CEPHALOBONTA. 143 



fiilvons ; a longitudinal patch on the pleura nigro-aeneous ; legs 

 slender, subelongate. 



Hah. Brazil. 



Collection of A. Fry, Esq. 



25, Cephalodonta parvula, n. sp. 



C elongata, parallcla ; thoracis lateribus medio angulato-productis ; 

 elytris postice rotundatis, margine integris, angulo postico vix 

 productis ; pallide fulva ; elytrorum vitta suturali, altera marginali, 

 pone medium abbreviata, plagaque magna transversa subapicali, 

 nigro-piceis ; antennis (apice excepto) nigris. 



Long. 2^3 lin. 



C. elongate, parallel, pale fulvous ; antennae black, their four apical 

 joints pale fulvous ; elytra with a sutural stripe, a marginal ■sitta, 

 abbreviated behind the middle, and a large, common, transverse 

 subapical patch, nigro-j^iceous. Head impressed on the vertex, 

 angled in front ; antennae slender, more than half the length of 

 the body ; eyes i)iceous. Thorax scarcely longer than broad ; sides 

 produced and angled at their middle, anterior angles produced into 

 a subacute tooth ; above closely punctm-ed. Scutellum smooth. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax ; shoulders slightlj' prominent, pro- 

 duced laterally into a short, acute, tooth-like process ; sides parallel, 

 slightly rounded behind theii* middle ; apex (Tab. IX. fig. 27) 

 roimded ; narrowly margined, margin indistinctly dilated behind 

 the middle, produced into a nearly obsolete tooth at the posterior 

 angle, subsinuate at the suture, sutural angle acute ; above sub- 

 convex, flattened along the suture ; each elytron with eleven rows 

 of distinct pimctures, the fii'st abbreviated ; the suture and each 

 alternate interstice subcostate ; pale fulvous, a sutiu'al stripe, 

 subsutural at the base, narrowed towards the apex, a marginal 

 vitta, abbreviated behind the middle, and often becoming sub- 

 marginal near its termination, and a large common transverse 

 patch close to the apex of the elytra, pitchy black. Body beneath 

 shining fulvous ; legs slender, elongate, knees and apex of tibiae 

 stained wdth fuscous ; anterior pair of tibite in the mah armed 

 just before their apex with a short obtuse tooth. 



Hah. Upper Amazons. 

 Collection of J. S. Baly. 



26. Cephalodonta Westwoodii, n. sp. B.M. 



C, elongata, parallela, dorso subdepressa, fusco-fulva, nitida; antennis 

 tarsisque nigris ; thoraee elytrisque metallico-\dridibus, his cos- 

 tatis, apice rotundatis, angulo postico in dentem acutum productis. 



Long. 3i— 4 lin. 



C. elongate, parallel, subdepressed along the back, bright fusco-ful- 

 vous ; antennae and tarsi black ; thorax and elytra ])right metallic 



