1875.] 7.') 



Cephaloleia c^ruleata. 



Suh-elongata, suhtus nigra, supra metal! ico-ccerulea, antennis nir/ris, 

 thorace transvevso, latcrihus rcclis, purallelis, npice rotunddtis, anguJo 

 antico acufo, iJorso foveohito-puiictato, disci medio fire impunctato ; 

 elytris thorace paullo latioribus, parallelis, regidariter punctato-striatis. 



Long. 21 lin. 



Hab. : New Friburg, Brazil. A single specimen iu uiy collection, 

 formerly in the possession of the Lite A. Uoyrolle. 



Iload coarsely punctured, space between tlie eyes sliglitly raised, its surface 

 fliittened ; antenna; lialf tlie length of the body, scarcely thickened towards the apex, 

 basal joint sUghtly thickened, third nearly one-half longer than the second. Thorax 

 one-third broader than long, sides straight and parallel, slightly sinuate just in front 

 of the hinder angle, suddenly rounded and converging at the apex, anterior and pos- 

 terior angles acute, the latter slightly produced laterally ; anterior margin armed on 

 either side, a short distance within the anterior angle, with a short obtuse tooth ; 

 upper surface smooth and shining, closely covered on the sides with large round 

 fovese, disc nearly impunctate. Scutellum pentagonal, not broader than long, its 

 apical angle very acute ; sm-face smooth, impressed towards the apex with two 

 transverse fovese. Elytra broader than the thorax, the sides parallel, apex obtusely 

 rounded ; above moderately convex, somewhat ilattened on tho disc, transversely 

 wrinkled at the base ; on each elytron just within the humeral callus is an ill-defined 

 oblong protuberance, the space between the latter and the suture indistinctly exca- 

 vated ; granulose-reticulate, strongly punctate-striate, interspaces thickened on the 

 sides and apex. Apical segment of abdomen rounded, slightly sinuate on either side. 



Genus DEMOTISPA. 

 Demotispa eleqans. 



Late, ohlonga, depressa, riifa, nidda, antennis, hasi except is, nigris ; 

 elytris metallico-cganeis. Long. 3 lin. 



Hab. : Ecuador. Collected by jNfr. Bucltley. 



Head smooth ; antcnnte half the length of the body, two basal joints rufo- 

 piccous. Thorax transverse, equal in breadth to the elytra, sides rather broadly 

 margin(;d, rounded and converging from tho base, more quickly rounded at tho 

 apex, anterior and posterior angles obtuse ; upper surface smooth, inijnmctate, in- 

 distinctly excavated transversely at the base and apex ; basal margin narrowly edged 

 with piccous. Scutellum rather broader than long, pentagonal, its apical angle 

 obtuse. Elytra broadly oblong, sides slightly rounded, broadly margined, apical 

 border finely serrate. Upper surface depressed, excavated on cither side just below 

 the basilar space, regularly punctate-striate. 



(To he continued). 



