200 CHEYSOMELID^E. 



348. Cryptocephalus crucipennis, Suffr. Monogr., Linn. Ent. ix, 1854, 



p. 64. 



Flavous; an obscure transverse band at thorax, two anterior 

 spots and a transverse band on elytra black. 



Head finely and remotely punctured; labrum and mandibles 

 piceous, a narrow line at vertex black ; eyes broadly triangularly 

 emarginate ; antennae more than half the length of body, fifth and 

 following joints distinctly widened, basal five joints fiavous, others 

 black. Thorax short, posterior angles produced, posterior margin 

 straight except in front of shoulders ; surface extremely finely and 

 remotely punctured, a very obscure elongate dark line in front of 

 scutellum and a kidney-shaped, partly divided transverse band 

 at middle. Scutellum broader than long, margined with black. 

 Elytra narrowed posteriorly, puncturation fine, intermediate rows 

 finer from middle, nearly obsolete near apex, interstices extremely 

 finely and sparingly punctured ; extreme basal margin black, two 

 large spots at base touching basal margin, the outer spot elongate, 

 the other transverse, not quite touching suture, the black band 

 sinuate behind the middle, all margins below the band and the 

 suture anteriorly black. Prosternum produced anteriorly into a 

 short broad point. 



Length 4| mm. 



Hob. Bengal. 



A specimen obtained by Bowring in India (precise locality u6t 

 given) agrees very nearly with Suffrian's description, but the elytral 

 bands extend quite to suture, the thorax has a transverse short 

 band on each side and the intermediate space is slightly darkened. 



349. Cryptocephalus monachoides, ep. n. 



Flavous ; head and two large thoracic spots black ; elytra with 

 a transverse, broad, irregular band at base and a round spot at apex 

 black. 



Head strongly and closely punctured, black ; clypeus fiavous, 

 equally strongly punctate, deeply concave-einargiuate at apex, 

 separated from face by a transverse groove which is joined by a 

 central groove that extends upwards to base of head ; antennae 

 short, terminal six joints widened, all short. Thorax strongly 

 transverse, posterior angles prominent, median lobe broadly trun- 

 cate; surface entirely impunctate with two broad, nearly contiguous, 

 trigonal black spots near anterior margin. Elytra rather short 

 and broad, slightly narrowed posteriorly, very finely punctured, 

 the punctures nearly obsolete at base and apex, the latter with a 

 round black spot, the basal band with irregular posterior margin 

 half the width of the flavous portion, extreme lateral margins and 

 epipleurae likewise black. Pygidium flavous, legs short and robust. 

 Prosternum broad, anterior margins broadly produced, posterior 

 margin bidentate. 



Length 3| mm. 



