154 CEPHALODONTA. 



subopaque ; apex of antennae, a broad marginal stripe on the elytra, 

 extending from the base to beyond their middle, and the thorax, 

 fulvous, the latter with the lateral border and an oblong patch in 

 the middle of the disc, confluent vrith the basal margin, black. 

 Head smooth, angled in front, pitchy black, vertex impressed with 

 a deep fovea, a circular space surrounding this latter, and the 

 lower half of the face, obscm-e fulvous ; antennae with the two basal 

 joints short, nearly equal, third and four following compressed, 

 moderately dilated, subperfoliate, four tenninal joints bright ful- 

 vous. Thorax scarcely longer than broad ; sides straight and nearly 

 parallel behind, narrowed and sinuate in front, anterior angles pro- 

 duced obliquely forwards into a stout subacute tooth ; above sub- 

 convex, finely granulose, surface impressed with deep large punc- 

 tures, sides thickened and elevated just within the lateral margin; 

 rugose ; centre of disc with an indistinct grooved line ; the extreme 

 lateral margin and a large oblong patch on the disc, confluent 

 with the basal margin, black. SeuteUum opaque, finely granulose. 

 Elj-tra similar in form to the preceding species, shoulders less 

 prominent, their apex rounded, pimcturing larger and more deeply 

 impressed ; interspaces shining, not granulose, flattened plate 

 on the apical margin (Tab. IX. fig. 40) placed rather nearer the 

 suture ; black, a broad patch commencing at the base and passing 

 obliquely downwards along the outer margin to beyond its middle, 

 bright fulvous. Beneath shining black ; extreme base of thighs 

 fulvous ; tarsi nigro-piceous ; legs moderately elongate. (Female.) 



Hob. ? 



A single specimen in the collection of J. S. Baly. 



40. Cephalodonta cognata, n. sp. 



C. elongata, postice paullo ampliata, subdepressa, antennarum articulis 

 intermediis leniter perfoliatis ; nigra, facie inferiori, maculis duabus 

 vertice, thoracis vittis duabus elytrommque vitta humerali, fulvis ; 

 clytris unicostatis, angulo postico spina acuta armatis, apicis me- 

 dio in laminam brevem serratam productis ; subtus nigra, macula 

 magna pectorali femorumque basi fulvis. 



Long. 4 lin. 



Very closely allied, and agreeing almost entirely in form and 

 sculptiu-e, to the C serraticornis, of which species it may possibly 

 be the female. Black ; the lower half of the face, two spots on 

 the vertex, a submarginal vitta on either side the thorax, and a 

 short humeral stripe on the shoulders, confluent with the vitta on 

 the thorax, fulvous ; beneath shining black, a large patch on the 

 breast and the basal half of the thighs bright fulvous. Head 

 subopaque, impressed on the vertex Avith a deep fovea ; antennae 

 entirely black, first two joints short, equal, intermediate less 

 dilated, subperfoliate. Thorax very finely punctured over the 

 whole surface ; deeply impressed here and there with large round 

 pimctures ; sides thickened within the lateral border, but rather 



