194 CHllYSOMELIDjE. 



spots at middle of disc. Scutellum raised, margined with black. 

 Elytra with broad tuberculate shoulders ; epipleural lobes strongly 

 produced ; surface very strongly punctured, outer and inner rows 

 more deeply punctured, interstices slightly raised, more strongly 

 so posteriorly, finely transversely wrinkled. Legs with an obsolete 

 longitudinal spot on femora. Prosternum strongly produced 

 anteriorly, posterior angles short and pointed. 



Length 2| mm. 



Hob. Ceylon. 



The elytra have the base very narrowly, the lateral margins 

 broadly, black, the latter extend to the width of two rows of 

 punctures but in the middle to the seventh row; the epipleural 

 lobes have only the inner edge dark but are otherwise flavous. 

 Smaller than the preceding species, with the tarsi flavous and 

 elytra more strongly punctured. 



339. Cryptocephalus semirufuhis, Suffr. Monogr., Linn. Ent. ix, 

 1854, p. 35. 



$ . Flavous ; thorax with two black spots ; elytra dark red, 

 margins blackish. 



Head strongly but sparingly punctured, a transverse spot above 

 eyes, a longitudinal stripe at middle divided anteriorly and an 

 obsolete mark at base of antennae, dark brown; antennae with third 

 joint slightly longer than second, fourth twice as long, sixth and 

 following joints slightly widened. Thorax short, strongly narrowed 

 in front, posterior angles strongly pointed, margin serrate, surface 

 scarcely perceptibly punctured, two spots before middle. Scutellum 

 broadly triangular, raised, black. Elytra cylindrical, gradually 

 narrowed posteriorly, transversely depressed at base, more strongly 

 so near the scutellum and within the shoulders ; epipleural lobes 

 rather broad ; puncturation strong anteriorly, gradually diminishing 

 towards apex, interstices slightly raised at sides only, scarcely 

 punctured, all margins (the outer ones interrupted) black. Pro- 

 sternum produced anteriorly. 



Length 2 mm. 



Hab. Nilgiris. 



Suffrian described this species from a single female specimen. 



340 



. Cryptocephalus inconstans, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belu. 

 1895, p. 264. 



XXXIX, 



Black ; basal joints of antennae and legs fulvous ; head and 

 thorax fulvous, the latter with two black spots ; elytra fulvous, 

 basal margin narrowly, lateral and apical margins broadly, black. 



Head fulvous or flavous, sparingly and extremely finely punc- 

 tured ; eyes broadly and subquadrately emarginate ; clypeus feebly 

 separated from face, anterior edge strongly concave; antennas 

 black, basal four joints more or less fulvous, terminal joints slightly 

 widened, not very elongate. Thorax strongly narrowed in front, 



