Cassida. 405 



Cassida bella Steven Falderm. Faun. Ent. Transcauc. P. 11 in 

 Nouv. Mem. de la Soc. des Nat. de Moscou V, p. 325, n. 

 523, Tab. XII, f. 3. 



Cassida splendidula Godet Dej. Cat. ed. 3, p. 375. 



Patria: lUissia ineridionnlis, ex.gr. in Tauria et in Caii- 

 casia. Mns. Reg. Ilolm. et Mus. Dom. Com. Man- 



NERHEIIVI. 



Cassid. hemispha'ric(B magnitutline a^qualis, parum 

 convexa. Capul nigriim, sub-nitidum, subtiliter, crebre 

 punctulatum; oculis oblongis, modice convexis, nigris. 

 Anlennoe testaceic, extrorsuin liaud saluratiores. Protho- 

 rax longitudine vix dimidio latior, antice rotundatus, po- 

 stice utrincjue leviter siiuiatns, extrorsum niodice obliquus, 

 angulis obtiisis, lobo medio minus lato, retrorsum paullo 

 prodncto, apice truncato; supra testaceus, nitidus, subti- 

 liter, sub-reinote punclulntiis, dis('o convexiusculiis; mar- 

 gine sat lale explanato, liaud detlexo. Scutellum testa- 

 ceum, nitidum, sub-Ia;ve. Eljtra prothorace latiora et 

 illo plus duplo longiora, antice utrinque leviter sinuata, 

 humeris antiorsum parum prominulis, obtusis; pone basin 

 nonnihil ainpliata, infra medium citius, apice conjuncfim 

 late rotundata, supra modice convexa, testacea, nitida, 

 minus proluiide, sub-iemote, ad snturam regulariter, dein 

 ininus regulariter punctato-striata, dorso antico obsolete 

 gibbosa, singulo elytro ad scutellum et in dorso antico 

 leviter impressoj margine sat late explanato, parum de- 

 flexo, dilutiore, vage, minus crebre pnnctato. Corpus 

 subtus nigrum, nitidum, subtiliter, crebre punctulatuin; 

 abdomine segmentis duobus ullimis extrorsuni anguste te- 

 staceo-marginatis. Pedes Ilavi, obsolete punctulalij temo- 

 ribus a basi ad mediuin nigris. 



69. obtusata: rotundata, modice convexa, nitida, testacea ; 

 pectore abdomineque nigris, hoc extrorsutn flavote- 

 staceo-marginato; prothorace subtiliter, remote pun- 

 ctulato, angulis pusticis obtusis; eljtris mediocriter, sat 

 crebre punctato-striatis, antice ruga obsoleta Iransversa, 

 cominuni munitis, ad scutellum et in dorso antico le- 

 viter impressisj margine sat late explanato, sub-hyalino, 



