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pixuctiircs, the first abbreviated ; outer stria; more deeply punc- 

 tured, several of tlie lateral interstices subcostate ; fuseo-fulvous, 

 the posterior two-thirds black. 



Male. Anal segment of abdomen (Tab. III. fig. 12 J $ ) broadly 

 emarginate, emargination sinuate in the middle. 



Female. Anal segment of abdomen broadly emarginate, emar- 

 gination sinuate on either side, its middle slightly produced, armed 

 with a small obtuse tooth. 



Hah. Bi-azil (Petropohs, Rev. H. Clark). 



Collections of the Rev. H. Clark, A. Fry, Esq., G. Waterhouse, Esq., 

 and J. S. Baly. 



13. Cephaloleia fulvipes, n. sp. 



O. subelongata, subdepressa, nigra, nitida ; abdomine pedibusque 

 fulvo-fuscis ; elytris flavis, chmidio postico nigro, sutura picea. 

 Mas. Abdominis segmento anali late emarginato, medio sinuato. 

 Long. 2^ Hn, 



0. subelongate, subdepressed above, shining black ; abdomen and legs 

 fulvo-fuscous ; elytra yellow, their posterior half black, suture in 

 front piceous. Head smooth, finely and subrcmotely punctured, 

 front longitudinally grooved ; antennie half the length of the 

 body, apical joint obscure piceous, basal joint stibclavate, incras- 

 sate. longer than the second. Thorax transverse-quadrate, one- 

 third broader than long ; sides straight, narrowly margined, 

 sHghtly narrowed and rounded in front, produced beyond the 

 apical margin, the latter nearly straight, anterior angles obtuse ; 

 above smooth and shining, subconvex from side to side, transversely 

 grooved just behind the middle ; groove obsolete on the central 

 line ; deeply punctate, puncturing finer on the disc, medial lino 

 impunetate, side margin narrowly canaliculate, reflexed ; black, 

 outer border in front piceous. Seutellum smooth, impunetate. 

 Elytra oblong ; sides parallel, narrowly margined ; apex obtusely 

 roimdcd ; above subdepressed along the suture, sides moderately 

 convex, slightly excavated below the shoulders, smooth and shining; 

 each elytron with eleven rows of punctures, the first abbre- 

 viated ; striae near the suture obsolete towards their apex, inter- 

 stices faintly and transversely wrinkled ; yellow, their posterior 

 half black, suture in front piceous. Beneath black; trophi, legs and 

 abdomen fusco-fulvous ; pygichum broadly truncate-emarginate. 



Male. Anal segment of abdomen (T:ih. ITI. fig. 13) broadly 

 emarginate, its middle sinuate. 



Hah. Brazil. 



A single specimen, in the collection of A. Fry, Esq. 



14. Cephaloleia Clarkella, n. sp. B.M. 



C. elongata, subdepressa, nitida, supra nigra ; scutello elytrisque 



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