224 CHRYSOMELID7E. 



Elytra partly fulvous, partly black. 



396. Cryptocephalus lefevrei, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxix. 1895, 



p. 268. 



Black ; head, basal joints of antennae and anterior legs flavous ; 

 elytra with the anterior portion fulvous, the posterior two-thirds 

 and a humeral spot black. 



3 . Head minutely granulate-punctate ; eyes widely separated, 

 broadly ernarginate; clypeus distinctly separated from face, 

 anterior margin semicircularly emarginate ; labrum flavous with 

 the middle portion black ; antenna? 

 about two-thirds the length of body, 

 very slender, basal five joints flavous, 

 rest black, third to fifth joints equal, 

 following joints longer, scarcely widened. 

 Thorax subcylindrical, double as wide 

 at base as anteriorly, sides nearly 

 straight, narrowly margined, surface 

 entirely impunctate, black. Scutellum 

 black, not longer than broad, impunc- 

 tate. Elytra finely and regularly 

 p i(r 79 punctate-striate, interstices smooth and 



Cryptocephalus lefevrei. impunctate, their anterior third fulvous, 

 the rest black, extreme anterior margin 



also black, semicircularly rounded, shoulders with a small black 

 spot. Anterior and sometimes the intermediate legs flavous, the 

 others as well as the body beneath black. Prosternum strongly 

 produced in front, posterior angles pointed. 

 Length 3-4 mm. 

 Hob. Southern India : Belgaum. 



397. Cryptocephalus dimidiatipennis, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. 



xxxix, 1895, p. 269. 



Black ; clypeus and basal joints of antennae flavous ; elytra 

 with the anterior half flavous, the rest black. 



Head finely and irregularly punctured ; eyes moderately deeply 

 and broadly emarginate ; clypeus wedge-shaped, with a few fine 

 punctures ; antennae long and slender, basal four joints flavous, 

 rest black, third joint shorter than fourth. Thorax black, about 

 one-half broader than long, strongly narrowed anteriorly, sides 

 feebly rounded, surface impunctate, very shining. Scntellum 

 black, slightly elongate, apex rather pointed, surface impunctate. 

 Elytra strongly and regularly punctate-striate, punctures scarcely 

 finer at apex, fifth and sixth rows abbreviated posteriorly and 

 joined at apex, outer interstices convex; basal halves flavous, 

 forming a broad, laterally widened band, this colour also extends 

 to the epipleurae below as far as the middle. Legs and body 

 beneath black, base of femora and anterior tibiae sometimes 



