•■ Cassida. 343 



impressione iiistructoj niargine motlicc obliqne tlcnexo- 

 explanato. Corpus subtus nigium, nititlum, subtiliter 

 punctulatum; abtlomine segmento ultimo rulo-rerrugineo. 

 Pedes nigri, sub-nititli, obsolete punctulati. 



13. spilota: (Hope) ovata, valtle convexa, nititla, supra 

 sanguinea, subtus nigra; capite, antennis basi abtlo- 

 mineque marginibus ferrugincis; piotborace subtiliter, 

 sub-remote punctulato, maigine explanato; elytris re- 

 mote punctatis, basi atl scutellum utrinque obsolete im- 

 pressis, antice bautl gibbosis, singulo maculis 15 vel 17 

 mediocribus, rotundis, sub-seriatis, nigris notato. — 

 Long. lOi, lat. 7i millim. 



Patria: Sierra Leona. Dom. Reiche. Mus. Dom. Com, 

 Mannerheim. 



Statura Cassidcc hepaticcp, sed minor et aliter colorata. 

 Caput ferrugineuni, sub-nitidum, subtiliter punctulatum; 

 ore nigro; oculis oblongis, modice convexis, nigris. An- 

 tennae rufo-ferrugineie, articulis 5 ultimis nigris. Protho- 

 rax amplus, longitudine dimidio latior, antiee late, late- 

 ribus ultra medium sensim, tlein citius rotundatus, basi 

 utrintjue leviter sinuatus, lobo medio sat lato, modice 

 producto, apice leviter rotundato, angulis sub-rectis, re- 

 trorsum parum prominulis; supra sanguineus, nitidus, 

 subtiliter, sub-remote punctulatus, dorso convexus; mar- 

 gine undique sat late, icqualiter explanato, limbo leviter 

 reHexo. Scutellum sanguineum, nitidum, apice puncta- 

 tum. Elytra prothorace parum latiora et illo plus duplo 

 longiora, antice utrinque leviter sinuata, bumeris rotun- 

 datis; pone basin citius rotundato-ampliata, infra mediuin 

 sensim angustata, apice conjunctim late rotundata, supra 

 convexa, atl scutellum utrinque obsolete impressa, liautl 

 gibbosa, parum profunde, remote, vage punctata, sangui- 

 nea, sub-nitida, singulo maculis 15 — 17 mcdiociibus, in- 

 aequalibus, lotundis, nigris, seriatim disposilis notato, 

 nempe quintjue prope suturam, dein 4 vel 5, tum qua- 

 tuor et itidem quatuor in disco exteriore, pone basin 

 leviter impresso et in impressione gibbo parvo, obluso, 



