CEPnALOLEIA. 55 



Mule. Anal segment of abdomen (Tab. III. fig. 21) broadly 

 emarginate, its middle sinuate. 



Hab. Brazil. Collected by C. Darwin, Esq. 

 Collections of A. Fry, Esq., and J. S. Baly. 



22. Cephaloleia luctuosa, Guer. B.M. 



Guer. Icon, du JR^yne Anim. Texte, p. 282. 



C. elongata, angnstata, depressa, nigra, nitida, antennamm apico 

 albo ; thorace fulvo, macula apicali triangnlari nigra ; elytris 

 utrisque vitta longitudinali flava ; subtus nigra ; thorace, pectore 

 femoribusque (his apico exceptis) fiil\as. 



Mas. Abdominis segmento anali leniter sinuate. 



Long. 3| lin. 



Nearly allied to the next species, but distinguished by its rather 

 larger size, in addition to the following characters. Antennae 

 longer and more robust ; aj)ical joints generally yellowish white, 

 rarely concolorous. Thorax longer than broad. Elytra each with 

 a broad fulvous \dtta, extending from their base nearly to the 

 apex. Body beneath black ; thorax, breast, sides of abdomen, 

 and thighs (their base alone excepted) fulvous. 



Male. Anal segment of abdomen (Tab. III. fig. 22) slightly 

 sinuate. 



Hah. Columbia. 



British Museum, and collections of E. Sheppard, Esq., and 

 J. S. Baly. 



23. Cephaloleia vicina, n. sp. B.M. 



C. elongata, angustata, depressa, supra nigra; thoraee (macula trigona 

 apicali excepta) fulvo ; elytro utroque vittii longitudinali flavo- 

 alba; subtus flavo-alba; pleuris, abdominis basi medioque, coxis, 

 genubus, tarsis, et interdum tibiis extrorsum, nigris. 

 Mas. Abdominis segmento anali sinuato. 

 Foem, Abdominis segmento anali obtuse rotimdato. 

 Long. 2f-3| Un. 



C. narrow, elongate, depressed ; above black ; thorax, with the ex- 

 ception of a large triangular patch on the anterior margin, bright 

 fulvous ; elytra opaque, each wdth a narrow vitta, extending from 

 their base nearly to the apex, yellovpish white. Head black, front 

 longitudinally strigose- punctate. Thorax quadi-ate, scarcely 

 broader in front ; side margin narrow, straight, nearly paraUel, 

 rounded at the extreme apex, scarcely produced beyond the 

 apical border ; above subconvex, lateral margin narrowly reflexed, 

 canaliculate in front ; sides coarsely, disc distantly and obsoletely 

 pmictate ; bright ftilvous, a large triangular patch on the ante- 

 rior margin, its apex sometimes extending nearly to the base of 

 the thorax, l)lack. Scutcllum smooth, impunctate. Elytra broader 

 than the thorax ; sides ])aiallol, narrowly margined, their apex 



