Cassida. 487 



bosis; liumerls pariim proniiniilis, apicc leviter rotiiri- 

 datisj margine modice explanato, cledexo, parce nigoso- 

 punctato, ante rnediiim inacula subquadrata iit et limbo 

 anguste, posterius tamen latius, rufo-lestaceis, hyalinis 

 reticulatis. — Long. 1\, lat. 5| millini. 



Cassida tosta Klug Ermanns Reise Ins. p. 47, 17(). 



Patria : Guinea. A Dom. WestermAnn ad doscrihendnm 

 communicata, Isle de Prince. Doni. En.viANN. Mus. Reg. 

 Berol. 



Cassidce rugoscb primo intuifu similis, sed major, 

 priesertim Jongior. Capul ferrugineun), nilidiim, subti- 

 liter, crebre punctulatum; oculis ovatis, inodicc convexis, 

 nigris. Antenniie prothorace parum longioics, snbtenues, 

 rufo-ferruginecc, extrorsum sensim incrassat;e. Pvotlioiax 

 lalitudine duplo brevior, antice late, posterins magis ro- 

 tundatus, basi utrinque leviter sinuatus, extrorsum non- 

 nihil oblicjuus, lobo medio lato, retroisum modice pro- 

 duclo, apice truncato, angulis rotundalis; snpia subtiliter, 

 reraote punctulatus, disco modice convexus, ad lobum le- 

 viter tri-impressus, nigro-piceus, nitidus, antice late ma- 

 culacpie utrinqiie basali ranuilum oblic|uuin introrsum 

 emitlente, rufo-lestaceis, subhyalinis, confertim reticulatis; 

 margine sat late explanato. Scutellum piceuni, subniti- 

 dum, subtiliter, subremote punctulaluin. Klylia prollio- 

 race vix dimidio latiora et duplo longioia, antice utrin- 

 que leviter sinuata, hunieiis nonnihil proniinulis, apice 

 leviter rotundatis; pone basin per])arum ainpliata, infra 

 medium sensim nonnihil angnstata, apice conjunclim late 

 rotundata, supra valde convexa, nigro-picea, nitida, me- 

 diocriler, minus regulariter striato-punctala, ad scutelluin 

 utrinque sat profunde impressa, dein in gibbum brevem, 

 obtusum elevata, disco foveolis ina?qualibus impressa, 

 dorso rugulis evidentioiibus, remotis, iiregularibus, fer- 

 rugineis instructaj margine modice explanato, nonnihil 

 dellexo, paruin profunde rugoso-punctato, limbo toto an- 

 guste, postice lalius maculacjuc antc mediuin sulxjuadrata, 

 extus nonnihil latiore, rufo-testaceis, subhyalinis, confer- 

 tim reticulatis. Corpus subtus dilute ferrugineum, niti- 



