100 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 290 



Cryptoceplialus virginiensis, new species 



FiGUEES, 18, 109, 140 



General: Body 1.8 times as long as wide; dorsal surface moderately 

 shiny, without pubescence; most of ventral surface with short, fine 

 pubescence. 



Head: Front and vertex mostly black, with light orange adjacent 

 to each eye and above antennal insertions, clypeus and front below 

 antemial insertions reddish, labrum orange; with large coarse punctures 

 on black area; clypeus with posterior margin distinctly impressed, 

 lateral margins distinct, with apex distinctly wider than base. An- 

 tennae of male nearly as long as body, orange throughout. 



Pronotum: Predominantly black, with sharply delimited light or- 

 ange markings at side and apex; light markings at side narrow at 

 base, broader anteriorly; apical markings discontinuous, apically at 

 center wdth a small light spot, this distinct from narrow light margin at 

 each side. Punctation dual, smaller punctures small, sparse, larger 

 punctures large and coarse, coarsest basally and at sides; surface on 

 each side scabrous; median line narrowly free of punctures and finely 

 carinate posteriorly. 



Elytra: Ground color light orange, dark markings black, sharply 

 delimited. Each elytron with three pair of dark spots as follows (basal 

 pair largest) : two basal spots, inner larger, second basal spot extending 

 from fifth to eighth stria, not attaining base, ceasing before middle 

 of elytra; second pair centered behind middle of elytron, iimer larger, 

 moderate in size, centered on third stria, located about two-thirds of 

 way back, lateral spot small, centered at about middle of eighth inter- 

 val; apical spots both moderate, one centered before apex of third 

 stria, other before apex of seventh stria. Each elytron with eight rows 

 of large, pigmented, som^ewhat irregular punctures, these rather sparse, 

 punctures on light areas smaller than others; fifth, sixth, and seventh 

 rows confused; rows distinctly finer at elytral apex; inner and outer 

 rows distinct to apex, not clearly meeting. 



Ventral surface: Ventral surface and pygidium black; median line 

 of prosternum light orange; legs reddish orange. Anterior margin of 

 presternum in male distinctly produced ventrally mto a rather pomted 

 lobe; pygidium with very large, coarse punctures. 



Length: 5.0 mm. 



Type data. — The male holotype is from Cape Henry, Virginia, and 

 w^as taken on July 20, 1927, by Aug. Busck; it bears the USNM type 

 number 69244. 



Discussion. — The species is most similar to cupressi but is easily 

 distinguished from it. The pronotal disk of cuvressi bears four longi- 

 tudinal dark bands; that of virginiensis is entirely black. The elytral 

 patterns of dark markings of these two species are nearly identical. 



