486 Cassida. 



magna intns rotnndntn, navo-lenestrataj limbo anguste 

 ferruijineo. — l.oni^. 9, lat. Si', millini. 



Patria: Cavenna. Mus. Reij. Holni. 



Species singularis, valde convexa, forma ])rotI]oiacis 

 ab omnibus dislincta. Caput testaceum, snb-niliduni, ob- 

 solete punctulatum; ore piceo; oculis sub-ovatis, modice 

 convexis, nigris. Antennce testaceae, extrorsum paullo in- 

 crassatae, articulis quatuor ultimis nigris. Protliorax bre- 

 vis, transversus, latitudine plus duplo brevior, antice late 

 truncatus, jateiibus sensim, posterius citius rotundalus, 

 basi utrinque sinuatus, extrorsum nonnihil obliquus, lobo 

 medio sat lato, retrorsum modice prodncto, apice cuni 

 angulis rotundato; testaceus, paruni nitidus, sub-Ioevis, 

 disco modice convexus, postice plaga magna, nigra, an- 

 tice tri-emarginata, medio lenuifer, longiludinaliter cana- 

 liculata,- margine antice parum, posterius latius explanato, 

 subtiliter reticulalo. Scutellum nigium, parum nitidum, 

 antice leviter impressum, macula paiva media ferruginea. 

 Elytra prothorace diinidio latiora ct fere triplo longioia, 

 antice singulatim sinnata, humeris antroisum modice pro- 

 minulis, apice leviter rotundatis,- pone basin ad mediuni 

 sensim perparum ampliata, dein lateribus apiceque cir- 

 culariter rotundata, supra valde convexa, ina'(|iialia, pa- 

 rum profunde, minus rcgulariter strialo-punctata, antice 

 ad scutellum retusa, utiinque leviter impressa et dein 

 in gibbum obtusum, transversum elevata, nigra, sub- 

 opaca; margine sat lale explanato, ante medium macula 

 sat magna, leviter impressa, intus rotundata, flavo-fene- 

 strata, limbo toto anguste dilute ferrugineo. Corpus sub- 

 tus testaceum, sub-nitidum, obsolete punctulatum. Pedes 

 testacei, nitidi. 



146. tosta: subovata, convexa, nitida, snpra nigro-picea, 

 subtus ferruginea; prothorace subtilissime, subremote 

 punctulato, antice late rotundato, apice maculaque ulrin- 

 que basali, rufo-testaceis; elytris mediocriler, minus re- 

 gulariter striato-punctatis, dorso fovcolatis et ferrugi- 

 neo-rugosis, ad scutcllum utrinque iinpressis, dein gib- 



