52 CEl'HALOLFJA. 



more crowded at the base. Scutelluni smooth, impunctate. bright 

 flavo-fnlvoua. Elytra much broader th;m the tliorax, bas;il margin 

 oblique, humeral angles rounded ; sides parnllel, narrowly mar- 

 gined ; apex rounded, conjointly cmarginate at the sutural angle, 

 the latter neute ; above sul)depressed along the back, sides convex, 

 sinuate below the shoulders, outer margin reflexed ; each elytron 

 with eleven rows of distinct punctures, the first abbreviated, in- 

 tei-stices towards their apex obsoletely raised. Pygidium obtusely 

 angled. Beneath tiavo-fulvous ; head, thorax, and extreme apex 

 of abdomen black. 



Female. Anal segment of abdomen (Tab. III. fig. 17) obtuse, 

 sinuate on either side. 



Hah. Peru. 



A single specimen in the collection of J. S. Baly. 



18. Cephaloleia flavo-vittata, n. sp. 



C. elongata, subdepressa, nigra, nitida ; thoracis margine pedibusqiu* 

 fuhds ; elytrorum margine et v-itta postice abbreviata flavis ; tarsis 

 infuseatis. 



Foem. Abdominis segmento anali late truncato-emarginato. 



Long. 24 lin. 



C. elongate, subdepressed, shining black ; sides of thorax and legs 

 fulvous ; the lateral margin of the elytra, and a vitta on each, 

 abbreviated just below the middle, j*ellow. Head distinctly 

 pimctured ; face with a short acute process between the antennae, 

 the latter filiform, shorter than half the body ; basal joint scarcely 

 incrassate, equal in length to the second, first two joints nearly 

 glabrous, the others closely covered with adpressed fulvous hairs. 

 Thorax transverse-quadi'ate, scarcely one-third broader than long; 

 lateral border straight and parallel, rounded towards the front, 

 produced beyond the apical margin, anterior angle obtuse ; apical 

 margin nearly straight ; above transversely convex, side margin 

 canaliculated, reflexed, extreme edge obsoletely crenate ; surface 

 smooth and shining, deeply impressed with large round punctiu'es, 

 nearly obsolete in the centre of the disc ; black, lateral border 

 fulvous. Scutellum smooth, impunctate. Elytra broader than 

 the thorax ; sides parallel, narrowly margined ; apex rounded, 

 conjointly emarginate at the suture ; above subdepressed along the 

 back, convex on the sides, the latter subsinuate below the 

 shoulders, outer border reflexed, its edge minutely serrulate, serra- 

 turcs distant and nearly obsolete along the sides, crowded and 

 more distinct at the apex ; each elytron -nith eleven rows of 

 di.stinct punctures, those on the inner stripe less deeply impressed, 

 nearly obliterated towards their apex, outer interstices slightly 

 elevated, subconvex ; black ; the lateral border from its base nearly 

 to the apex, and a vitta on the disc, confluent at its base with the 

 lateral stripe, and abbreviated just below the middle, yellow. 

 Beneath black ; legs fulvous ; tarsi stained vnXh. fuscous. 



