8 PHYTOPHAGA. 
Head smooth; antenne nearly three fourths the length of the body, filiform, first 
and second joints short, nearly equal in length. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long 
at the apex; sides broadly reflexed, straight, and obliquely converging from the base to 
beyond the middle, thence rounded and converging towards the apex ; disc impunctate, 
sides at the base impressed with a few large foveolate punctures. Elytra much broader 
than the thorax, quadrate-ovate, flattened on the disc, transversely depressed below 
the base, outer limb broadly reflexed; coarsely punctate-striate, interspaces obsoletely 
wrinkled ; outer limb impunctate. 
“Found sitting on the leaves of Musacee in the virgin forest” (Champion). 
3. Homalispa gracilis. 
Elongato-ovata, rufo-testacea, nitida; antennis, basi excepta, oculis scutelloque nigris; thorace transverso, 
lateribus anguste reflexis, a basi ad ultra medium fere rectis, hinc ad apicem rotundato-angustatis; disco 
levi, basi hic illic punctato; elytris viridi-eneis, oblongis, apice obtuse rotundatis, punctato-striatis. 
Long. 2 lin. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). A single specimen. 
Antenne half the length of the body, filiform, attenuated at base and apex; joints 
cylindrical, the basal one rufo-testaceous, the rest black. Thorax transversely convex ; 
sides nearly straight, scarcely converging from the base to beyond the middle, 
thence rounded and converging to the apex; anterior angle produced, obtuse ; apical 
margin truncate ; disc smooth and shining, impunctate, impressed at the base with a 
few distinct punctures. Elytra oblong, regularly punctate-striate. 
CEPHALOLEIA. 
Cephaioleia, Blanchard, Hist. des Insectes, 1. p. 182; Baly, Cat. Hispide, p. 39. 
With the exception of six, all the species described below are new to science; many 
of these are closely allied to Colombian forms, but are separated by good structural 
characters. Cephaloleia is one of the few genera in the family in which important 
characters can be drawn in both sexes from the emargination of the anal segments of 
the abdomen. 
Mr. Champion informs me that the Central-American species of this genus are, with 
one or two exceptions, found in the rolled-up unopened leaves of Musacece in damp 
places in the forests, often in company with species of Carabide ( Calophena). In fine 
weather these insects are to be seen sunning themselves on the leaves; many of the 
species are gregarious ; the young tender juicy leaves of these plants form their 
principal food. 
1. Cephaloleia gratiosa. (Tab. I. fig. 10.) 
Cephaloleia gratiosa, Baly, Cat. Hispide, p. 40}. 
Var. A. Elytris nigris. 
Var. B. Elytris nigris, apice rufo-fulvis. 
