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their apex obtuse ; sm-face deeply and regularly punctate-striate, 

 each elytron with three elevated costae, the inner one entire, and 

 more strongly elevated than the two others, which are abbreviated 

 beyond the middle ; opaque fulvous, a short sutural stripe at the 

 base, and the extreme apical border near the suture, black. Be- 

 neath shining black, the sides of the abdomen and a broad stripe 

 down the breast bright fiilvous ; legs moderately robust, anterior 

 pair shghtly elongate. 



Hah. Cordova. 



Unique in the collection of M. Salle. 



B. Antennarum articulis intermediis compressis, ssepe dilatatis et perfo- 



liatis ; pedibus elongatis, gi-acUibus. (Micbodonta, Chevi-.) 



36. Cephalodonta Robinsonii, n. sp. 



C. elongata, subdepressa ; antennis perfoliatis ; supra fulva ; thoracis 

 vitta lata elytrorumque apice plagaque communi antice, nigris ; 

 elytris unicostatis, margine apicali ii'regidariter dentato ; subtus 

 nigra ; femoribus basi flavis. 



Long. 4| lin. 



C. elongate, subdepressed, rather broader behind; above fulvous; eyes, 

 antennae, a broad longitudinal stripe on the thorax, the scutellum, 

 the apex of the elytra, a large common patch in front and a small 

 stripe at their humeral angles, black. Head with the front angled 

 between the eyes ; second joint of antennae slightly compressed, 

 obconic, nearly one-half longer than the fii'st, thii-d and foiu" fol- 

 lowing joints compressed, dilated, perfoHate. Thorax as broad as 

 long at the base ; sides sinuate posteriorly, angled near their 

 middle, deeply sinuate and narrowed in front, anterior angles pro- 

 duced, obtuse ; apical margin nearly straight ; above opaque, 

 deeply punctiu-ed ; fulvous, a broad longitudinal stripe, more 

 closely punctui'ed than the rest of the siu'face, black. Scutellum 

 black, opaque. Elytra broader than the thorax ; sides subparallel, 

 sinuate below the shoulders, their outer margin moderately dilated 

 and sHghtly curved, sutural angle armed with a short acute tooth ; 

 apex (Tab. IX. fig. 37) rounded, apical border produced into 

 several irregular teeth ; above subdepressed, convex on the sides ; 

 shoulders prominent, laterally produced, their apex obtuse ; sur- 

 face deeply and regularly punctate-striate, the foiu'th interstice 

 from the sutiu'e costate, suture also elevated ; an interstice on the 

 shoulder and also another near the outer margin indistinctly cos- 

 tate ; fulvous ; a large common subquadrate patch, extending from 

 the base as far as the middle of the elytra, their apex, and a short 

 stripe on the humeral angles, black. Beneath black ; base of 

 thighs yeUow ; legs slender, elongate. 



Hah. Peru. 



Unique in the collection of W. W. Saunders, Esq. 



