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with black, each elytron with a sj)Ot mi theishnnldor, aniithcr one before the middle 

 towards the suture and a transverse spot below the middh', black, another round 

 spot common to both elytra is placed at some distance from the apex at the suture ; 

 underside and legs fulvous, the femora at tlie apex above, and the extreme apex of 

 the tibiae and the tarsi black. 



Hah. Kuiln. A single specimen. 



Allied to C. .■seniyalcnsis, laciniatus Sofl'r., and several other closely allied 

 species, but diflfering in the position of the elytral spots, especially of that placed at 

 the sntural margin. 



Cryptocephalus tropicus sp. nov. 



P>laok, the head, thorax, and the last abdominal segnuMit fulvous, the head and 

 thorax impunetate, elytra metallic blue, finely jmnctate-striate, the punctures nearly 

 absent at the apex. 



Length 2 lines. 



Of robust, cylindrical and parallel shape, the head flat, impunetate, fulvous, 

 the eyes, deeply triangularly notched, widely separated, labruni and jialjii fulvous, 

 antennae extending to the middle of the elytra, black, slender, the lower four 

 joints fulvous ; thorax twice as broad as long, very convex, subcylindrical, the sides 

 rounded and narrowed towards the apex, the surface entirely impunetate, fulvous, 

 shining, the posterior margin narrowly black, finely serrate, its median lolie not 

 produced, but forming a straight row of fine teeth, scutellum broad, of strongly 

 oblique position, black ; elytra not wider at the base than the thorax, parallel, 

 metallic blue, the shoulders but Uttle prominent, the surface with fine rows of 

 punctures whicli become obsolete near the apex, the interstices flat and imi)nnctiite ; 

 underside black, the coxae and the last abdominal segment as well as the pygidinm 

 fulvous. 



Ha/>. Kuilu. A single specimen. 



Allied to ''. (lislocfitus SufiV., but with differently coloured head, underside, ;md 

 legs. 



Coenobius sufiriani sji. nov. 



Ovate, convex, black, the basal joints of the antennae flavous, thorax greatly 

 narrowed in front, strongly but remotely punctured, elytra strongly jjunctate. 

 striate, the shoulders prominent, the interstices at the sides longitudinally 

 costate. 



Length 1 line. 



Head finely strigose at the vertex, the eyes very large, transverse, joined at the 

 middle, not sei)arated by any perceptible space, lower jiart of face and labrnm black, 

 antennae not ijuite extending to the base of the thorax, black, the lower tour joints 

 flavons, the basal joint stained witii jiiceous above, terminal joints not much 

 thickened, longer than broad : thorax strongly transverse, nearly three times 

 broader than long, tlie sides strongly defl(!xed, almost subcylindrical, the lateral 

 margins nearly straight, the surface black, shining, strongly but not closely 

 punctured, the deflexed sides nearly impunetate, the base with a row of stronger 

 punctures placed close to the basal margin, the median lobe of tiie latter scarcely, 

 if at all, produced ; scutellum narrowly elongate, slightly constricted at the base ; 

 elytra black, sliining, subcylindrical, slightly narrowed towards the apex, deeply 



