CEPHALODONTA. 



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closely punctured ; antennae pale fulvous, their four teraiinal 

 joints and some obscure stains on the upper surface of the rest 

 fuscous. Thorax subquadrate, scarcely longer than broad, slightly 

 narrowed in front ; sides nearly straight, slightly sinuate behind 

 their middle, anterior angles acute, indistinctly produced ante- 

 riorly ; above convex from side to side, coarsely and closely punc- 

 tured, the extreme anterior and basal margins fulvous. Elytra 

 broader than the base of the thorax ; sides nearly parallel, nar- 

 rowly margined, slightly dilated behind ; apex (Tab. IX. fig. 30) 

 emarginate at the sutural angle, the latter armed with a minute 

 tooth ; posterior angles obtuse ; above convex on the sides, flat- 

 tened along the suture, deeply pimctate-striate, each elytron with 

 four elevated costse, two near the suture and two towards the outer 

 margin, the two former less distinct at their base, confluent just 

 before their apex; bright metallic green, limb broadly fulvous, 

 stained on the sides and towards the apex with ir-regular fuscous 

 patches. Beneath rufo-piceous, sides of the pleurae with a me- 

 tallic green reflexion ; legs pale fulvous, the anterior femora above, 

 and an obscm-e ring in the middle of all the tibiae, fuscous ; tarsi 

 deep piceous. 



Hah. Brazil. 



Unique in the collection of A. Fry, Esq. 



g. Corpus elongatum ; antennis gracilibus,Jiliformibm, apice scepe attenuatk ; 

 pedibus minus robustis, siibelongatis. 



29. Cephalodonta bidens (Fabr.). Tab. IX. Fig. 3. B.M. 



Hispa bidens, Fahr. Ent. Syst. Em. ii. p. 73. no. 11 ; Syst. Eleuth. ii. 

 p. 64. no. 29. 



OUv. \\. p. 770. no. 19. pi. 1. fig. 19. 



C. elongata, subdepressa, paUide fulva ; antennis (articuHs quatuor 

 ultimis exceptis) oculisque nigris; thorace vittis tribus nigro- 

 purpureis ; elytris costatis, angulo postico spina valida armatis, 

 vitta submarginah fasciaque subapicali nigro-purpiireis ; sutura 

 obscure rufo-purpurea. 



Long. 4-4i lin. 



C. elongate, flattened above, pale fulvous. Head smooth, longitu- 

 dinally grooved above ; eyes, and seven basal joints of antennae, 

 black. Thorax as broad as long ; sides rounded behind, ob- 

 liquely narrowed in front, anterior angles produced, subacute ; 

 above coarsely punctiu'cd, the lateral margin and a central vitta, 

 the latter abbreviated in front and at its extreme base, purple- 

 black. Scutellum shining, obscure pui'ple. El)i;ra broader than 

 the thorax, parallel, scarcely broader behind, narrowly mai'gined ; 

 posterior angles armed with a large flattened spine, directed 

 obliquely backwards ; apex (Tab. IX. fig. 31) rounded, apical mar- 

 gin minutely toothed ; above flattened along the back ; shoulders 

 prominent, laterally produced, their apex acute ; each elytron 



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