18 UCDIOPALPA. 



Ijase to the apex ; above smooth and shining, subconvex, slightly 

 excavated near the anterior angles and on the disc ; distantly 

 punctured, puncturing more crowded at the base. Scutellum 

 smooth, sultpcntangidar. Elytra broader than the thorax ; outer 

 margins oblique at their base, then parallel; their apex regularly 

 rounded, finely serrate ; above subconvex, punctate-striate ; punc- 

 tures more deeply impressed and irregularly placed towards the 

 outer edge, the latter narrowly rcflexcd ; piuijle-blue, a narrow 

 basal fascia prolonged do^^^l the outer margin for nearly a third of 

 the length, yellow. Beneath black ; thorax and extreme apex of 

 pleuree yellow. 



Hah. Pctropolis ; Brazil. 



A single specimen, taken by the Rev. Hamlet Clark in the above- 

 mentioned locality, is in that gentleman's collection. 



3. (Ediopalpa cyanipennis (Fabr,). Tab. IV. Fig. 5. 

 Hispa cyanipennis, Fah: Si/st. El. ii. p. 65. no. 3G. 



(E. oblongo-ovata, postice paullo ampliata, subconvexa, nitida, coe- 

 cinea ; elytris cseinileis ; thorace subconico, apice tnmcato ; an- 

 tcnnis geniculisque nigris. 



Long. 4-4^ liu. 



Var. A. Pedibus nigiis, femonim basi coceineo. 



Cephaloleia cyauoptera, Guer. Icon, dti Regne Anim. Texte, p. 281. 



(E. oblong-ovate, rather broader behind, bright shining red ; elytra 

 bright metallic blue ; antennas and knees black ; the former slen- 

 der, filiform, shorter than half the body, theii* basal joint laifous. 

 Thorax transverse, narrowed from base to apex, veiy convex above, 

 smooth and shining, impressed on either side at the base with a 

 small deep fovea ; basal lobe with, a transverse groove. Scutellum 

 blight red, subpentagonal. Elytra broader than the base of the 

 thorax, quadrate-ovate, rather wider behind ; shoulders rounded ; 

 sides with a narrow reflexed border, subparallel ; the apex obtusely 

 rotinded, apical margin distinctly serrate ; above moderately con- 

 vex, punctate-striate, puncturing Lrregular, coarser and vaiiolose 

 on the sides below the shoulders ; just ■w'ithin the outer edge is a 

 row of deep transverse impressions. Beneath shining red, knees 

 black. 



Var. A. Legs black, base of thighs red. 



Hah. Brazil. 



The tji^e in the collection of E. Sheppard, Esq. Yar. A. in the 

 collection of J. S. Balj*. 



Some little uncertainty has existed with regard to the species meant 

 by Fabricius, from that author, in giving the size of his insect, having 

 referred to Hispa cocdnea, a species not to be found in any of his works. 

 Guciin has described the variety under the name of Oephalohia cya- 

 noptera. 



