CRYPTOGONUS. 203 



Cryptogonus. 



Muls. Spec. p. 945 (typ. orbiculas). 



Prosternum and femora as in Aspidimerus, but the labrum 

 visible. Punctuation uniform, sparse, thorax margined at the 

 base. 



Cryptogonus orbiculus. 



Coccinella orbicula, Schbn. Syn. Ins. n. 305. 177 (1808). 

 Cryptogonus orbiculus, Muls. Spec. p. 945. 1. 

 Japan (Lewis). 



$ . Head black, with two orange spots at the_ base of the 

 antennae, thorax with the anterior angles yellow. 



Cryptogonus Malasise, sp. n. 



Subovate, convex, closely subrugosely punctulate, black; 

 thorax produced in front of the scutellum and truncate ; elytra 

 with a large free discoidal orange spot behind the middle ; ventral 

 segments black, the 1st sparingly, the rest closely punctate. 

 L. 11 lin. Mysol (Wallace). 



Cryptogonus centroguttatus.* 



Cryptogonus centroguttatus, Bohem. Resa Eugen. p. 206 (1859). 



Ovate, subdepressed, closely punctate, clothed with suberect 

 golden pubescence ; sides of thorax with an irregular orange spot ; 

 elytra with a central round spot, nearer the suture than the 

 margin ; tibise and tarsi pale reddish-yellow. L. 1 lin. Malacca 

 (Stockholm). 



Cryptogonus flavoterminatus.* 



Cryptogonus flavoterminatus, Bohem. Resa Eugen. p. 206 (1859). 



Ovate, subcouvex, closely punctulate, thickly covered with 

 silvery pubescence, black ; head yellow, thorax with the front and 

 sides yellow ; truncate in front of the scutellum j elytra with the 

 apical i orange, legs and ventral segments orange, posterior femora 

 black at the base. L. f lin. Java (Stockholm). 



Cryptogonus sinensis, sp. n. 



Closely resembling C. orbiculus, but larger;, bright polished 

 black, glabrous; finely punctulate, scutellum large, punctulate, 

 elytral spot smaller and of a bright crimson L. If lin. China 

 (Bates). 



Cryptogonus japonicus, sp. n. 



Very close to C. sinensis, glabrous, shining, more strongly 

 and evidently punctate, smaller, with a round bright yellow dot 

 behind the middle. L. 1$ lin. Japan (Lewis). It differs from 

 C. orbiculus by the much smaller yellow dot and glabrous surface. 



