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bi'ight fulvous, rather broader than tlie base of the thorax ; sides 

 parallel ; apex regularly rounded ; surface subconvex ; each elytron 

 with eleven rows of distinct punctures, the first abbreviated. 

 Beneath fulvous ; thorax and front pair of legs piceous. 



MaJe. Anal segment of abdomen (Tab. III. fig. 15) broadly 

 emarginate, emargination slightly sinuate in the middle. 



Female. Anal segment of abdomen broadly tnmcate-emarginate. 



Hah. Columbia. 



British Museiim, and collections of M. Chevrolat and J. S. Baly. 



16. Cephaloleia histrio, Guer. B.M. 



Guer. Ico)i. du Rkjne Anim. Texte, p. 282. 



C. Mas. Elongata, subdepressa. nigra, nitida; elytrorum dimidio 

 antico, tibiis tarsisque fla^as ; abdominis segmento anali late emar- 

 ginato, medio sinuato (Tab. III. fig. 16 J $ ). 



Foem. Subtus fulva aut fusca, nigro maculata ; capite nigro ; 

 pedibus nigro-piceis ; abdominis segmento anali truncato. 



Long. 2|-3 lin. 



Hah. Columbia. 



British Museum, and collections of Major Parry, W. W. Saunders, 

 Esq., E. Sheppard, Esq., M. Javet, and J. S. Baly. 



Nearly allied to the next species, but easily distinguished by the 

 followdng characters : anterior angle of the thorax produced, its 

 upper surface more coarsely and closely punctured ; the black scu- 

 tellum. the truncate apex of the anal segment of the abdomen, and 

 the different coloration of the under surface in the female ; also the 

 different shape of the pygidium, which in the present insect is 

 pentagonal. 



17. Cephaloleia Grayei, n. sp. 



C. elongata, subdepressa, supra nigra, nitida; scuteUo elytrisque flavo- 

 fulvis, his apice nigris; subtus ilavo-fulva; capite, thorace abdomi- 

 nisque apice nigris. 



Fofin. Abdominis segmento anali apice obtuso, utrinque sinuato. 



Long. 2^ lin. 



€. elongate, subdepressed, shining black above ; elytra bright Havo- 

 fulvous, their posterior third black ; beneath flavo-fulvous ; head, 

 thorax, and apex of abdomen black. Head punctured ; antennae 

 subfiliform ; basal joint clavate, slightly incrassate, longer than 

 the second. Thorax transverse-quadrate, rather broader than 

 long ; side border straight and parallel, sub.sinuate behind, rounded 

 at the apex, and not produced beyond the apical border, narrowlj- 

 reflexed, subcanaliculate, anterior angles not produced, obtuse ; 

 apical margin nearly straight ; above moderately convex from side 

 to side, transversely depressed near the middle of the base, smooth 

 and shining, distinctly but remotely punetunxl. punctures rather 



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