0^8 Mr. O. E, Janson's Notices of 



species iu general characters, its coloration is couspicuously 

 distinct and beautiful. 



Cefonia impavida, u. sp. 



C. late ovata. convexa, ca2ruleo-nigra, uitida ; elytris albo- 

 maculatis, arcuato-striatis. Long. 19, lat. 11 mm. 



Blue-black, shining. 



Head short, rather closely and coarsely punctured, clypeus 

 transverse, the anterior angles rounded, sides slightly elevated 

 and closely punctured, anterior margin elevated and slightly 

 sinuous; ai^ex of antennfe reddish. 



Thorax convex, basal margin strongly rounded and scarcely 

 emarginate above the scutellum, the disc very finely and sparsely 

 punctured, the punctures becoming coarser and confiuent at the 

 sides, the base with tAvo indistinct shallow depressions before the 

 scutellum. 



Scutellum short, apex rounded, impunctate, with an indistinct 

 impression in the centre. 



Elytra rather convex and very finely and sparsely punctured 

 in the region of the scutellum, the sides and apical half ■with 

 rows of semicircular stria?, each of which contains a small punc- 

 ture, the suture rather strongly elevated posteriorly, but not 

 produced at the apical angle, the disc Avith an indistinct longi- 

 tudinal ridge behind the middle; each elytron with about twelve 

 small white spots, of which six or seven are on the margin, two 

 very small near the base, two placed obliquely about the middle, 

 and a transverse linear one close to the suture, about one-fourth 

 from the apex. 



Pygidimn finely irregularly strigose, with sparse golden 

 pubescence. 



Beneath strigose and pubescent at the sides; mesosternal pro- 

 cess short, apex dilated and rounded ; abdomen Avith some fine 

 punctures at the base of the segments, the apical segment A^ery 

 closely punctured; legs coarsely i)uuctured, strigose and slightly 

 pubescent, anterior tibia; Avith three small acute lateral teeth, 

 intermediate and posterior tibije Avith an acute tooth about the 

 middle and an indistinct one just above it, all the knees marked 

 Avith a Avhite spot. 



India. 



A very distinct and apparently undescribed species; I have 

 seen several specimens but have not been able to ascertain its 

 precise habitat. 



