Batonota. 17.? 



letiiis, remotiu.s punctatis, reticiilo dorsali niinus elt— 

 vato, obscure snnguinco, margine nigro, sanguineo-ia- 

 sciato, gil)bo miiuis clcvato, ab ill;i cer(e distincta. Ca- 

 |)ut nigrum, siib-nitidum , obsolcte punctulatiim , meclio 

 tenuiter canaliculatum; oculis oblongo-ovatis, modice con- 

 vexis, brunneis. Antennte nigrcc, pubescentes, articulis 

 5 basalibus nitidis, glabris, apice tcslaceis. Prothorax ut 

 in B. truncata omnino constructiis, totus niger, opacus, 

 subtilissime piinctul.itus, anlice tenuissime et obsolete te- 

 staceo-marginatus, supra apice leviter carinntus. Scu- 

 tellum laeve, nigrum, parum nilidtim. Elytra triangu- 

 laria, antice protliorace plus duplo latiora et iljo tri- 

 plo longiora, iitrinque sinuata, luimeris antrorsum obli- 

 cpie extensis, angulatis, apice acuminatis, supra carina 

 diagonali divisis; pone bumeros apicem versus sensim 

 ;m<i[ustata, apice coiijunctim rolund;ita, supra convexa, 

 nigra, op;ica, b;isi retusa et transversint gibbosji, gibbo 

 quam in B. truncata minus elcvato; dorso sub-seriatim 

 remote, parum proluude punctata, remote tenuiler ob- 

 scure sangiiineo-reticulata ; margine late explanato, obso- 

 lete remote punctulato, concolore, linea in carina fiume- 

 rali, fasciis tribus transversis m;iciilisi|ue duabus apicalibus 

 sanguineis, fasciis duabus antcrioribus obliqiiis, subtus 

 violaceo, signaturis sanguineis translucentibus. Corpus 

 subtus nigrum, nitidum, subtiliter punctulatum et trans- 

 versim striolatum. Pedes nigri, nilidi, subtiliter punctu- 

 lati; antici femoribus postice, tibiis extus tai"sisque lestaceis. 



18 Iruncatu: subtriangularis, convexa, nigra, sub-opaca, 

 subtus nitidci; protliorace sub-la^vi, dorso medio mar- 

 gineque antico late sanguineis; elytris mediocrifer, sub- 

 remote, lere seiiatim piinctatis, basi retusis, anle me- 

 dium transversim acute gibbosis, remote, dorso angu- 

 stius, latenbus lalius elevato sanguineo-reticulatis; hu- 

 meris antrorsum prominulis, angulatis, supra carinatis. 

 — Long. 13—14, lat. 12^—13 millim. 



Cnssida Iruncata Fabr. Syst. El. I, p. 403, 90. — Enl. Syst. I, p. 

 303, 50. — Mant", Ins. I, p. 65, 4l. — .Spec. Ins. I, p. 

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



