13« CEPHALODONTA. 



19. Cephalodonta subcornuta, n. sp. 



C. late elongata, postice paullo arapliata, dcpressa, rufo-fulva ; ely- 

 tris costatis, angulo postico spina oomprcissa acuta, nigra, armatis, 

 rufo-violaceis, utrisque raaculis quinque, superficiem fere amplec- 

 tentibus, fulvis ; capite inter ociilos in spinam brevem validam 

 producto. 



Long. 4 lin. 



C. broadly elongate, rather A\-ider behind, depressed above, iiifo- 

 fulvous ; elytra produced at the posterior angles into a flattened, 

 acute, black spine ; iiifo-violaceous, each elytron with five large 

 fulvous spots, which almost entirely cover the whole surface. 

 Head smooth, produced in front between the eyes into a short, 

 stout, subacute spine ; the vertex impressed with a distinct 

 fovea ; antennae slender, half the length of the body, slightly 

 incrassate towards their apex, second joint twice the length of 

 the first, four terminal joints short, covered with adpressed ful- 

 vous pubescence ; eyes and mouth piceous. Thorax transverse, 

 narrowed fi-om the base to the apex ; sides bisinuate, rounded in 

 the middle, more narrowed in front, notched at their extreme 

 apex, anterior angles produced into an obtuse tooth ; apical 

 margin nearly straight ; above coarsely pnnctiu'ed, convex, sub- 

 cylindiical on the sides in front, transversely depressed across the 

 disc, middle of the base transversely excavated. Scutellum smooth, 

 shining, impunctate. Elytra broader than the thorax, slightly 

 dilated posteriorly ; sides narrowly margined, shghtly sinuate 

 below the shoulders, posterior angles produced obliquely outwards 

 into a stout, slightly ciu'ved, acute spine ; apex (Tab. IX. fig. 21) 

 obtusely rounded, apical border scarcely dilated, its outer edge 

 serrate ; above flattened along the back, convex on the sides, 

 basal margin thickened and somewhat elevated ; shoulders pro- 

 minent, laterally produced, obliquely elevated towards the apex, 

 the latter thickened, subacute ; surface deeply punctate-striate, 

 alternate interstices subcostate, more elevated towards their apex, 

 fourth interstice from the suture costate for its whole length ; 

 suture also raised ; each elytron with five large pale fulvous 

 patches, wliich almost entirely cover the surface : the first basal, 

 subtrigonate ; the next two parallel, elongate, the outer one of 

 these commencing below the shoulder and running along the 

 middle thii'd of the outer margin, the other placed on the inner 

 disc and indistinctly separated at its commencement from the basal 

 patch ; the fourth broad, transverse, placed towards the apex of 

 the elytron; and the fifth narrow, transverse, on the apical border; 

 posterior spine black. Body beneath shining pale rufo-fulvous ; 

 legs slender, elongate ; anteiioi' pair longer than the rest. 



Hah. Amazons. 



A single specimen in the collection of H. W. Bates, Esq. 



