CEPHALOLEIA. 57 



25. Cephaloleia Saundersii, n. sp. 



0. olongata, dejires.sa, supra nigra, iiitida ; thoracis basi, scutello 

 clytrorumque vitta, ante apicem abbre\iata, flavis ; subtus tlava ; 

 genubus tarsisque indistincte fiiscis. 



Mas. Abdominis segmento anali late emarginato, medio sinuato. 



Long. 3 lin. 



C. narrowly elongate, depressed ; above shining black ; base of 

 thorax and a longitudinal stripe on each elytron, abbreviated before 

 reaching the apex, yellow. Head finely punctui'ed ; fii'st joint of 

 antennas longer than the second, shghtly incrassato (the rest 

 wanting). Thorax subquadrate, slightly narrowed behind ; sides 

 straight, their outer border reflexed, scarcely produced beyond 

 the apical margin ; above shghtly convex from side to side, 

 coarsely punctured, lateral border subcanalicidate ; black, the pos- 

 terior third fulvous yellow. ScuteUum smooth, yellow. Elytra 

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

 obtusely rounded, conjointly emarginate at the sutural angle ; 

 above depressed along the sutiu-e, moderately convex on the sides, 

 subsinuate and shghtly excavated below the shoulders, outer border 

 narrowly reflexed ; each elytron with eleven rows of deej) punc- 

 tures, the first abbreviated, interstices near the outer border sub- 

 costate ; third interstice from the latter costate its whole length ; 

 black, each with a broad yellow stripe running from the base 

 nearly to the apex. Beneath yeUow ; knees and tarsi obscure 

 fuscous. 



3I((le. Anal segment of abdomen (Tab. III. fig. 25) broadly 

 emarginate, its middle sinuate. 



Hab, Northern Brazil. 



Unique, in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



26. Cephaloleia DeGandei, n. sp. B.M. 



C. elongata. angustata, depressa, supra nigra, sul)tus fulva, nitida ; 

 thoracis lateribus, clytrorumque basi, fascia lata centrali apiccque, 

 pallide flavo-fidvis; antennis basi fulvis, articuHs intcrmediis nigro- 

 piceis, rcliquis ad apicein albis. 



Has. Abdominis segmento anali concavo-emarginato, medio 

 subsinuato. 



Fcem. Abdominis segmento anah late emarginato. 

 Long. 4 hn. 



C. narrowly elongate, depressed ; above shining black, pale fulvous 

 beneath ; antenna; with their three basal joints fulvous, the three 

 following pitchy black, the remaining joints white ; sides of the 

 thorax, scutellum, extreme base of elytra, a broad band across 

 their middle, and their apex, flavo-fulvous. Head black, face 

 fulvous ; front slightly concave, very finely but not closelj- punc- 

 tured. Tliorax (juacbate, scarcely longer than broad ; sides straight 

 and parallel, narrowly margined, obsoletely sinuate ; margin 



