Batonota. 155 



tectis, valde iiillexis, iipj)roxinu'ttis, basi coiinatis, subtus 

 obtuse uniclentatis. 



A. Elytris ante medium spina erecta armatis. 



1. hiclens: subtriangularis, nigra, supra opaca, parce lue- 

 viter albido-setulosa, subtus niticla, glabra^ antennis 

 basi remoribiiscjue anticis extus testaceis^ prothorace 

 subtilissinie , sub-ren)ote punctulato, clorso carlnato; 

 elytris nictliocriler, irregularifer, sub-seriatirn punctatis, 

 basi porrectis, spina lotiga suturali, erocta armatis; mar- 

 orine subtiliter, remote punclulato; humeris lateraliter 

 exlensis, apice sub-oblusis. — Long. 11 — IS^, I^t. 

 10—121 millim. 



Cassida bidens Fack. Syst. EI. T, p. 403, 88. — Ent. Syst. T, 

 p. 302, 48. — Mant. Ins. I, p. 65, 39. — Spec. Ins. I, 

 p. 112, 32. — LiNN. Syst. Nat. ed. Gmel. I, IV, p. 1638, 

 49. — Herbst Naturs. VIII, p. 345, 113. — Oliy. Enf. 

 VI, p. 934, 15, 97, T. 1, f. 10. — Schoenh. Syn. Ins. II, 

 225, 115. 



Cassida atra Oliv. Enc. metli. Ins. V, p. 387, 53. 



Dorynota bidens Dkj. Cat. ed. 3, p. 370. 



Var, a. pioihorace antice utrintpie anguste testaceo- 

 marjTinato, elvtris mcdio macula intramarijinali , 

 parva, obsolefa, rufo-rerruginea. 



Patria: Brasilia. Dom. ScHOENlIERR. Mus. Reg. Holm. 



Magnituclo Batou. pugionatce , nigra, humeris sub- 

 obtusis. Cnput nigruiu, sub-niticlum , obsolete punctu- 

 latum, meclio tentiiter canaliculatum ; palpis testaceis; 

 oculis oblongo-ovatis, modice convexis, brunneis. An- 

 tennae nigra?, basi nitida^, glabrrc, extrorsum pubescentes, 

 articulis quatiior primis flavo-testac-eis, piimo interdum 

 basi, 2 — 4 supra plus minusve infuscatis. Prothorax la- 

 titudine postica vix dimidio brevior, anlice rotundatus, 

 tenuiter reflexo-marginatus, apice leviter emarginatus, po- 

 stice utrinque sinuatus, dein extrorsum oblique truncatus, 

 angulis obfusis, lobo medio modice producto, apice emar- 

 ginato; supra convexiusculus, niger, sub-opacus, subtili- 

 tcr reuiote punctulatus, setulis brevissimis, deprcssis, al- 



