58 CEPHALOLEIA. 



scarcely produced beyond the apical border, rounded at the an- 

 terior angles ; above slightlj' convex from side to side, lateral 

 margins retlexed, canaliculate ; surface smooth and shining, punc- 

 tate, punctures deeijcr and irregularly crowded at the sides, finer 

 and more remote on the disc ; black, lateral borders nari'owly 

 edged -^-ith fulvous. Scutellum smooth, fiavo-fulvous. Elytra 

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

 obtusely rounded, conjointly emarginate at the suture ; above 

 flattened along the back, convex on the sides ; each elytron with 

 eleven finely pimctiu'ed striaj, the first abbreviated, apex ii'regu- 

 larly punctui'cd ; black, their extreme base, a broad band across 

 the middle, and the apex, pale flavo-fulvoiLS. 



Male. Anal segment of abdomen (Tab. III. fig. 26 J $ ) broadly 

 concave-emarginate, its middle subsinuate. 



Female. Anal segment of abdomen broadly emarginate. 



Hab. Peru. 



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



27. Cephaloleia succincta, Guer. Tab. V. Fig. 6. B.M. 



Gtierin, Icon, da Regne Anim. Texte, p. 282. 



C. elongata, angustata, depressa, flava ; capite, thoracis macula ely- 

 tronimque fascia transversa pone medium, nigris. 



Mas. Abdominis segmento anali late concavo-emarginato (Tab. 



III. fig.27d $). _ 



Fcem. Abdominis segmento anali utrinque sinuato, medio paullo 

 product©, convexo. 

 Long. 34 Un. 



Var. A. Thorace immaculato. 



Hah. Cohmibia. 



British Museum, and collections of Major Parry, E. Sheppard, Escj., 

 and J. S. Baly. Var. A. in Major Parrj-'s cabinet. 



28, Cephaloleia maculipennis, n. sp. 



C. elongata, depressa, supra nigra, subtus flava ; antennis, thoracis 



latciibus extremis, scutello elytrisque flavis, his ante apicem fascia 



transversa communi, cxtrorsum abbre\iata, macula discali ^dx ante 



medium vittiique submarginali praecedentibus conflucntc, nigris. 



Mas. Abdominis segmento anali late emarginate, medio sinuato. 



Long. 2 lin. 



C. elongate, depressed. Head black, smooth ; antennae yellow, two 

 teraiinal joints fuscous. Thorax subquadi'ate, black, its extreme 

 lateral margin yellow ; sides parallel, straight behind, rounded in 

 front, narrowly margined, margin scarcely produced beyond the 

 a])ical border, reflexed ; anterior edge obsoletcly excavated ; sur- 

 face subconvex, coai'selj' pimcturcd. Scutellum smooth, impunc- 

 tate. Elytra rather broader than the thorax ; sides parallel. 



