50 CEPHALOLEIA. 



fiih-is ; thorace transvcrso-quadrato, latcrilnis rotundatis, reflexo- 

 marginatis ; subtus obscm-e fulva ; capitc, thorace pedibiisque 

 piceis. 



Mas. Abdominis segmento anali truncato-emarginato, medio 

 sinuato. 



Fiiem. Abdominis segmento anali truncato-emarginato. 

 Long. 3-i- Kn. 



C. elongate, subdeprcsscd, shining black above ; scutellum and elytra 

 bright fulvons. AntennsB nearly half the length of the body, 

 entirely black ; basal joint incra-ssate, longer than the second. 

 Thorax transverse-qxiadrate ; lateral margin rounded in front, 

 produced beyond the apical border, siibparallel and obsoletely 

 sinuate behind ; above moderately convex, deeply but subremotely 

 punctured, side margin reflexed, canaliciilate. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax, oblong ; sides subparallel, slightly convex, mar- 

 gined ; apex rounded, entii-e ; surface smooth and shining, mbde- 

 I'ately convex, flattened along the sutiu'e, sinuate and excavated 

 below the shoulders, each elytron with eleven rows of fine but 

 distinct punctures, the first abbreviated, punctures more deeply 

 impressed at the base and on the sides; several of the lateral inter- 

 stices slightly raised and convex, those on the disc and near the 

 suture perfectly plane. Beneath obsciu-e fulvous ; the pleiu'ie 

 distinctly punctiu-ed ; abdomen covered with short adpressed fus- 

 cous bail's, which in certain lights have a greenish hue ; head, 

 thorax and legs piceous, thighs more or less fiilvous at their base ; 

 hinder pair of legs paler than the rest. 



Male. Anal segment of abdomen (Tab. III. fig. 14 J $ ) trun- 

 cate-emarginate, its middle sinuate. 



Female. Anal segment truncate-em'arginate, entire. 



Hah. Peru. 



British Museum, and collections of the Rev. H. Clark, E. Shep- 

 pard, Esq., and J. S. Baly. 



15. Cephaloleia pretiosa, n. sp. B.M. 



C. elongata, subconvexa, nigra, nitida ; coi-pore subtus, thoracis mar- 

 gine, scutello elytrisque fiil\is ; pedibus anticis piceis. 



Mas. Abdominis segmento anali late emarginato, medio leniter 

 sinuato. , 



Fcem. Abdominis segmento anali late truncato-emarginato. 

 Long. 3 Im. 



C. elongate, subconvex ; head and thorax black ; extreme outer 

 border of the latter, scutellum and elytra fulvous. Head smooth ; 

 antenna? moderately robust, more than a thii'd the length of the 

 body, subfilifoiTa ; basal joint incrassate, longer than the second. 

 Thorax subquadi'ate ; sides nearly parallel, slightly rounded, their 

 outer margin narrowly reflexed, scarce!}' produced beyond the 

 apical border ; surface distinctly punctured, puncturing more 

 distant on the disc. Scutellum smooth, shining fulvous. Elytra 



