APPENDIX. 1G5 



un peu creuse vers I'extremite. Elytres lisses, k ponctuation tres- 

 fine ; suture et bords extemes fiiiement margines de noir, cette 

 couleur n'atteignaiit ni I'ecusson ni les epaules; sur chaque 

 elytre, quatre taches noircs, la plus petite allongee pros I'eeusson ; 

 la deuxiemc, a peU pros carreo, sur I'epaule; la troisieme, en 

 anierc, formant, avec Ics deux premieres, un triangle presque 

 equilateral ; la quatricme, un peu en arriere du milieu, assez 

 grande, transversale." 



Hab. Venezuela. 



Fairmaire, Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1851, p. 349. 



This appears to be the same insect as Alurnus Dry as, Thomson. 

 Mr. Thomson's name must, therefore, sink into a synonym. The 

 species will stand thus : — 



Alurnus octopunctatus, Fairm. 

 Dryas, Thomson. 



14, Alurnus Cassideus, Westw. 



A. niger, pronoto utrinque luteo setoso ; elytris fere cordiformibus, 

 parum convexis, lateo-fulvis, marginc tenui nigro, plaga maxima 

 triangidari e basi ad medium extensa, et cum fascia transversa 

 (postice 4-furcata) media connexa. 



Long, 12 lin. 



Hab. Mexico. Mus. MeUy. 



Atm. Si- Mag. Nat. Hist. Nov. 1841, vol. viii. p. 104. 



Page 39, line 27, after producta insert instructo. 



Page 40. — Cephaloleia gratiosa. 



Var. B, Elytris nigris, dimidio postico fulvo, 

 Var. C. Elytris fulvis, utrisque puncto nigro. 



Both these varieties are unique in the collection of M. Salle. 



Page 47. — 11-12. Cephaloleia ruficoUis, n. sp. 



C. elongata, subdeprcssa, nigra, nitida ; thorace rubro ; elytris for- 



titer punctato-striatis. 



Mas. Abdominis scgmento apicali truncato-emarginato, medio 



sinuate. 

 Long. 21 Hn, 



C. elongate, subdepressed, shining black ; thorax bright red. Head 

 with the upper portion of the face and the vertex covered with 

 deep punctures ; antennse filiform, first joint scarcely longer than 

 the second, indistijictly incrassate. Thorax subquadi-ate ; sides 

 narrowly margined, stnught and parallel behind, narrowed and 

 rounded in front, outer border narrowly canalicidate, scarcely 

 produced beyond the apical margin ; above transversely convex, 



