 Most members of these tribes are elongated, slightly flattened beetles with parallel margins, and antennal bases close together on their small heads.They often have punctate elytra and pronotum, sometimes with spines both on and along the edges.The former grouping of Cassidinae (sometimes called tortoise beetles, or "cassidoids") included the tribes Aspidimorphini, Basiprionotini, Cassidini, Delocraniini, Dorynotini, Eugenysini, Goniocheniini, Hemisphaerotini, Mesomphaliini, Notosacanthini, Omocerini and Physonotini.