120 CKPHALODONTA. 



3. Cephalodonta Batesii, n. sj). 



C. subelongata, postice ptuillo ampliata, convexa, sanguinea ; elytris 

 costatis, interstitiis bifariam punctatis, postice subangiilatis, apice 

 (Tab. IX. fig. 7) oblique truncatis, minute serratis, nigris, maculis 

 plurimis sangiiineis ; maris tibiis anticLs spina bre^T. conica ar- 

 matis. 



Long. 5i lin. 



C. subelongate, broader behind, convex, sanguineous ; antennse 

 (thoir basal joint excepted) and elytra black, the latter covered 

 with sanguineous spots. Antennae longer than half the body, mo- 

 derately robust ; interniecHate joints obconic, gradually decreasing 

 in length from the third to the seventh ; foiu' terminal joints 

 covered with an ashy pile. Thorax transverse-quadrate ; sides 

 subparaUel, deeply emarginate and siiddenly narrowed in front, 

 angled just before the middle, irregularly sinuate behind, anterior 

 angles strongly produced ; a])ove moderately convex, opaque, 

 irregidarly excavated on the disc ; near the base of the latter is a 

 broad transverse impression. ScuteUum smooth. Elytra nearly 

 parallel in front, slightly enlarged behind, narrowly margined, 

 mai-gin indistinctly dilated and rounded behind the middle, pos- 

 terior angles distinct ; apical margin minutely serrate, obliquely 

 sub truncate ; above convex, similar in markings and colour to the 

 two preceding species ; each elytron with four elevated costae, the 

 spaces between which are occupied by double rows of deeply 

 impressed punctures ; shoulders prominent, their apex armed with 

 a veiy short conical sjjine. Beneath shining red ; anteiior tibia) 

 in the male armed near the apex -with a short conical spine. 



Hah. Amazons. 



Collection of J. S, Baly. 



2. Antennae minus elongatae, articidis intermediis brevibiis, qiiatuor 



xdtimis longioribus. 



4. Cephalodonta cardinalis (Guer.). 

 Chalepus cardinalis, Guer. Icon, du Regne Anim. Texte, p. 269. 



C. subelongata, postice pauUo ampliata, subconvexa, sanguinea ; 

 antennis elytrisque nigris, his sanguineo-macidatis, costatis, inter- 

 spatiis bifariam punctatis, apice (Tab. IX. fig. 8) truncatis, anguHs 

 posticis distinctis, spinosis, humeris promimxHs, spina brevi conica 

 instructis. 



Long. 5 lin. 



Var. A. Antennarum articulis quatuor ultimis fulvis. 



Hah. Brazil. Var. Amazons. 

 Collection of J. S. Baly. 



