CEDIOPALPA. 1 / 



Caput antice inter oculos subverticale, supra clypeixm fortiter exca- 

 vatum, clypeo producto ; ociilis ovatis. 



Thorax subconiciis, transvcrsiis sen transverse- quach'atus, dorso con- 

 vcxns, antice vix emarginatus, lateribus ad apicem angustatis, 

 angnlis anticis vix promimilis, posticis aciitis, postice utrinque 

 sinuatus, lobo medio obtuse truncate. 



SciiteUum (fig. 5j) latum, pentangulare. 



Elytra thoracis basi paullo latiora, oblonga vel oblongo-elongata, sub- 

 convexa, apice conjunctim obtuse cmarginata, pygidium non 

 obtegentia, marginc ad apicem minute serrata. 



Antepectus antrorsum productum, truncatum, oris basin occultans. 



Corpus ovatum, oblongum aut elongatum. 



Most remarkable for the singular form of its palpi ; both the 

 maxillary and labial are much flattened and dilated, the latter almost 

 entirely conceaHng the apical portion of the ligula. 



a. Thorax basi ad ajncem angustatus, conicus. 



1. (Ediopalpa nigripes, n. sp. 



CE. late-oblonga, fulva, subnitida ; thorace parvo, basi ad apicem 

 valde angustato ; antennis pedibusque nigris, coxis fulvis, tibiis 

 anticis apice piceis. 



Long. 4 lin. 



(E. oblong, broad, pale fulvous ; antennae and legs black. Head 

 smooth, impunctate ; eyes piceous. Thorax transverse ; sides 

 nearly straight, quickly narrowed from their base to the apex, 

 subsinuate behind the middle ; posterior angles produced, sub- 

 acute ; the anterior margin slightly excavated ; disc subconvex, 

 smooth and shining, impunctate. Scutellum broad, subpentan- 

 gular, the apex obtuse. Elytra much broader than the thorax, 

 running obhquely outwards at their base ; the humeral angles 

 obtuse ; sides parallel ; apex rounded ; above convex, pimctate- 

 striate, punctimng deeper and more irregular towards the outer 

 marghi ; the latter slightly reflexed, finely and irregularly serrate 

 towards its apex. Beneath with the legs black, the coxie fulvous, 

 extreme apex of anterior tibiae piceous. 



Hah. Brazil. 



Collection of A. Fry, Esq. 



2. (Ediopalpa basalis, n. sp. 



(E. oblongo-ovata, supra subconvexa, nigra ; elyti'is purpureis, basi, 



thorace scutelloque flavis. 

 Long. 3f Hn. 



CE. oblong-ovate, subconvex. Head black, vertex \m\e yellow. 

 Thorax yellow, nearly twice as broad at the base as long, much nar- 

 rowed in front, side margins running obliquely inwards fx'om their 



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