198 CHRTSOMELID^. 



Head strongly punctured near eyes, but variable in that respect, 

 an anchor-shaped band at middle black ; eyes broadly subquad- 

 rately einarginate ; clypeus and labruin fulvous ; antennae black, 

 not extending to middle of elytra, basal five joints fulvous, third 

 to fifth joints equal, succeeding joints slightly longer, slender in 

 the male, slightly thickened in female. Thorax subcylindrical, 

 much narrowed anteriorly, posterior angles not produced ; surface 

 entirely impunctate, the base with a large transverse black band, 

 composed of two confluent spots, more or less separated anteriorly, 

 sometimes entire and not extending to margins. Scutellum 

 oblong, black, deeply foveolate at base. Elytra without basal 

 depression, strongly punctate-striate, interstices longitudinally 

 costate at sides, more strongly marked in the female, a transverse 

 spot at base between second and eighth row of punctures and 

 the apical third portion black, anterior edge of this colour 

 rounded. Body beneath and pygidium black, closely pubescent ; 

 legs fulvous, posterior femora partly or entirely black. Pro- 

 sternum very strongly produced in front, posterior margin nearly 

 straight. 



Length 4-4| mm. 



Hob. Bangalore (Coll. Jacoby). 



Allied to C. quadratics, Snffr., but the thorax impunctate and 

 the elytral interstices not wrinkled. 



346. Cryptocephalus konbirensis, Duviv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxv r 

 1891, C. Rend. p. xxxiv ; id. t. c. xxxvi, 1892, p. 402. 



Fulvous ; mandibles, terminal joints of antennae, scutellum, and 

 two spots on thorax black ; elytra with a humeral and a discoidal 

 spot and a transverse band behind the middle, black. 



Oblong-ovate. Head pale, more or less strongly punctured, 

 deeply longitudinally depressed in middle ; antennae testaceous, 

 terminal joints black, third joint much longer than second, slightly 

 longer than fourth, fifth and following joints more elongate, 

 widened and flattened. Thorax transverse, with narrow posterior 

 edge, anterior and lateral margins flavous, surface impunctate, 

 with slight basal depression on each side near the scutellum. 

 Elytra moderately strongly punctate-striate, the striae indistinct 

 near apex, interstices finely punctured and wrinkled, subcostate 

 posteriorly : humeral spot elongate, discoidal spot triangular, placed 

 on anterior fourth of elytra at a little distance from suture, 

 posterior baud extending to the sides, emarginate anteriorly and 

 posteriorly. Body beneath testaceous, finely pubescent. 



Var. a. Thorax without spots. 



Var. 6. Elytra without discoidal spot. 



Var. c. Elytra without humeral and discoidal spots. 



In his later publication, Duvivier looks upon the following form 

 as typical : 



" Elytra with 5 black spots (2 . 2\ 1), one on shoulders, another 



