Cassida. 333 



cato; supia modice convcxiis, confeitim rugoso-punctatns, 

 dorso posfico Juberculis duobus p.iivis, obtusis, sub-ap- 

 proxiniatis, transversim positis; rufo-brunneus, opacus, 

 apice dilutiori, sordide llavo; margine late explanato. 

 Scutellum rufo-brunneum, opacum, confertim punctula- 

 tiim. Eljtra protborace paullo latiora et duplo longiora, 

 antice singiilatim leviter sinuala, bumeris antrorsum non- 

 nibil promlnulis, rotiindalis; lateribus non ampliata, apice 

 conjunctim late rotundata, supra modice convexa, parum 

 profunde, irregulariter punctato-striata, rugulis remotis, 

 binc inde confluentibus instructa, rufo-brunnea, sub-opa- 

 ca; margine parum explanato, diliitiore, pone mediuin 

 remole nigro-macnlato. Corpus subtus subtiliter, trans- 

 versim striolatum, nigruin, nitidum^ abdomine extus rufo- 

 testaceo-margiiuito. Pedes reniote punctulali, dilute rufo- 

 ferruginei, nitidi. 



C. Elytra pundato-strlata, interstitiis vix vel 

 parum convexis. 



a. Protliorax nigro- vel fusco-maculatus. 



4. Jeusta : ovata, modice convexa, rufo-testacea, nititla; 

 antennis articulis quafuor ultin)is nigris; protborace 

 \x\\, maculis diiabns parvis, rotundis, transversim po- 

 sifis, nigris; elytris mediocriter, remote punclato-striatis, 

 signaturis magnis, difTortuibus, nigris, ScCpe vario mo- 

 do coiifluenlibus; singulo elytro disco antico fovea sat 

 profunda insculpto; humeris antrorsum prominulis, 

 acutis. — Long. 8i — !0, lat. 6i — 7^ millim. 



Cassida deusta Fadk. Syst. Kl. 1, p. 396, 44. — Ent. Syst. I, 

 p. 297, 22. — Spec. Ins. I, p. 109, 15.— Mant. bis. I, p. 

 63, 19. — Syst. Entom. p. 89, 8. — Linn. Syst, Nat. Gmel. 

 I, IV, p. 1636, 34. — HiiRBST Nalurs. VHI, p" 334, 97. — 

 Oliv. Encycl. meth. Ins. V, p. 382, 26. — Entom. VI, p. 

 954, 51, 97, T. 1, f. 17. — Schoenh. Syn. Ins. II, p. 218, 

 63. — BoisDUVAL Faune Entom. de l'Ocean. II, p. 643, 3. 



Cassida angulifera Hombr. el Jaquin. Voy. d'UrvilIe T. 18, f. 17. 



Cassida collina Mao Leav. 



Var. a. elytris maculis nigris parvis, remotis. 



