A S P I D M tl P H A. 24^' 



iiiKlique, proRscitiin incdio, valfle cxphinato. Corjiiis siib- 

 tiis nigro-piceiiMi, sul)-niti(liun, obsolete |)unctnhituin et 

 transveisiin striohituin, lateribus pectoiis, inarginibiis seg- 

 nientoqiie ultiino abdoniinis, lestaceis. Pedes mediocres, 

 subtiliter punctulati; feinoribus nigris, geniculis tibiis tar- 

 sisque ruro-lestuceis. 



2. spectahdis: rotundata, convcxa, dilute sorditle flava, 

 nitida; antennis articulis quinque ultiniis, lenioribus 

 corpore(jue nigris, lioc testaceo-variegato; protborace 

 sublilissiine punctulato, antice late rotundatoj eljtris 

 subtiliter, ciebrius sub-striato-punctatis, apicein versus 

 non atlenuatis, lale rotundatis, sutura lineisque duabus 

 disci tenuioribiis, dilute flavis- inargine exjolanalo, de- 

 flexo, conlcrtim reticulato; bunjeris late rotundalis, an- 

 tice auguste infuscatis. — Long. 14^, lat. 13^ inillim. 



Patria: Guinea. Dom. Ger^war. Mus Reg. Holm. Ins. 

 Pbilij)pin.? Doin. Grey. Mus. Doin. Coin. Mannf.rheim. 



A. cldoroticce affinis, sed statura longe alieua, vix 

 angiistior, sed multo brevior, rotundata Caput nigrum, 

 sub-opacum, inrra antennas rnacula rerrugiuea notatuin; 

 ore pal|)isque ferrugineis; oculis oblongo-ovatis, moclice 

 convexis, glaucis. Antennoe rulo-testacea!, nitidaj, articulis 

 quinque ultimis nigris, opacis. Prothorax latitudine fcre 

 duplo brevior, antice hile rotundalus, semicircularis, po- 

 stice utrinque sinuatus, extrorsum obliquus, lobo inedio 

 lato, jDarum j)roducto, apice triincato, angulis sub-acu- 

 minatis; siipra modice convexus, doiso subtilissime, cre- 

 bre punctulalus, sordidc flavo-testaceus, nitidus; margi- 

 nibiis reliculalis, j:)rcesei tim basin versus late exj)Ianatis. 

 Scutellum sordide flavo- testaceiim, sub-Iaeve. Elytra ro- 

 tundata, j^rothorace latiora et plus quam duplo longiora, 

 antice uliinque sinuata, humeris j)arum prominulis, late 

 lotundatis; j)one basin cito rolundato-amjiliata, dein api- 

 cem versus sensim, apice lale rotundata, supra niodice 

 convexa , subliliter, crebrius, minus legularitor stiialo- 

 punctala, dilule sordide flavo-testacea, nilida, basi exlror- 

 suni ad hun)eros anguste infuscata, sutura lineisque in 



