CEPHALODONTA. 



18. Cephalodonta Fryella, n. sp. 



C late elongata, postice paiillo ampliata, subdepressa, rufo-fulva ; 

 elytris apice trimcatis, angulo postico extrorsiim in spinam validam 

 acutam prodiictis, rufo-fuscis, piu'piu'eo-tinetis, imicostatis, utris- 

 que maciilis octo fulvis. 



Long. 4i liu, 



C. broadly elongate, slightly broader behiad, siibdepressed above, bright 

 i-uib-fulvous ; elytra produced at theii' posterior angles into an acute 

 flattened sprue, their apex truncate; unicostate, nifo-fuscous, more 

 or less staiued with dark piu'ple, each ^\^.th. eight large fulvous spots. 

 Head smooth, j^roduced in front into a subacute tooth ; impressed 

 on the vertex with a shallow fovea ; eyes piceous ; antennae half 

 the length of the body, moderately robust, subfiliform, slightly 

 thickened towards their apex, joints cylinch-ical, second nearly 

 twice as long as the fii'st, four terminal joiuts short, closely covered 

 with adpressed fulvous hairs. Thorax transverse ; sides narrowly 

 margined, nearly pai'allel and subsiuuate behind, angled and indi- 

 stinctly produced in the middle, narrowed and sinuate in front, 

 anterior angles produced into a stout obtuse tooth ; above convex, 

 sHghtly flattened above, transversely impressed on the hinder disc, 

 medial Hne with a faint longitudinal groove ; surface covered with 

 large round punctures, subremote on the disc, more crowded on 

 the sides, the latter rugose ; anterior margin impiinctate. Scu- 

 teUum smooth. Elytra broader than the thorax, sKghtly wider 

 behind ; sides margined, posterior angles produced laterally into 

 a flattened acute spine, its outer border thickened and slightly 

 curved, the hinder margin dilated and continuous with the apical 

 margiu of the elytron ; apex (Tab. IX. fig. 20) obtusely roimded, 

 apical border truncate, its edge distantly and obsoletely toothed ; 

 above vsubdepressed along the back, convex on the sides; shoulders 

 prominent, laterally produced and obliquely elevated, their extreme 

 apex truncate ; surface deeply and regularly pimctate-striate, 

 fourth interstice from tlie sutm-e costate, alternate interstices 

 towards the sides sHghtly raised ; rufo-fuscous, stained with dark 

 pui-ple, each elytron -s^dth eight fulvous spots : one at the base, 

 transverse ; a second below the scutellum, forming a common 

 rotnudato patch ; a third on the side immediately below the 

 humeral callus ; two in the middle, parallel, one near the suture, 

 subrotundate, the other small and placed on the outer border ; the 

 sixth large, on the lateral margin, just above the upper edge of 

 the posterior spine ; the seventh subtrigonate, emarginate on its 

 outer edge, confluent with the sutiu'e, and forming a large common 

 triangular patch on the posterior third of the elytra ; and the 

 eighth at the apex, extenduig from the sutnre nearly across the 

 posterior spine ; outer edge of the latter black. Beneath bright 

 rufo-fulvous ; legs elongate. 



11 ah. Brazil. 



Collection of A. Frv. Ksq. 



