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in Iwo, Ihe latéral elytral stripe is only indicated at the shoulders 

 and in some spécimens is probably absent altogether but the com- 

 paratively closely approached eyes and the markings of the head 

 will dislinguish the species from C. Sehestedtii F dh. and C. ovulum 

 Suff. 



CRYPTOGEPHALUS PICEITARSIS sp. n. 



Fulvous, the terminal joints of the antennse and the tarsi blackish, 

 thorax impunctate, elytra moderately strongly punctate-striate, 

 the extrême basai margin black, anterior margin of the prosternum 

 triangularly produced. 



Length 31/2-4 mill. 



Head sparingly and finely punctured, the eyes broadly emargi- 

 nate, antennaî ralher long, black, the lower four joints flavous, 

 third and fourth joint equal, the rest slightly widened, basai joint 

 flattened, thorax mucb narrowed anteriorly, about twice as broad 

 as long, the sides feebly rounded, the surface entirely impunctate, 

 dark fulvous, scutellum flavous, the base black; elytra moderately 

 strongly punctured, the punctures finer at the base and apex, the 

 interstices flat and impunctate, below finely pubescent of silvery 

 colour, the tarsi nearly black, the first joint of the anterior and 

 intermediate legs of the maie dilated, that of the posterior ones, 

 elongate; the anterior margin of the prosternum triangularly pro- 

 duced, the posterior angles pointed. 



Nilgiri Hills. 



Allied to C. rufulus Suff. but at once distinguished by the black 

 tarsi, the female is considerably larger but does not difïer in any 

 other way. 



CRYPTOGEPHALUS NILGIRIENSIS sp. n. 



Below black, above dark fulvous, thorax nearly impunctale, with 

 two large central and Iwo small latéral black spots, the margins 

 flavous, elytra deeply punctale-slriate, each with two spots at the 

 base and a transverse band (often separated into Iwo spots) black, 

 legs fulvous, proslernum flavous. 



Length 6 mill. 



Head closely and strongly punctured, black, the eyes margined 

 with a flavous baml, broadly emarginate, clypeus flavous, antennse 

 fulvous, rather short, third and foiirlh joint equal, fiflh slightly 

 longer, terminal joints feebly Ihickened ; thorax more Ihan twice 

 as broad as long, much narrowed anteriorly, the sides nearly 

 straight, with a very narrow reflexed margin, the surface with 

 some very minute punctures, fulvous, narrowly margined with 



