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narrowly margined ; apex obtusely rounded, not entirely covering 

 the pj'gidium ; above moderately rounded on the sides, flattened 

 along the suture ; surface distinctly punctate -striate ; yellow, a 

 broad common ciirvcd transverse band near the apex, abbreviated 

 near the outer margin, a submarginal vitta, commencing at the 

 base of each elytron and tenninating on the outer edge of the 

 transverse fascia, and a subtrapeziform spot on the outer disc 

 near its middle, iinited by its external border A\ith the longituchnal 

 line, black. Beneath pale fulvous. 



Male. Anal segment of abdomen (Tab. III. fig. 28) broadly 

 emarginate, its middle sinuate. 



Hah. Brazil. 



A single specimen in the collection of A. Fry, Esq. 



29. Cephaloleia funesta, n. sp. 



C. elongata, angustata, depressa, nigra, nitida. 



Fcem. abdominis segmento anaH late truncato-emarginato. 

 Long. 2i lin. 



C. elongate, depressed, shining black ; basal joints of palpi alone 

 piceous. Head smooth, minutely and sparingly punctured. Thorax 

 subquadrate ; sides margined, straight behind, rounded in front, 

 produced beyond the apical border, anterior angles obtuse ; a])ovo 

 slightly convex, deeply punctured, side margms reflexed, sub- 

 canaliculate. Scutellum smooth, impunctate. Elj-tra rather broader 

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

 slightly emarginate at the suture, sutural angle anned with a 

 minute tooth ; above flattened along the back, slightly convex on 

 the sides, siibsinuate below the shoulders ; cac'li elytron with 

 eleven rows of punctures, the first abbre\'iated, piinctures deeply 

 impressed at the base, larger and coarser on the sides, mxich finer 

 towards the apex ; interstices on the sides and at the ai)ex obso- 

 letely convex. 



Female. Anal segment of abdomen (Tab. III. fig. 29) broadly 

 trim cate - emarginate . 



Hah. Brazil. 



Collection of A. Fry, Esq. 



30. Cephaloleia seneipennis, n. sp. B.M. 



C subelongata, subdepressa, nigra, nitida ; elytris nigro-aneis. 

 Long. 2 lin. 



Ftem. Abdominis segmento anali trimcato, utrinque subsi- 

 nuato. 



C. subelongate, subdeprcssed, shining black ; elytra bright brassy 

 black. Head smooth, indistinctly punctured ; antenna; more than 

 half the length of the body, filiibrm, basal joint obovate, not in- 

 crassate, shelter tlian the second. Thorax transverse, one-half 



