50 CKPHALOLEIA. 



obtusely rounded, conjointly subcmarp^inatc at the suture, sutural 

 anp:le armed \\-ith a minute tooth ; above flattened along the back, 

 slightly convex on the sides, very finely punctate-striate, punc- 

 turing rather more distinct towards the outer border ; opaque, 

 black ; each eUi:ron with a narrow yellowish-white vitta, nmning 

 down its middle from the base nearly to the apex. Beneath yel- 

 lowish Avhite ; pleurae, base and middle of abdomen, coxae, knees, 

 anterior pair of tibia? in front (also more rarely the second pair), 

 and the tarsi, black. Pygidium scarcely visible, almost entirely 

 covered by the elytra. 



Male. Anal segment of abdomen (Tab, III. fig. 23 (5' $ ) sinuate. 



Female. Anal segment of abdomen obtusely rotundate. 



Hah. Mexico. 



British Museum, and collections of E. 8heppard, Esq., M. Deyi'olle, 

 and J. S. Baly. 



24. Cephaloleia pulchella. n. sp. B.M. 



C. elongata, augustata, depressa, supra nigra; thorace (macula apicaU 

 excepta) elytronimque ^itta Isete ful\'is ; subtusflava; capite nigro. 

 Fcem. Abdominis segmento anaH late emarginato, incisura ipsji 

 bisinuata, medio paullo prodiicta. 



Long. 3^ lin. 



C. narrowly elongate, depressed ; above black ; thorax (an apical 

 patch excepted) and a longitudinal stripe on each elytron bright 

 fidvous. Head concave between the eyes, minutely punctiu-ed ; 

 antenna; shorter than haK the body, robust, joints cyhndrical. 

 Thorax quadrate ; side border straight and parallel, obsoletely 

 sinuate behind, roimded at the extreme apex, shghtly produced 

 beyond the apical margin, anterior angle roimded ; above sub- 

 convex from side to side, lateral margin reflexed ; surface smooth 

 and sliining, deeply punctate, puncturing more distant on the disc ; 

 bright fulvous, a large indistinctly trilobate patch on the anterior 

 margin black. Scutellum bright fulvous, impunctate. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax ; sides parallel, narrowly margined, apex 

 obtuse ; above flattened along the suture, deflexed and concave on 

 the sides, outer border narrowly reflexed ; each elytron with eleven 

 rows of distinct punctures, the first abbre-\-iated, striae near the 

 suture obsoletely, those on the sides deeply sulcate ; the punctui'ing 

 on the lateral stria) more crowded and deeply impressed, extreme 

 apex of the elytra irregularly punctate ; third interstice from 

 the outer margin elevated, costate nearly the whole of its length ; 

 black, a broad vitta on the middle of each elytron, commencing at 

 the base. gTadually narrowed behind and abbreviated near the apex, 

 bright fulvous. Beneath yellow : head (trophi excepted) black. 



Female. Anal segment of abdomen (Tab. III. fig. 24) broadly 

 cmarginate, the incision itself bisinuate, its middle slightly pro- 

 duced. 



Hah. Peru. 



British Museum, and collection of J. S. Baly. 



