CYPHO>'OCEi>nALUS. 



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niesostenial epiuiera ; sides broadly rounded in front and approxi- 

 mately parallel behind. Scutellnin short, forming an equilateral 

 triangle. Lateral margins of elytra sinuated behind the shoulders. 

 Mesosternum produced, conical, scarcely curved. 



cj" . Cephalic horns long, curved outwards, with the extremities 

 branched and bent backwards. Prothorax inflated above. Legs 

 longer than those of the 2 ■, especially the tarsi ; tibiae gently 

 curved and unarmed, the front ones rather elongate. Abdomen 

 longitudinally grooved beneath. 



2 . Cephalic horns rudimentar)^ Front tibia) short, broad, and 

 strongly tridentate ; middle and hind tibite straight and each 

 armed with a sharp spine beyond the middle of the outer edge. 



Only a single species of the genus is known. 



38. Cyphonocephaliis olivaceus. 



Narycius olivaceus, Dicj)., Mag. de Zool. CI. ix, v. 1835, pi. 128, fig. 2. 

 Naryciiis opalus (j), Westv)., Arcana Ent. i, 1842, p. 114; Burm., 



Haudb. Ent. iii, 1842, p. 171. 

 Cyphoriocephalus sinaragdulus, Westw., Arcana Ent. \, 1842, p. 115, 

 •pi. 33, fig. 2 (n. syn.). 



Bright green, fiery red, or deep blue-black, with the clypeus, 

 cephalic horns, outer edges of the tibia), and tarsi of the male 

 black, and with golden-red reflections upon the lower surface. 



Fig. 17. — Ci/pltonoccj)halt'.i olicaccus, male, with lateral view (above) 

 and fox*e part of female (below). 



The upper surface is coriaceous and moderately shining. The 

 prothorax is transverse, with the sides almost parallel from the 

 hind angles to beyond the middle and broadly rounded in front, 

 the anterior angles being obliterated and the front margin a little 

 produced above the head. Tlie elytra are punctate-striate, with 



