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angustatis ; dorso leviter convexis, basi citius elevatis ; 

 elevato-reticulatis, reticulo nitido, sat elevato, areolas 

 magnas opacas includente; margine lateral! late expla- 

 nato, leviter deflexo, confertim punctate, vitta lata fere 

 a basi ad apicem extensa, superficiem fere amplectente, 

 ornate. 



Long. 104 lin. , 



Hah. — Bolivia. 



This species stands very near to M. Sattndersi, Boh. ; it 

 is rather narrower, and more shining above ; the reticula- 

 tions on the elytra are stronger and more distinctly 

 raised from the surface of the disc ; the dark nigro- 

 aeneous border of the dilated margin of each elytron is 

 also much broader. 



Mesomphalia poecilaspoides. 



Ovato-subrotundata, postice pauUo angustata, convexa, 

 subnitida, subtus nitida, obscure nigro-senea, antennis 

 nigris ; thorace longitudine duplo latiori, apice leviter 

 emarginato, lateribus pone apicem oblique ampliatis, vix 

 pone medium ad basin leviter rotundatis, parellelis, 

 angulis posticis subrectis, obtusis ; dorso medio convexo 

 nitido, hie illic leviter excavate, tenuiter et remote 

 punctate, utrinque concave, lateribus late reflexis, crebre 

 rugose strigosis ; elytris testaceis thorace multo latioribus, 

 humeris antrorsum vix prominulis, apice rotundatis ; 

 lateribus pone humeros fere ad medium leviter ampliato- 

 rotundatis, hinc ad apicem rotundato-angustatis, apice 

 conjunctim subacute rotundatis ; supra, convexis, basi 

 citius elevatis et ibi leviter excavatis, crebre et fortiter 

 punctatis, vitta suturali infra basin paullo dilatata, et 

 utrinque maculis tribus disco positis nigris ; margine 

 laterali late explanato, paullo deflexo, limbo angusto, 

 apice subito dilatato, fasciisque duabus latis una basi, 

 altera prope medium positis, ad disci marginem extensis, 

 nigris. 



Long. 6 lin. 



Hab . — Ecuador. 



This insect although having the facies of a Poecilaspis, 

 belongs undoubtedly (in my opinion) to the present 

 genus. The three black patches on the disc of each 

 elytron are arranged as follows : the first, placed on the 

 outer disc below the shoulder, is usually attached by a short 



