Sei. F. NIS. ' 97 



Var. h. supra riifo-tcstcicen, piolhonice immaciil.ito, oly- 

 tris paicc, obsolete hrnniieo-vniicf^al is, 



Casskla angustata. Linn. Syst. Nat. I, II, p. 578, 31? — Oliv. 

 - Enc. Ins, V, p. 390, 67? — Enlom. VI, p. 933, 14, 97, 

 T. 1, f, <2? 



Palnn: Cayeiina et Brasilia, Mus, Reg. Hohii. Surinan). 

 Doiii. Herest. Guvana. Dom, Oi.iviEii, 



Caput fcrrugineum, parum nitichim, punctatum, po- 

 stice iii medio canahculatiim • oculis ovalis, convcxis, 

 glaucis, .^ntennne nigroe, arliculis 3 vel 4 hasalihus rufo- 

 testaceis. Prothorax hreviter suh-t riangularis, apice trun- 

 catus, extroisuni leiiuiter redexo-marginatus , lalerihus 

 ultra medium ohlique ampliatis, dein utrisicjue in spinam 

 aut longam (cf^) aut hieviorem ($) laleraliler excurrentihus; 

 poslice in mare utrinque hi-, in femina uni-sinuatus, lobo 

 medio parvo, triangulariter producto; supra paullo con- 

 vexus, vix punctatus, ferrugineus, opacus, dorso maculis 

 duabus magnis, sub-approximatis, fuscis nolatus, inlerdum 

 deficientihus, medio tenuiter caiialiculatus, Scutellum ni- 

 gro-aeneutn, loeve, hasi profunde impressum. Elylra suh- 

 triangularia, anlice singulatim sub-truncata, prothoracis 

 basi multo latiora, humeris in mare anlrorsum valde 

 prominulis, nonnihil reflexis, apice acuminatis, in fennna 

 parum prominulis, rectangulis; pone basin seiisim, infra 

 medium cilius anguslata, apice conjunctim acuminata, 

 supra in dorso modice convexa, antice relusa, pone scu- 

 tellum gibbo modice elevato, tiansverso, aeneo, uliinque 

 carina parum elevala nsqiie in angulum humeralcm oon- 

 tiniialo; lerruginea, sub-opaca, disco inediocriter, sub- 

 remote, parum profunde punctata, maculis mediocrihiis, 

 sub-rotundis, dorso seriatis, fusco-oeneis notata ; maigine, 

 prsesertim anterius, valde explanalo, suhlililer, crebre pun- 

 ctulato, in;cqualiler fusco-yeneo-variegato , plagis duabus 

 irregularibus prope disciim, diluliorihus, interdum flavis, 

 sub-hyalinis, plaga posteriori parva. Corpus subtus di- 

 lute ferrugineum, nitidum. Pedes rufo-tcslacei , nilidi, 

 femoribus interdum infuscatis. 



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