CEPHALODONTA. 149 



fulvis ; elytris angulo postico dente acuto armatis, apice oblique 

 tnmcatis, prope suturam in laminam brevem irrcgiilariter serratam 

 productis ; subtus nigra, nitida, capite, thoracc, pectorc, abdo- 

 minisqiie basi flavis ; tarsis obscui'e fulvis. 

 Long. 4 lin. 



C. broadly elongate, slightly broader behind, less depressed along 

 the back ; black, subopaque above ; the head in front, a submar- 

 ginal \dtta on either side the thorax, and a short humeral stripe 

 on the shoulders, fulvous. Head smooth, produced into a short 

 acute tooth in front, impressed on the vertex with several indi- 

 stinct fovea; ; antennaj shining black, slender, slightly tapering 

 to their apex, joints subcylindrical, second rather longer than the 

 first, four terminal joints short, opaque. Thorax broader at the 

 base than long ; sides narrowly margined, notched at the extreme 

 base and less distinctly so at the apex, subsinuate behind, obtusely 

 angled behind the middle, narrowed and sinuate in front, anterior 

 angles produced into a stout subacute tooth, posterior armed with 

 a minute incurved tooth ; above subconvex, somewhat flattened on 

 the disc ; surface deeply and closely punctured, anterior margin 

 and a narrow raised longitudinal line on the middle of the disc 

 shining impunctate. Scutellum smooth, impunctate. Elytra 

 broader than the thorax, slightly dilated and rounded behind their 

 middle ; sides margined, posterior angles armed with a short acute 

 tooth; apex (Tab. IX. fig. 35) rounded, apical margin obliquely 

 produced near the suture into a short rounded plate, siitiu-al 

 angle armed with a short tooth ; outer edge of apical border finely 

 and irregularly serrate ; above subconvex, convex on the sides, 

 indistinctly flattened along the suture ; shoulders prominent, 

 laterally produced, their apex armed with a short obtuse tooth ; 

 surface regularly and deeply punctate-striate, interstices narrow, 

 subcostate. Beneath shining black ; head, thorax, breast, base 

 and sides of abdomen, and base of all the thighs, pale yellow ; 

 tarsi fulvo-fuscous ; legs slender, subelongate, anterior pair of 

 tibiae m the male armed near the apex with a short acute spine. 



Hah. Amazons. Collected by Mr. Bates. 



British Museum, and collections of M. Deyrolle, E. Sheppard, Esq., 

 and J. S. Baly. 



Species mihi ignota. 

 34. Cephalodonta unidentata (Oliv.). 



" H. jaune, tachee de noir ; elytres ponctuees, unidentees a I'extre- 

 mite. 



*' Magnitudo et statura H. sangidnicoUis. Antenna; filiformes, nigrse, 

 articulo primo basi palUdo. Caput pallide flav'xim, basi nigrum. 

 Thorax pimctatus, flavus, macula magna baseos nigra. Scutellum 

 nigrum. Elytra nigra, punctate- striata. Apex serratus, utrinque 

 dente majori acuto. Corpus pallide flavum, pectoris lateribus, 

 abdominis apice, macula femorum, tibiisque nigris. 



