CBYPTOCEPHALUS. 221 



390. Cryptocephalus rufulus, Suffr. Monoyr., Linn. Hut. xiv. 1860, 



p. 32. 



rf . " Bufous ; terminal joints of antennae and basal edge of 

 thorax black. 



" Head distinctly but remotely punctured, mouth parts rather 

 darker ; antennae about three-fourths the length of the body, robust, 

 third joint three times longer than the second, following two still 

 longer, rest widened, terminal joint with pointed appendage, basal 

 four joints flavous, fifth and following black. Thorax short, sides 

 strongly curved towards apex, posterior angles acute, surface 

 im punctate. Scutellum yellowish-red, with darker margins. 

 Elytra about twice as long as broad or rather longer, shoulders 

 produced and elongate ; elytral epipleurae below shoulders strongly 

 produced; finely punctate-striate, punctures feeble at base, strongest 

 towards middle, then finer, almost obsolete near apex, the ninth 

 row only distinct to end, interstices flat, sparingly and finely 

 punctured anteriorly, finely obsoletely wrinkled posteriorly, extreme 

 basal margin black. Pygidium pale reddish, closely punctured. 

 Beneath with middle of first abdominal segment, sides of breast 

 and prosternum flavous, tarsi blackish. 



" Length 3 mm. 



" Hob. Madras. 



" Described from a single male specimen." (Suffrian.} 



391. Cryptocephalus madrasae, sp. n. 



Above fulvous ; terminal joints of antennae piceous ; basal 

 margin of elytra and body beneath black. 



Head strongly and rather closely punctured ; antennae scarcely 

 extending beyond base of elytra, basal six joints and base of 

 seventh fulvous, rest blackish, second to fourth joints gradually 

 lengthened, terminal joints rather short and slightly widened. 

 Thorax rather long, somewhat strongly narrowed in front, surface 

 crowded with shallow and small punctures. Scutellum with black 

 basal margin. Elytra cylindrical, slightly narrowed posteriorly, 

 distinctly punctate-striate to apex, rows more closely placed at the 

 sides than near suture, interstices at first-named place closely and 

 finely wrinkled, those on inner disc less distinctly so. Legs fulvous. 

 Pygidium black, finely punctured and pubescent ; prosternum not 

 produced in front, feebly emarginate at base. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hab. Madras. Type in Oxford Mus. 



Elytnt black. 



392. Cryptocephalus mandarensis, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely. xli, 



1897, p. 421. 



Flavous ; thorax with two widely separated short longitudinal 

 black stripes at base ; elytra black. 



Head with a few fine punctures at vertex, sometimes stained 



