26 PHYTOPHAGA. 
converging near the apex; upper surface slightly flattened along the suture, rather 
strongly punctate-striate. 
The above insect closely resembles some of the species of Stenispa. 
40. Cephaloleia tenella. 
Elongata, angustata, parallela, nigra, nitida ; dorso neo vix micans ; abdomine piceo, tarsis piceo-fulvis ; thorace 
quam longo vix latiori, lateribus parallelis, disco subcylindrico, sat fortiter punctato; elytris parallelis, 
apice obtuse rotundatis, sat fortiter punctato-striatis. 
Mas. Abdominis segmento anali concavo-emarginato, medio sinuato. 
Long. 12 lin. 
Hab. GuatEMALA, Coatepeque 1300 feet (Champion). 
Vertex and front rather closely punctured. Antenne filiform, scarcely longer than the 
head and thorax, slightly thickened towards the apex, the two lower joints equal in length, 
the basal one not thickened. Thorax very slightly broader than long; sides straight 
and parallel, abruptly rounded and converging at the apex; anterior margin convex, 
sinuate on either side; disc transversely convex, rather strongly but not very closely 
punctured, the puncturing more distant on the medial disc. Elytra rather broader 
than the thorax, parallel on the sides, obtusely rounded at the apex; disc strongly and 
regularly punctate-striate, the interspaces Impunctate. 
41. Cephaloleia stevensi. (Tab. I. fig. 20.) 
Angustato-elongata, nigra, nitida; pedibus fulvis; thorace sat fortiter punctato, sordide fulvo, vitta discoidali 
nigra; elytris parallelis, apice obtuse rotundatis, fortiter punctato-striatis, flavis, puncto humerali macu- 
lisque rotundatis duabus, communibus, una basi et una vix pone medium positis, nigris. 
Long. 14 lin. 
Hab. Panama, Bugaba (Champion). 
Vertex and front closely punctured, the latter concave. Antenne half the length of 
the body, filiform, entirely black. Thorax distinctly longer than broad; sides straight 
and parallel, rounded at the extreme apex, anterior angles not produced, apical margin 
truncate; upper surface subcylindrical, slightly excavated transversely at the base, 
strongly and closely punctured; obscure fulvous, a broad longitudinal vitta on the 
middle disc black, the extreme lateral margin piceous. Scutellum pentangular. Elytra 
narrowly oblong, parallel, rounded at the apex, strongly punctate-striate, flavous, a 
small oblong patch on the humeral callus, together with two large common, rotundate 
spots, one at the base, the other placed just beyond the middle, black. 
42, Cephaloleia sulciceps. 
Sat elongata, subtus fulva, supra sordide rufo-fulva, nitida; antennis (articulis basalibus duobus exceptis) 
nigris ; vertice sat profunde bisulcato; thorace transverso, lateribus parallelis, disco sat remote punctato ; 
elytris parallelis, lateribus ad apicem oblique convergentibus, apice truncatis, dorso convexis, ad latera 
ante medium sinuatis, regulariter punctato-striatis. 
