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middle not raised, the dise black, the anterior raargin narrowlyand 

 the sides more broadly flavous ; scutellum triangular, fulvous, 

 margined with piceous; elytra not depressed below the base, 

 strongly punctate-striate, the punctures but slightlj finer towards 

 the apex, the interstices minutelv granulate, flavous, the base occu- 

 pied by a broad transverse black band not extending to the sides 

 and joined to a suturai band which widenes at the middle into 

 a lozenge-shaped spot but does not extend to the apex; pygidium 

 strongly punctured, black likethe underside, the latter finely clo- 

 thed with whitisch pubescence, the anterior margin of the breast 

 flavous, legs fulvous, the posterior femora with a black spot. 



Belgaum, S. Bombay. 



It will not be very diflfîcult to recognize this small species on 

 account of the broad suturai band and its peculiar shape. I know of 

 no other similarly coloured species. 



Cryptocephalus Andrewesi n. sp. 



Fulvous, spotted with black below, terminal joints of the antennae 

 black, above reddish-fulvous, thorax impunctate, with two black 

 spots, the sides flavous, elytra strongly punctate-striate, the 

 interstices costate at the sides. 



Length 2-2 1/2 lines. 



Head deeply punctured, flavous or pale fulvous, clypeus flavous, 

 impunctate, eyesvery broadly emarginate,labrum piceous, antennae 

 black, the lower five joints fulvous, third and fourth joints equal; 

 thorax twice as broad as long, the sides evenly rounded and 

 strongly narrowed in front, the surface entirely impunctate, dark 

 fulvous with two small black spots placed at the middle but distant 

 from each other, the sides narrowly and rather obscurely flavous, 

 the posterior margin serrate, edged with black, scutellum pale 

 fulvous, margined with piceous, impunctate, elytra slightly narro- 

 wed posteriorly, dark reddish-fulvous, not depressed below the 

 base, deeply punctate-striate, the punctures very fine near the 

 suture as the apex, the interstices impunctate, longitudinally cos- 

 tate at the sides, the shoulders rounded, scarcely prominent, 

 underside flavous, the sides of the breast and of the abdominal 

 segments more or less spotted with piceous, finely pubescent, 

 prosternum longer than broad, longitudinally concave, the base 

 bilobed, the apex strongly produced and hollowed. 



Hab. Belgaum, S. Bombay. 



Evidently ailied to C. circumductus Sufî". but much larger, the 

 sides of the thorax flavous and the elytral interstices smooth, not 



