IIOMALISPA. 



This, according to the specimens in M. Chevrolat's collection, is the 

 Cephaloleia cimicoicles of Dejean's Catalogue. 



Genus XI. HOMALISPA. DetaUs, Tab. I. Fig. 11. 



Antennoi (fig. 11 «) subfiKformes, dimidio corporis bre\dores, articiilis 

 cylindiicis, jnimo parvo, ovato, secundo illo dimidio lougiori, 

 ovate ant apicem versus leniter incrassato, tertio paullo elon- 

 gate, cgeteris fere tequalibus, cylindiicis, ultimo subacute. 



Labinim (fig. 11 b) transversum, apicc emarginate. 



Mandibulte (fig. 11 c) apice dentata?, dcnte externo acutissimo. 



Palpi maxiUares (fig. lid) avticulo primo brevi, clavato, secimdo 

 paullo incurvato, compresso, apicem versus leviter incrassato, 

 duobus scquentibus brevionbus, a}qualibus, illo siibclavato, hoc 

 ovato, apice compresso ; labiales (fig. 11 e) articulo primo parvo, 

 duobus sequentibus elongatis, fere a^qualibus, compressis, illo 

 ad apicem sul)incrassate, hoc eblongo- ovate, apice subacumi- 

 nate. 



Mentum (fig. 11/) pentagenum, lateribus censtrictiim ; llgida basi 

 ad apicem ampliata, apice obtusc-rotundato. 



Caput frente decli^'i, antennis in foveis duabus eblongis, carina lon- 

 gitudinaliter divisis, insertis ; ocidis evatis, sui'sum angustatis. 



Thorcuv transversus, basi ad apicem angustatus, ajiice vix emargi- 

 nate, utrinque subsinuate, lateribus marginatis, postice sub- 

 rectis, antice rotundatis, angulis anticis non prominulis ; basi 

 utrinque sinuatus, lobe medio obtuse-rotundate. 



Scutellum subpentangulare, apice acute. 



Elytra evata, thoracis basi paullo latiora, dorse subcomplanata, 

 lateribus subconvexa, apice rotundata, sutura dohiscentia, pygi- 

 dium \'ix obtegentia, margine ad apicem indistiucte serrate. 



Pedes breves, femeribus subcompressis, eblongo- ova tis, tibiis lenitei' 

 incurvatis, tarsis articulis latitudine fere sequalibus, primo 

 transverse, antice emarginate, secundo triangulari, antice valde 

 emarginate, tertio elongate -triangulari, ultra lobes pra3cedentis 

 dimidio preducte. 



Corpus ovatum, depressum. (Type, Homalispa Batesii.) 



1 . Homalispa marginata, n. sp. 



H. elengato-evata, depressa, pallide fulva; elytris nigris, fidve-mar- 



ginatis ; oculis antennisque nigro-fuseis. 

 Long. 3i lin. 



H. elongate-ovate, depressed above, pale shining fulvous. Head 

 smooth ; eyes and antennae nigro-fusceus, the latter with the 

 two basal joints, the third beneath, and the extreme apex of the 

 terminal one obscure fulvous. Thorax nearly one-half broader 



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