G2 Mr. J. S. Baly on 



Galaspidea Colossa, Boh. 



Mon. Cass. Suppl. p. 93. 



Var. h. Elytrorum vitta intramarginali obsoleta, mar- 

 gine prope apicem inaculis parvis sanguineis notato. 

 Hab. — Ecuador. 



Mesomphalia deliciosa. 



Late subtriangularis, apice acuminata ; convexa, dorso 

 gibboso, nigro-senea aut nigra, subopaca, glabra, subtus 

 nitida, antennis nigris ; thorace longitudine duplo latiori, 

 lateribus pone apicem oblique ampliatis, vix pone medium 

 rectis, parallelis; disco opaco, utrinque concavo : elytris 

 thorace multo latioribus, humeris antrorsum paullo pro- 

 minulis, apice rotundatis ; lateribus pone humeros fere ad 

 medium ampliato-rotundatis, hinc ad apicem oblique 

 rotundato-angustatis, apice conjunctim acuminatis; disco 

 convexis, basi retusis, obtuse gibbosis, distincte sed 

 leviter punctatis, subopacis, obsolete elevato-reticulatis ; 

 margine laterali antice late, postice modice, explanato, 

 paullo deflexo, subcrebre punctate, margine externo 

 anguste reflexo, plaga oblonga, postice attenuata, a paullo 

 infra basin ad longe pone medium extensa rufo aut fulvo- 

 testacea, ornato. 



Var. a. Elytrorum plagis intramarginalibus obsoletis, 

 margine prope medium parce sanguineo-reticulatis. 



Long. 6-7 lin. 



Kah. — Ecuador. 



This striking insect is nearly allied to M. textilis, 

 Guer., but it is broader in proportion to its length, while 

 at the same time the apices of the elytra are more 

 acute; the sides of the thorax are also less oblique; it 

 differs besides entirely in colour and pattern. 



Mesomphalia pauperula. 



Late subtriangularis, convexa, dorso gibbosa, obscure 

 nigro-senea, subopaca, subtus nitida, antennis nigris; his 

 basi femorumque facie antica pallide piceis ; thorace 

 longitudine duplo latiori, lateribus pone apicem ad paullo 

 ultra medium oblique ampliatis, deinde ad basin fere 

 rectis ; disco pube argenteo-sericea brevissima sparse 



