4 CALLISPA. 



Genus II. CALLISPA. DetaHs, Tab. I. Fig. 2. 



Ante^infe (fig. 2 a) dimidio coqioris breviores, modice robiistae, fili- 



formes, articulo primo brevi, vix incrassato, secimdo illo longiori, 



tertio pauUo elongate, coitcris suboequalibiis cyUndricis, ultimo 



paullo longiori, subacute. 

 Lahrum (fig. 2 6) transversum, angulatum, antico valde declivum, 



mandibulas eccultans. 

 Mandlbulce (fig. 2 c) subtriangulares, obsolete dentatae. 

 Palpi compressi ; maxUlares (fig. 2 d) modice robusti, articulo primo 



pan-o, secundo et tertio trigonis aut clavatis, ultimo ampliato, 



ovato ; lahiales (fig. 2 e) ari;iculo primo minute, tertio ampKato, 



ovato. 

 Labium (fig. 2/) oblongum, obtusum, basi angustatum, lateribus 



medio valde constrictis. 

 Caput fronte antrorsum plus miniLsve producta, antennarum inser- 



tionem occultante ; oculis ovatis. 

 Thorax transvcrsus, anticc le\"itcr cmarginatus, medio plus minusve 



productus, rariiLS integer, lateribus ampHatLs. 

 Scutellum (fig. 2g') subquadratum vel subpentagonum. 

 Elytra ovata, oblonga vel elongata, dorso modice convexa, marginata, 



apice rotundata. 

 Pedes breves, femoribus subcompressis, modice incrassatis ; tibiis 



subcompressis, apicem versus incrassatis ; tarsis latis, articulo 



primo subhemisphserico, extrorsimi ampliato. 

 Corpus elongatum, oblongum aut ovatum, dorso plus miniLsve con- 



vexum ; antepectus antrorsum productum. (Type, Callispa 



Fortunii.) 



These insects have hitherto been placed in the genus Ceplialoleia ; 

 they are veiy similar in external form, but diiFer entirely in the 

 structure of the mouth ; they occupy the place of the time Ceplia- 

 loleice in South Africa and in the East. 



1. Callispa insignis, n. sp. B.M. 



C. quadrate- oblonga, explanata, leniter convexa, dorso subdepressa, 



supra nigra, nitida ; elytris cyaneis ; subtus rufo-fulva. 

 Long. 4 Un. 



C. quadrate-oblong, shining black ; thorax narrowly edged on the 

 sides with piceous ; elytra bright metallic blue ; body beneath rufo- 

 fulvous. Head smooth, sliining, convex above, produced in front 

 into an acute tooth, which scnrcely conceals the insertion of the 

 antennte, its apex fonning the upper termination of a narrow 

 ridge limning do-wn the middle of the face. Thorax transverse, 

 three times as broad as long, sUghtly emarginate in front ; sides 

 dilated, nearly straight behind, rounded anteriorly, narrowly mar- 

 gined ; surface convex, concave and coai'sely punctured on the 



