Cassida. 411 



sal niiigua, ohloiiirn, fliivii notatuiiij palpis flavo-testaceis; 

 oculis ohlongis, nuKlice convcxis, nigris. Antennoe cliiute 

 flava;, extiuisuin luodice incrassalie, aiticulo ulliino apice 

 leviter inluscato. Protlioiax latitudine poslica dii|)lo hie- 

 vior, antice late rotundatus, postice utrinque leviter si- 

 nuatus, dein extroisuni niodice ohliquus, angulis ohtusis, 

 loho mediu lato, retrorsuin parum prodiicto, apice trun- 

 caloj supra convexiuscnlns, dilute flavescens, nitidus, suh- 

 laevis; inargine lale explaiiato, suh-hyalino, confertiin re- 

 ticulato. Scutelluni dilute flavcsccns, nitidum, keve. Ely- 

 tra prothorace parum latiora et illo duplo longioia, hu- 

 nieris antrorsum pariiin prominulis, suh-angulatis j pone 

 hasin pariim ampliala, infra niedium citius, apice con- 

 junctiin late rotundata, supra modice convexa, sordide 

 flava, suh-nitida, mediocriter, crehre puiictato-striata, pun- 

 ctis striarum doisi antici et postici parvis, remotiorihus ; 

 basi ad scutellum leviter retusa et impressa, pone im- 

 pressionem ruga transversa, paium elevata instructa; sin- 

 gulo eljtro disco antico foveola parum profunda insculpto; 

 uiargine sat lale explanato, sub-hyalino, confertim reti- 

 culato. Coipus suhtus nigrum, nitidum, suhtiliter pun- 

 ctulatum; ahtlumine extrorsum undique minus late fla- 

 voteslaceo-marginato. Pedes dilutc flavescentes, ohsolete 

 punclulati. 



75. azareci: rotundata, convexa, nitida, supra purpurascens, 

 dilutius marginata, suhtus nigra; pedihus rufb-testa- 

 ceis, (emonhus hasi nigris; piothorace suhliliter, sub- 

 remote punctulalo, angulis posticis lale rotundalis; ely- 

 tris sat piofunde, legulariter punctato-striatis; margine 

 sat late explanato, parum deflexo, vage punctato; hu- 

 niei is antrorsum parum prominulis, suh-ohtusis. — 

 Long. 5 — 6|, lat. 4 — 5^ millim. 



Cassida a^urea Fabr. Syst. El. I, p. 389, 7. — Oliv. Ent. VI, 

 p. 981, 100, 97, T. 6, f. 109. — Schoenh. Syn. Ins. II, p. 

 212, 9. — Dej. Cat. ed. .3, p. 374. — Suffr. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 

 V, p. 213, 15, VII, p. 362. — Redtenb. Faun. Austr. p. 520. 



Cassida ornata Cueutz Ent. Verz. 1, p. 118, 10, T. 2, f. 22, a. 



Var. a. supra flava, elytris roseo-variegatis. 



