CETPTOCEPHALUS. 225 



flavous. Prosternum slightly longer than broad, scarcely produced 

 in front. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hob. Sikhim : Mungphu. 



Similar in colour to C. lefevrei, Jac., but the elytra without 

 a humeral spot, more strongly punctured, the outlines of 

 the flavous and black coloured portions different, the black 

 extends obliquely upwards at the suture towards the scutellum. 



398. Cryptocephalus manipnrensis, sp. n. 



Black ; basal joint of antenna and clypeus flavous ; elytra with 

 posterior two-thirds black, anterior third flavous. 



Head finely punctured and pubescent; eyes rather closely 

 approximate ; antennae somewhat short and robust, basal joint 

 flavous, following two piceous, remainder black, joints 2 to 4 

 gradually lengthened, the rest widened. Thorax very convex, 

 about one-half broader than long, impunctate. Scutellum black 

 and broad. Elytra twice as long as thorax, strongly punctate- 

 striate, outer two interstices convex, others flat ; inner margin of 

 epipleural lobes strongly produced, latter very broad at base. 

 Prosternum and mesosteruum closely pubescent, the former not 

 produced in front, posterior angles blunt. 



Length 3 mm. 



ffab. India: Manipur (CM. Brit. Mus.). 



Similar in colour to C. lefevrei, Jac. and C. deficient, Suffr., but 

 differs from both in the greater amount of black on the elytra, 

 the anterior edge of which is convex, extending higher upwards 

 along the suture than along the sides ; differs also in tho absence 

 of a humeral spot and in the entirely black legs. I have only 

 seen a single male specimen. 



399. Cryptocephalus insubidus, Suffr. Monogr., Linn. Ent. ix, 1854, 

 p. 30. 



Dark fulvous ; two spots on the thorax and the base of elytra 

 black. 



Head feebly convex ; clypeus concave ; forehead with fine 

 longitudinal g'roove; antenna pale flavous, slender (rf), a b ut 

 half the length of the hody, third and fourth joints equal, twice as 

 long as second, following two slightly longer, terminal joints 

 slightly widened, last joint with a long and thin appendage. 

 Thorax scarcely perceptibly punctured, margins slightly darker, 

 posterior margin serrate, narrowly black, two obsolete small 

 elongate spots at middle. Scutellum margined with piceous. 

 Elytra short, broadly convex, shoulders broad and flat ; epipleural 

 lobes short but distinct ; surface strongly punctate-striate, finer 

 from middle but distinct to apex, interstices flat, finely punctured, 



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