120 C(el.*:nomenodi;ra. 



genuLiis tibiisque fiisois ; thoracis apice utriiKiuo in fovcam mag- 

 iiam fundo punctalum, iiiinus valde excavato. 

 Long. 4^ lin. 



C. elongate, slightly broader behind, snbconvex, somewhat flattened 

 along the back ; pale fulvous ; eyes, lower half of face, two basal 

 joints of antennae (the rest are wanting), and the tarsi, black ; a 

 sniiill spot in the middle of the thorax at its base, the scutellum, 

 a longitudinal stripe on the side of the pleura, the knees and tibia?, 

 fuscous. Head punctured, less concealed by the thorax than in the 

 two preceding species ; lower half of face and the jaws black ; a spot 

 on the clypeus yellow. Thorax rather longer than broad ; sides 

 rounded, narrowed near the base, narrowed and sinuate in front, 

 tlicii- posterior angles produced laterally into a small acute tooth ; 

 apex produced and angled in front (but not entii'ely concealing 

 the head from above), impressed on either side the central line 

 with a large, shallow, ovate fovea, its sm-face closely i3unctiu-ed ; 

 disc with several large shallow depressions, whole siu-face closely 

 punctured ; pale ftilvous, a small spot at the middle of the base, 

 running upwards a short distance along the medial line, fuscous. 

 Scutellum shining fuscous. Elytra broader than the thorax, 

 slightly dilated behind ; sides narrowly margined, ajiex acutely 

 rounded ; above subconvex, indistinctly flattened along the suture, 

 deeply punctate-striate, interstices indistinctly elevated. Beneath 

 shining ; the knees, tibiae, a longitudinal stripe on the outer side 

 of the pleurae, and some small irregular spots on the breast and 

 sides of abdomen, fuscous ; tarsi black. 



Hah. ? 



A single specimen in the collection of J. S. Baly. 



This insect may very possibly be a pale immaculate variety of the 

 folloAving species, with which I am unacquainted. 



Species viihi if/nota. 



4, Ccelsenomenodera suturalis (Guer.). 

 Acentroptera sutm-alis, Guer. Icon, du Regne Anim. Texte, p. 272. 



'• Semblable aux precedents (cucullata et prceusta), mais ayant le 

 prolongement anterieur du prothorax un peu moins large en avant. 

 Coi^js, antennes et pattcs noirs. Corselet jaune, avec une bande 

 longitudinale noire an milieu, partant de la base, une peu sinueuse 

 sur les cotes et n'anivant pas a Textremite. Ecusson noir. Ely- 

 tres jaunes, avec une large bande sutui-ale noii-e, terminee avant 

 I'extremite posterieure. 



" Long. 10, larg. 3| mill. 



*' Madagascar." 



