42 CEPHALOLEIA. 



and antennoD (the basal joint of the latter excepted) black ; five 

 basal joints in the male snlKompresscd ; second and third nearly 

 equal, subtrigonate ; third joint in the female longer than the 

 second, obconic. Thorax transverse-quadi'ate ; sides with a re- 

 flexed bord(T, parallel, nearly straight, slightly rounded and pro- 

 duced beyond the apical margin in front ; above smooth, shghtly 

 convex transversely, finely but siiaringly punctured ; lateral mar- 

 gin canaUculate. Scutellum smooth, impunctate. Elytra rather 

 broader than the base of the thorax ; sides parallel ; apex obtusely 

 rounded, obsoletely emarginate at the suture, not entii'ely covering 

 the pygidium ; above subconvex, somewhat flattened at the base 

 and along the suture, deflexcd and indistinctly excavated on the 

 sides below the shoulders, outer border narroAvly margined ; sur- 

 face smooth ; posterior third black ; each elytron with eleven 

 rows of very fine punctures, the first abbreviated. Pygidium 

 obtuse. 



Male. Anal segment of abdomen (Tab. III. fig. 3 c? $ ) sinuate. 



Female. Anal segment truncate. 



llah. Columbia. 



Male and female in the collection of J. S. Baly. 



4. Cephaloleia corallina, Erichs. B.M, 



Cephaloleia corallina, Erichs. Consp. Ins. Col. Per. p. 151. 



C. elongata, subdepressa, rufa, nitida ; antennis (basi excepto) nigris ; 

 thorace subquadrato, evidenter sed sparse punctato, lateribus 

 parallelis, antice rotundatis ; elji:ris distincte punctato- striatis ; 

 pygidio obtuse rotundato-tmncato. 



Mas. Antennarum articulo basali snbclavato, obKque trancato, 

 subcompresso, secundo et tertio introrsum compressis et ad apicem 

 paullo dilatatis, apice ipso producto ; abdominis segmento anali 

 rotundato, apice sinuate. 



Fcem. Abdominis segmento anali obtuse rotundato. 



Long. 4-4i lin. 



C. elongate, subdepressed, bright shining red ; antennae black, basal 

 joint (Tab. III. fig. 4 a) red, compressed, subclavate, obliquely 

 tinincatc, longer than the second ; second and third joints in the 

 male with their inner edge compressed and dilated towards its 

 apex, produced anteriorly into a short subacute tooth ; third joint 

 longer than the second. Thorax subquadrate ; sides with a broad 

 reflexcd border, straight and parallel, rounded in front, produced 

 beyond the apical margin, the latter slightly convex ; anterior 

 angles obtuse ; surface slightly transversely convex, distinctly but 

 sparingly punctured ; lateral border canaliculate. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax, rather more than four times its length; sides -^-ith 

 a narrow reflexcd margin ; apex obtusch' rounded ; above smooth 

 and shining, moderately convex, scarcely flattened along the back ; 

 sides deflexed and excavated below the shoulders; at the base, just 

 within the humeral callus, is a short longitudiual fiuTow ; each 



