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ticJii, piutunJo puDctato-striata, giitura iiita et juxtn illam 

 stria profunda, crebre punctata, interstitiis inodice latis, 

 secunclo a sutura reliquis latiorc, nitido, in insecto vivo 

 pulchre cocruleo-ari^renteo, interdum cupreo-aureo micantf', 

 interstitio terlio in medio latiore, punctis noiinullis vagis 

 iiTipresso; mari^ine modice explanato, obsoletius, vage pun- 

 ctato-subrugoso. Corpus siibtus nigrum, sub-nitiduin , 

 subtiliter punctulatum, abdominis limbo sat late testa- 

 ceo. Pedes obscure flavo-testacei ; lemoribus ultra me- 

 dium nigris. 



87. nana : ovata, convexa, nitida, supra dilute soi'dide (la- 

 vescens; capite ferrugineo; corpore subtiis nigro, ab- 

 domine extrorsum flavotestaceo-margiuato; prothorace 

 sub-locvi, angulis posticis late rotundatis; elytris subti- 

 liter, sub-remote, regulariter punctato-striatis; margine 

 modice explanato, obsolete coriaceo. — Long. 41, lat. 

 3 millim. 



Patria: Caffraria. Dom. J. A. Wahlbi RG. Mus. Reff. Holm. 



Cassida nohili paruni minor, magis ovata, minus con- 

 vexa. Caput ferrugineum, nilidum, subtiliter coriaceum^ 

 oculis oblongis, modice convexis, nigris. Antenna; sub- 

 tenues, na\oe, extrorsum liaud saturatiores. Prothorax lon- 

 gitudine vix dimidio lalior, antice semicircuiaris, postice 

 utrinque leviter sinuatus, cxtrorsum modice oliliquus, 

 lobo medio minus lato, rctrorsum modice producto, apice 

 sub-truncato, anguiis late rotundatis, supra diiute sordide 

 flavescens, nitidus, disco convexus, subtiiissimc, sub-remote 

 punclulalusj margine snt late cxplanato, confertim coiia- 

 ceo. Scutciium sordide flavescens, nitidum, laeve. Elytra 

 prothorace iatiora el ilio duplo iongiora, antice utrinque 

 leviter sinuata, liumeris antrorsum iriodice prominuiis, 

 apice leviter rolundatis; pone basin haud ampliata, infra 

 medium citius, apice conjiinctim late rotundala, supra 

 convexa, diiute sordidc flavescenlia, nitlda, sui)tiiitcr, siib- 

 remote punctato-striala, interstiiiis sat latis, planis, hc- 

 vibns; niargine obsoirtc coriaceo, confertim leticulafo, 

 niodice, posferius angusfius cxplanato. Corpus siibtus 



