420 Mr. A. M. Lea's Notes on 



and less transverse, scutellum larger and scar-like eleva- 

 tions on middle of elytra more pronounced. Its abdomen 

 is most remarkable, in that the second, third and fourth 

 segments are not at all visible across the middle, so that 

 there the first actually appears to impinge on the fifth ; 

 the latter is large, flattened in the middle and with a 

 rather indistinct transverse impression. 



Cryptocephalus incoctus, n. sp. 



^. Briefly oblong-ovate, moderately shining, pubescent, rough. 

 Head (front excepted), prothorax (extreme apex and sides excepted) 

 and extreme base of elytra and of scutellum black ; elytra almost 

 scarlet ; pygidium and under-surface reddish-testaceous, appendages 

 paler ; nietasternum and apical joint of antennae infuscate. Moder- 

 ately densely (the elytra sparsely) clothed with short golden 

 pubescence. 



Head densely and coarsely punctate ; with a rather deep median 

 impression. Antennae thin, longer than the body, second joint about 

 one-third the length of third, third slightly shorter than fifth. 

 Prothorax not much more than once and one half as wide as 

 long, disc obsoletely bituberculate, oblique impressions wide but 

 indistinct, margins narrow and feeblj' crenulate ; coarsely and very 

 densely punctate, the punctures partially concealed by clothing. 

 Scntellnm longer than wide ; densely punctate ; apex about half the 

 width of base, Ijase notched, acutely ridged along middle. Elytra 

 subquadrate, feebly diminishing in width from base to apex, suIj- 

 humeral lobes large ; densely and coarsely punctate, with convex 

 interstices somewhat irregular posteriorly bvit very irregular towards 

 base. Under-siirface densely and moderately coarsely punctate. 

 Apex of prosternuin wide and very distinctly bilobed. Intermediate 

 segments of abdomen strongly incurved to and narrow across middle, 

 fifth large with a large and not very shallow median impression. 



Length 5j mm. 



9 . Diff"ers in being of a rather dingy red, the elytra somewhat 

 paler than the prothorax, but with the junction of these blackish, 

 the apical joint no darker than the others, or dark only on its apical 

 half and the nietasternum is no darker than the abdomen. It is 

 larger, with smaller punctures, eyes much more distant, antenna? 

 just passing hind coxa3, prothorax without feeble tubercles, and elytra 

 fully as wide at apex as at base. Intermediate segments of abdomen 

 large and almost straight, the fourth slightly wider than the third ; 

 fovea without lateral extensions. 



Length 6^ mm. 



