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20, Cephalodonta Pascoei, n. sp. 



C. elongata, postice vix ampliata, dorso depressa, rufo-fidva ; thoracis 

 vittis tribus elytrisque mctallico-piirpiu'eis ; his costatis, angulo 

 postico spiiiji valida aciita productis, utrisque mactihs novem 

 fid vis. 



Lono-. 4i lin. 



O 2 



C. elongate, scarcely broader behind, depressed along the back, riifo- 

 fulvous ; three vittae on the thorax and the elytra metallic green, 

 the latter each with nine bright fulvous spots ; posterior spine 

 black. Head smooth, angled in front ; antennae elongate, slender, 

 filiform, scarcely incrassate at the apex, second joint twice as long- 

 as the first, four terminal shorter than the intermediate joints. 

 Thorax as broad at the base as long, narrowed from the base to tlie 

 apex ; sides bisinuate, tuberculate at the extreme base, angled near 

 the middle, anterior angles produced into an obtuse tooth ; above 

 convex, transversely excavated on the hinder disc, longitudinally 

 grooved down the middle ; siirface coarsely and deeply pimctm-ed, 

 rugose on the sides ; a central vitta and a submarginal stripe on 

 either side, metallic green. Scutellum smooth, impimctate. Elytra 

 wider than the thorax, scarcely broader behind ; sides narrowly 

 margined, slightly siuuate below the shoidders, posterior angles 

 produced obliquely outwards and backwards into a flattened. 

 sHghtly curved, reflexed spine, its apex very acute ; apex (Tab. IX. 

 fig. 22) rounded, obsoletely emarginate, above flattened along the 

 back, coiivex on the sides ; shoulders prominent, laterally pro- 

 duced, their apex subacute ; surface deeply and regularly punc- 

 tate-striate, fourth interstice fi'om the sutm-e costate, alternate 

 interstices towards the outer border subcostate ; metalhc pur2)le, 

 with an indistinct greenish reflexion in certain lights, each ely- 

 tron "with nine bright ftilvous spots : one at the base ; a second 

 below the scuteUum, common ; foiu' others on the disc and sides, 

 more or less ovate, the two outer ones confluent with the lateral 

 margin ; one towards the apex, oblique, attached to the suture ; 

 and a ninth common, transverse, placed on the apical margin ; 

 sutiu'e elevated, pale rufous. Body beneath bright iiifo-fulvous ; 

 legs moderately elongate, anterior pair longer than the others. 



Hah. Brazil. 



CoUection of J. S. Baly. 



21. Cephalodonta spectabilis, n. sp. B.M. 



C. late elongata, svibdepressa, rufo-fulva ; thorace subconico ; elytris 

 subcostatis, postice vix ampliatis, ajiice rotimdatis, angulo postico 

 spina acuta armatis, rufo-fuscis, seneo-micantibiis, utrisque ma- 

 cidis sex fulvis ; antennis apice nigris. 



Long. 5 Hn, 



C broadly elongate, rather wider behind, subdcprcssed above, rufo- 

 fulvous ; elytra rufo-fuscous, ^vith a metalUc reflexion, each 



