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Variat apice elyfrorum non iinicolore, setl maculis 

 flavis tanlutn variegato. p„ 



339. AciM^ODERA grata (Bhn): obscure atnea , punctata, 

 tenuissime pubesceus, elytris postice serratis, ipso apice 

 subtruncatis, flavis, versus apiceiri coccineo-tinctis, con- 

 junctim vittis tribus abbreviatis macub'sque tribus vol 

 quatuor apicis violaceo-purpureis. Long. 7|, lat. 2J 

 uiilliin. 



Hab. in tractibus fluvii Limpoponis. 



Caput breve, obscure a-neuiu, crel)errime punctatum, 

 tenuissime albido-pubescens, inter antennas transversioi 

 impressiun; oculi ovales, paruni convexi, glauci. Antennae 

 tenues, nigra?, medium tboracis non atlingentes. Tborax 

 longitudine |)lus dupio latior, antice basi dimidio angu- 

 stior, apice levissime bisinuatus, basi sul)truncatus, late- 

 ribus marginatis, postice subparalleHs; supra inodice con- 

 vexus, in dorso simpliciter, versus latera strigoso-punctatus, 

 obscure seneus, tenuissime albidopubescens, margine ba- 

 seos foveolis tribus (b'stantibus insculpto, media obsoletiore. 

 Elytra basi latitudine tboracis eoque quintuplo longiora, 

 antice trimcata, pone liumcros nonnibil attenuata, dein 

 ultra medium sublinearia, turn iterum angustata, ipso 

 apice subtruncata, margine postico distincte serrato, supra, 

 callis liumeralibus exceptis, cequaliter convexa, distincte 

 striato-punctata, interstitiis antice plan is, versus apicem 

 elevatis, subloevibus, paleacea, apice coccineo-tincta, vittis 

 tribus determinatis, media sutuiam et interstitium proxi- 

 mum utrinque, reliquis iiiterstitia 5 — 8 occupantibus, 

 omnibus pone medium abbreviatis, pone illas fascia lale- 

 rali utrinque, interdum maculari, suturam non attingente, 

 turn macula suturali aliaque in ipso apice, nonnumquam 

 invicem et cum vitta suturali confluentibus, violaceo- 

 purpureis. Corpus subtus viridi-aeneurn, nitidum, tenuis- 

 sime albido-pubescens, abdominc medio parce et tcnuitcr 



