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Show 262 MR. c. o. WATERHOUSE O N [Feb. 15, than right angles. Elytra moderately long, parallel, very distinctly striate-punctate, slightly impressed at the sides below the shoulders ; the suture near the base is dusky ; the apical fifth is black ; and there is a small elongate black spot on the side rather before the middle. 11. CEPHALOLIA GRAYI, Baly, Cat. Brit. Mus. p. 51. 12. CEPHALOLIA LATICOLLIS, Baly, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1869, p. 368. 13. CEPHALOLIA L^ETA, n. sp. (Plate XXX. fig. 9.) C. elongata, angusta, ochracea, nitida; antennis, thoracis linea mediana, scutello, elytrorumque margine et apice nigris. Long. 3\ lin. Antennae rather short, the third joint scarcely longer than the second. Head with a well-marked fovea on the vertex, continued anteriorly by a fine channel. Thorax convex, sloping down at the sides, a little broader than long, nearly parallel posteriorly, very slightly narrowed in front, smooth on the disk, with a few distinct punctures at the sides; the anterior angles obtuse and not at all prominent; the sides very finely margined; the posterior angles right angles; the base broadly lobed in the middle. Elytra not much broader than the thorax, parallel, convex, the lines of punctures well marked; the apical quarter and the lateral margin black ; the black on the margin extends a little on the shoulder, and about the middle has a quadrangular projection, which extends to about the third dorsal stria. Variety. With the median black stripe of the thorax almost wanting. Hab. Balzar Mountains. This species somewhat resembles C. succincta, Guerin, but has the thorax narrower in front and more convex, &c. 14. CEPHALOLIA ANTENNATA, n. sp. (Plate XXX. fig. 7.) C. rufo-ochracea ; antennarum basi, thoracis linea mediana, elytro-rum sutura apiceque nigris, corpore subtus plus minusve nigro. Long. 3 lin. Antennae moderately long, the third joint nearly twice as long as the second ; black, with the four apical joints yellow. Head with a brown band on the vertex ; eyes large and prominent. Thorax very little wider than the head including the eyes, very little broader than long, convex, parallel, closely and very strongly punctured, the surface uneven, with a slight oblique impression on each side of the disk behind ; anterior angles not at all prominent, obtuse; the sides straight, finely margined. Scutellum blackish. Elytra nearly twice as broad as the thorax, a little wider near the apex than at the base, with a distinct impression in the middle of the base of each ; the lateral margins distinctly reflexed ; very strongly and closely punc-tate- striate, the interstices very narrow and convex; deep reddish yellow, the suture and the apex broadly black, the shoulders dusky. |