474 Cassida. 



Caput sordide flavo-testareutn, parum nitiduin, sub- 

 tiliter, crebre punctulatum; oculis ovatis, modice convexis, 

 nigris. Antennse mediocres, flavo-testaceae!, extrorsum mo- 

 dice incrassatne, articulis quatuor ultimis iiif^^ro-fuscis. Pro- 

 thorax latiludine duplo brevior, antice lafe rotuudatus, po- 

 stice utrinque leviter sinuatus, extrorsum nonnihil obli- 

 quus, angulis rotundatis, lobo medio lato, retrorsum pa- 

 rum producto, apice leviter rotundalo; supra convexi- 

 usculus, sordide flavo-testaceus, sub-nitidus, subtiliter, 

 crebre rugoso-punctulatus j margine modice explanato, 

 parum byalino, reticulato. Scutellum sordide flavo-testa- 

 ceum, parum nitidurn, la^ive. Elytra prothorace nonnihil 

 latiora et illo vix 2^ longiora, antice singulatim leviter 

 sinuata, bumeris antrorsum modice prominulis, apice le- 

 viler rotundatis; pone bumeros parum ampliata, dein 

 sensim oblique angustata, apice conjunctim late rotun- 

 data, supra modice convexa, sordide (lavo-testacea, parum 

 nitida, dorso discoque leviter rugosa, irregulariter, me- 

 diocriter fusco-punciata, ad scutellum retusa, vix im- 

 pressa, dorso antico ruga transversa, parum elevata, in- 

 structa; margine modice explanato, crebrius, subtilius 

 punctato, parum hyalino, reticulato. Corpus subtus sor- 

 dide flavo-testaceum, obsolele punctulatum. Pedes sordide 

 flavo-testacei. 



e. Ehjtra vage punctata. 



134. equestris: breviter ovata, convexiuscula, supra dilute 

 viridis, parum nitida, crebre, vage punctulata; anten- 

 nis extrorsum corporeque subtus nigris,- protborace 

 angulis posticis late rotundatis; abdominis limbo late, 

 pedibusque totis, dilute (lavo-virescentibus. — Long. 

 8 — 10, lat. 61 — 7i millim. 



Cassida equestris Fabr. Syst. El. I, p. 3S8, 3. — Ent. Syst. I, 

 p. 292, 2. — Mant. Ins. I, p. 62, 2. — Payk. Faun. Suec. 

 II, p. 45, 1. — Ouv. Ent. VI, p. 976, 92, 97, T. 1, f. 3. — 

 Enc. melh. V, p. 378, 2. — Latk. Gen. Crust. et Ins. III, 

 p. 51, 1. — Hist. Nat. des Crust. et Ins. XII, p. 28. — 

 Hkrbst Naturs. Vlll, p. 216, 2, T. 130, f. 10. — Panz. 

 Faun. Germ. 96, f. 5. — Ent. Germ. I, p. 153, 2. — 



