214 CHRYSOMELID^E. 



longer, basal joints flavous, terminal darkened. Thorax short and 

 broad, lateral margins nearly straight, narrowed anteriorly, surface 

 finely and remotely punctured ; a broad lateral margin, angulately 

 widened at middle, and a narrow interrupted line on the middle, 

 flavous. Scutellum transversely subquadrate, yellowish-brown, 

 margined with black. Elytra two and a half times longer than 

 the thorax, shoulders scarcely distinct ; surface finely punctured, 

 the punctures slightly elongate, partly connected, the outer punc- 

 tures more strongly marked; interstices broad and flat, closely and 

 finely wrinkled, of somewhat silky appearance ; the yellow spots 

 large, the first from base to middle, the second smaller, more 

 rounded, placed on the last third of the length of the elytra but do 

 not reach the apex, both situated about middle of disc. Anterior 

 tibiae curved at base." (Svffnan.) 



Length 2-3 mm. 



Hob. Cevlon. 



Fulvous or Jlavous, without spots or bands. 

 Thorax sometimes spotted. 



379. Cryptocephalus gestroi, Jac. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxxii, 



1892, p. 890. 



Pale flavous ; antennae (basal joints excepted) black, extreme 

 basal margin of elytra black. 



Head impunctate, with central longitudinal groove at vertex ; 

 mandibles black ; antennae with basal four joints flavous, fourth 

 joint one-half longer than the third. Thorax about one-half 

 broader than long, strongly narrowed anteriorly, sides straight, 

 posterior angles produced ; disc convex, impunctate, extreme pos- 

 terior margin black, finely denticulate. Scutellum flavous, apex 

 pointed, base with a narrow black margin and central fovea. 

 Elytra punctate-striate, fourth and fifth and eighth and ninth rows 

 connected at apex, intermediate rows much shorter, none of the 

 striae extending quite to the base. Legs in the male elongate, 

 anterior first joint of tarsi dilated. Prosternum longer than broad, 

 basal margin with angles dentiform. 



Length 5-6 mm. 



Hob. Burma : Karennee. 



Probably allied to C. cinnabarinus, Suffr., but separated by the 

 entirely pale fulvous colour and the impunctate head and thorax ; 

 the female is of considerably larger size. 



380. Cryptocephalus pallidipennis, sp. n. 



Testaceous ; terminal joints of antennae and extreme margin of 

 thorax black. 



d . Head with short but deep central furrow at vertex, 

 impunctate ; clypeus separated from face, concave-em arginate 



