Cassida. 377 



angulis leviter rotundalis; snpra convexiusciilus, crebre, 

 evitleutius punclulalus, dilute rufescens, pai-um nitidus, 

 basi Iransversim lale inivqualiter saturafe rufo-ferrugi- 

 neus; margine sat late explanato. Scutelluni lufo-fenu- 

 gineuni, parum nifidum, sub-lx've. Elytra prothorace 

 nonniliil latiora et illo plus duplo longiora, antice utrin- 

 que Jeviter sinuata, bumeris antrorsuni modice prorninulis, 

 apice obtusis; pone basin nonnihil rotundalo-ampliata, 

 inha mediuni sensim, apice late rotundata, supra modice 

 convexa, sat crebre, mediocriter, minus regulariter pun- 

 ctato-striata, basi ad scutellnm utrinque leviter at di- 

 stiiicfe impressa, viridia, parum nilida, cii"ca scutellum 

 plaga magna, communi, oblongo-tiiangulari, rufo-fei-ru- 

 ginea; margine sat late, sub-iequaliter explanato, remote, 

 subtiliter, vage punctato. Corpus subtus nigrum, nitidum, 

 subliliter, sat crebre punctulatuiri ; abdomine margine la- 

 terali sat late flavo-testaceo. Pcdes navo-testacei, nitidi, 

 obsolete punctulati. 



42. Vibex: ovata, convexa, viridis, paullo nitida, sub- 

 tus nigra; antennis, articulis quinque ultimis ex- 

 ceptis, pedibusque flavo-teslaceis, femoribns ultra mc- 

 dium nigiis; protliorace confertim, evidciitius punctato, 

 postice parum sinuato, angulis leviter rolundalisj ely- 

 tris regularitcr, remotius punctato-striatis, basi interiore 

 suturaque feirugineis; margine modice exjilanato. — 

 Long. 6 — 7|, lat. 4^ — 5i millim. 



Cassida Vibex Fabp.. Syst. El. I, p. 389, G. — Ent. Syst. I, p. 

 293, 4. — RFant. Ins. I, p. 62, 5. — Spec. Ins. I, p. 108, 



4. — Syst. Ent. p. 89, 4. — Linn. Syst. Nat. I, II, p. 575, 



5. — ed. Gmel. I, IV, p. 1637, 5. — Ii.lig. Kiif. Preuss. 

 I, p. 477, 2. — Payk. Act. Holm. 1801, p. 118. — Herbst 

 Nalurs. Vlll, p. 218, 3, T. 129, f. 5, c. — Panz. Faun. 

 Germ. 96, f. 6. — Ent. Germ. I, p. 154, 4. — Oliv. Ent. 

 VI, p. 977, 94, 97, T. 2, f. 30. — Enc. meth. V, p. 379, 

 7. — ScKiiiA Beitr, II, p. 80, 15, T. 8, f. 1, — Journ. p. 

 178, 129. — TiiuNB. Ins. Suec. VIII, p. 104. — Rossi 

 Mant. II, App. p. 89, 34. — Sciihank En. Ins. p. 48, 89. — 

 Brahm Ins. Kal. I, p. 66, 212 et 232, 789. — Vill. Ent. 

 I, p. 92, 5. — MliLL. LiNN. Nat. Syst. V, I, p. 138, 5. — 

 ScnoENH. Syn. Ins. II, p. 211, 5. — Gyllenh. Ins. Suec. 



