CRYPTOCEPHALUS ORNATUS. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Reddish-brown ; thorax with the margin and 

 two spots, yellow ; elytra yellow, with two black 

 vittae on each. 



SYNONYM. 



Cryptocephalus Ornatus. Fahr. Syst. Eleut. 

 pt. 2, p. 47, No. 32. Coqueb, Illustr. Icon. 

 Insect, p. 129, pi. 29, fig. 10, a. b. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body reddish-brown : antenna black, five basal 

 joints pale reddish-yellow; orbital line yellow: 

 thorax with the anterior and lateral margins 

 yellow, the edge black; base with two yellow, 

 oblique, abbreviated lines, curvilinearly united 

 over the scutel, so as to form an arc of a circle : 

 elytra pale yellow, with two black, abbreviated 

 vittae on each, and a black suture ; the lateral vitta 

 originates on the humerus, and terminates near 



PLATE XXVIII. 



