiter reflexo-marginatis, 

 ultra medium sensim oblique ampliatis, dein rotundatis 

 et basin versus sub-rectis; postice utrinque bi-sinualus, 

 lobo inedio produclo, apice rotundato, angulis lateralibus 



