CRYPTOCEPHALUS IN AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO 67 



Discussion.— Blatchley (1913, p. 23) recorded this species from 

 willow. 



Distribution.— The two specimens I have examined are from 

 Florida and Texas. 



Cryptocepluilus maccus, new species 



Figures 5, 105, 129 



General: Body 1.7 to 1.8 times as long as wide; dorsal surface 

 distinctly shining and lacking pubescence; most of ventral surface 

 with short, sparse pubescence. 



Head: Dull creamy yellow to light orange; vortex, antennal inser- 

 tions, clypeus, and labrum plus adjacent areas reddish or dark orange, 

 vertex grooved or depressed; front with rather large to small, irregu- 

 larly spaced punctures; clypeus sharply deUmited, distinctly broadest 

 apically. Antennae of male nearly as long as body, dull orange 

 throughout. 



Pronotum: Background color light orange to orange. Dark mark- 

 ings deep reddish to nearly black, more or less sharply delimited, 

 borders often nari-owly clouded with reddish; markings consisting of 

 four longitudinal, rather broad stripes, plus a moderate-sized oval 

 spot on each side, usually narrowly joined to adjacent stripe; inner 

 two stripes broadest just beyond middle, not touching, leaving narrow, 

 median light stripe; outer two stripes broadest at or near base, some- 

 what irregular in form, each usually joining lateral spot at about its 

 middle. Punctation dual, smaller punctures minute and sparse, larger 

 punctures rather small to moderate, generally ii-regular in size, rather 

 coarse. 



Elytra: Background color light orange to orange. Dark markings 

 and punctures deep red to nearly black, markings more or less sharply 

 delimited, usually narrowly clouded with reddish. Dark markings of 

 each elytron as follows: a moderate-sized, rather irregular spot on 

 humerus, nearly attaining both base and lateral margin; a rather 

 small to moderate-sized spot at base of second and third intervals 

 not attaining basal margin; a small spot at apex of sutural stria; a 

 continuous, transverse, more or less undulate band just behind 

 middle attaining lateral margin; two moderate-sized spots at apex, 

 one centered before apex of third stria, other before apex of sixth 

 stria, both irregular in shape and development, sometimes confluent. 

 Each elytron with eight rows of punctures or row six much reduced 

 and confused, then apparently with seven rows; punctures larger, 

 sparser, more irregular than usual, finer apically; punctures tending 

 to be denser and more distinctly arranged in rows in darkly pig- 

 mented areas; row six confused, reduced, row seven more or less 



