32 XANTHI8PA. 



Lahrum (fig. 10 h) tran.svoi"sum, apicc eraarginato. 



Mandllmhe trigonao, aciita^ (fig. 10 c). 



Palpi maxilhres (fig. 10 d) subeompressi, articulo piimo brevi, 

 clavato, secimdo elongate, patillo incurvato, basi ad apicem 

 incrassato, diiobiis scqiu'ntibus articulo pra;ccdcnti brevioribus, 

 a^quaUbiis, pennltimo siibclavato, ultimo ovato, apicc attcnuato, 

 compresso ; lahiales (fig. 10 e) subeompressi, articulo prime 

 minuto, scciindo elongate, basi attenuate, tertie eblongo-ovato, 

 apicc acuminate. 



Mention (fig. 10/) breve, transversum, basi ad apicem angustatum ; 

 li(/^da (fig, 10 </) subqiiadi'ata, basi mento vix latiori, apice 

 emarginato, segmento hasUari (fig. 10 li) transverse, antice 

 emarginato, opicali (fig. 10 ?') subcordato. 



Caput frente decli\-i, antennis in foveis duabus carina elevata long-i- 

 tudinaHter divisis, insertis ; ocidis evatis, sursum angiLstatis. 



Thorax transversus, basi ad apicem scnsim angustatus, antice utrinquc 

 subsinuatus, in medio leniter productus et retimdatus, lateribus 

 marginatis, angulis anticis non prominulis. 



Scutellum (fig. 10_y) subpentangulare. 



Elytra ovata, subdepressa, apice retundata, conjunctim emarginata, 



pygidium non obtegentia, margine integra, ad apicem indistincte 



serrata. 

 Pedes breves, femeribus oblongo- evatis, subcempressLs, tibiis sub- 



compressis, tarsis (fig. 10 k) latis, articulo prime cseteiis pauUo 



latiori, postice rotundato, extrorsum ampliato. 



Corpus evatum, dorse complanatum. 



Similar in habit to Homalispa, but distinguished at once by the 

 different form of the labium and the relative length ef the three 

 basal joints ef its antennse. 



1. XantMspa cimicoides (Guer.). Tab. V. Fig. 2. B.M. 



Ceplialoleia cimicoides, Gii^r. Icon, du Hepie Anim, Texte, p. 281. 



X. ovata, subdepressa, pallide fulva ; elji:ris testaceis ; antennis, 



basi apiceque exceptis, oculisque nigris. 

 Long. 3 lin. 



Thorax narrowed from its base to the apex ; side straight, margined, 

 anterior angles obsolete. Elytra pale testaceous, slightly convex, 

 subdepresscd above, sinuate below the shoulders, deeply punctate- 

 striate ; side margin slightly dilated, mere especially in front, 

 where its outer edge is indistinctly reflexed; conjointly emarginate 

 at the suture, partially exposing the pygidium, which has its apex 

 truncate. 



Hah. Cayenne ; Amazons, 



British Museum. Collections of M. Chevi'olat, E. Sheppard, Esq., 

 and J. S. Baly. 



