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Corpus subtus nlgrum , nUidum , subtUlter 

 punftulato - rugosum* 



Pedes mediocres , nigrl , nitldi , pilis quibuS* 

 dam brevibus griseis adspersi. 



37. Cassida antiqua. Schonherr. 



C. orblculata, supra fusco - aenea, subopaca, sub- 

 tus virescens nltida, elytrls in tuberculum elevatis, 

 pundulatis, rugis obsoletis irregularibus leviter ci- 

 catricosis. 



Habitat in Brasilia. D. Chrifloffersson, 



Habitu 8c strudura C. laterali simiiis, sed 

 difFert magnitudine multo majori, colore, elylrisque 

 profundius cicatticosis. I;on^;^iuido 5 lin. 



Caput sub tborace reconditum, minutum, fron- 

 te obsture viridi, canaliculata. Oculi inagni, pro- 

 jninuli , fusco - brunnei. Antennae iborace longio- 

 res , versus apicem paullo crassiores, fusco-nigrse , 

 hasi subnitid^, glabr^, apice pubescentes; articulus 

 primus longior cra$siorque; secundus minutus, no- 

 dosus; insequentes cylindrici , uliimus elongatus , 

 apice attenuatus. 



Thorax latitudlne dimldio brevior, semlclrcu- 

 larls, apice subtruncatus, basi bisinuatus, lobo mi- 

 nuto obtuso versus scutellum retradus, angulis po- 

 sticis rotundatis, supra dorso convexus, lineola an- 

 gustissima abbreviata impressa obsolete canalicula- 

 tus, lateribus late deplanatus, puni^Is mlnutis parce 

 impressis, fusco • seneus , subopacus, subtus virescens, 

 nitidior, margine anguste nitidissimo. 



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