160 CEPnALODONTA. 



on the thorax, fulvous ; shouldei-s prominent ; surface deeply 

 punctate-striate, each elytron with an elevated costa ; their apex 

 (Tab. IX. fig. 47) with a spine at the posterior angles and two 

 others, geminate, at the sutiiral angle. Beneath, with the middle 

 of the breast and the base of the abdomen, together with the base 

 of the thighs, yellow." 



Hah. Cayenne. 



Collection of J. S. Baly. 



48. Cephalodonta Javeti, n. sp. 



C. late elongata, postiee paullo ampliata, dorso subdepressa, subtus 

 nigra, supra fulva ; antennis, macula verticali, thoracis margine 

 lateraU anguste vittaque centraH, scutello elytrisque vitta brevi 

 basali apiceque, nigris, his costatis, apice rotundatis, angulo pos- 

 tico dcnte acute armatis, antennaiiim articulis intermediis leniter 

 subperfoliatis. 



Long. 4|- lin. 



C. broadly elongate, rather broader towards the apex ; shining black 

 beneath, falvoiis above ; antennas, a patch on the vertex, the ex- 

 treme lateral margin, and a broad \'itta down the centre of the 

 thorax, the scutelliim, a short sutural stripe, and the apex of the 

 elytra, black. Head smooth and shining, longitudinally impressed 

 on the vertex, indistinctly angled in front ; face, a longitudinal 

 patch on the vertex, and the antennae, black, second joint of the 

 latter one-third longer than the fii'st, intermediate joints com- 

 pressed and slightly dilated, subperfoliate ; eyes piceous. Thorax 

 broader at the base than long, narrowed from the base to the apex ; 

 sides bisinuate, anterior angles slightly produced into an obtuse 

 tooth ; above convex from side to side, indistinctly depressed 

 transversely on the hinder disc ; deeply nigose-punctate, a nar- 

 row grooved line on the centre of the disc ; fulvous, the extreme 

 lateral border and a broad vitta down the middle, extending from 

 the base to the apical border, black. ScuteUum shining black. 

 Elytra broader than the thorax, somewhat dUated towards the 

 apex, the latter (Tab. IX. fig. 49) rounded, narrowly margined, 

 its outer border finely toothed ; lateral border dilated, rounded, and 

 slightly increasing in width towards the posterior angles, the latter 

 armed with an acute tooth ; above flattened along the suture, con- 

 vex on the sides, lateral border horizontal, impressed with a single 

 row of large transversely- oblong punctures ; shoulders prominent, 

 laterally produced, their apex subacute ; sui-face deeply and regu- 

 larly punctate-striate, the fourth interstice from the sutui'e 

 strongly costate, the second from the suture, the second from the 

 outer border, together with the suture itself, less distinctly raised, 

 several of the intermediate interstices towards the apex also sub- 

 costate ; fulvous, a short sutural stripe at the base, together with 

 the apical fifth of the siu'face, black. Beneath shining black ; head 



