144 Omaspides 



Cassida irrorata Fabr. Syst. El. I, p. 40G, 107. — Voet Col. 11, 



Tab. 41, f. 1. — ScHOENH. Syn. Ins. 11, p. 227, 135. 

 Echoma irrorata De/. Cat. ed. 3, p. 371. 



Patria: Cayenna. Dom. Schoenherr. Mus. Reg. Holm. A 



Dom. Com. Mannerheim ad conferendum communicata. 



Individuis minoribus 0. marginatce magnitudine lequa- 



lis. Caput a^neum, nitidum, punctulatum, postice in me- 



dio canaliculatum ; oculis ovatis, modice conve.xis, hiun- 



neis. Antenna3 nigraj, basi nitida-, glabia^, extrorsuin 



pubescentes. Protliorax latitudinc postica fere dnplo bre- 



vior, apice sub-truncatus vel leviter tantum emarginatus, 



extrorsum tenuiter reHexo-marginatus, lateribus ad me- 



dium oblique ampliatis, dein rectis; postice utrinque le- 



viter sinuatus, lobo medio modice triangulariter producto, 



angulis sub-rectis; supra paullo convexus, dorso sublili- 



ter, sub-remote, lateribus obsolete punctulatus, ca?ruIeo- 



aeneus, paruni nitidus, medio canalicula tenuissima, longi- 



tudinali, postice abbreviata insculptus. Sculellum nigro- 



aeneum, nitidum, Iseve. Elytra antice singulatim vix si- 



nuata, in mare prothorace triplo in femina duplo latiora, 



pone humeros nunnihil ampliata, dein apicem versus an- 



gustata vel lateribus i-ectis (c/') vel rotundatis (^) , apice 



conjunctim rotundata, supra convexa, subtiliter, remote 



punctulata, sub-nitida, singulo plaga niaxima, Havo-testa- 



cea, sub-seriatim remote a?neo- vel ca^ruleo-maculata, un- 



dique, posterius latius ^neo- vel coeruleo-marginata; mar- 



gine anterius late explanato. Corpus subtus nigrum, ni- 



tidum, subtiliter, transversim striolatum. Pedes nigri, 



nitidi, vix punctulati. 



XXIV. Omaspides. 



CiJKVKOLAT. Dej. Cat. ed. 3, p. 371. Hope Coleopt. .Man. III, p. 158. 



Cassida Linn. Syst. Nat. I, M, p. 574. — Fabu. Syst. El. I, p, 



387. — De Geeu Mem. V, p. 179. — Herbst Naturs. VIII, 



p. 204. — Oliv. Ent. VI, p. 922. — Schoenh. Syn. Ins. 



II, p. 209. — Omaspides Erichs. Arch. f. Naturg. XIII, p. 153. 



Antenna; breves, simplices, extrorsum paullo in- 

 crassalujj articulo l:mo crasso, ovato, 2:do parvo, apice 



truncato, 



