CRYPTOCEPHALTJS. 



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longitudinal stripe, abbreviated posteriorly, black; breast black; 

 tarsi fuscous. 



Head impunctate, a central stripe and a spot at base 

 of antennae blac-k ; antennae black, not 

 extending to middle of elytra, basal two or 

 three joints flavous, third to fifth equal, 

 succeeding joints longer. Thorax much 

 narrowed anteriorly, short and transverse, 

 sides very feebly rounded ; surface impunc- 

 tate, rather broadly flavous, disc ful- 

 vous. Scutellum flavous, margined with 

 black. Elytra finely punctate-striate, the 

 punctures nearly black, as are the extreme 

 sutural and lateral margins, also a narrow 

 stripe from the base that runs down the 

 shoulders to past the middle. Prosternum 

 and breast black ; abdomen flavous. 

 Length 4 mm. 



Hab. Pondicherry (Coll. Jacoby). 

 This species may be distinguished from C. seJiestedti, Fabr. and 

 others that are similarly marked by the narrow elongate shape 

 and elytral stripe, which in some specimens is only indicated at the 

 shoulders. 



Fig. 8Q. Crypto- 



cephalus nigrolineatus. 



402. Cryptocephalus malleatus, Suffr. Monoyr., Linn. Enl. xiv, 1860, 

 p. 50 ; Weise, Deut. ent. Zeit. 1903, p. 31. 



"Bright flavous ; terminal joints of antennae, posterior edge of 

 thorax, base of elytra, and a curved longitudinal band on the disc 

 of each elytron, black or dark red. 



"Head distinctly but remotely punctured, mandibles black; 

 antennae of male longer than half the body, third and fourth joints 

 equal, each one-half longer than the second, tifth and following joints 

 widened, black, basal joints flavous. Thorax entirely impunctate. 

 Scutellum narrowly edged with black. Elytra short, scarcely 

 narrowed posteriorly, shoulders broad and flat, scarcely prominent, 

 without any depression within ; epipleural lobes feeble. Elytral 

 puncturation very regular, obsolete near apex, interstices flat, very 

 finely and sparingly punctured ; a broad transverse black band at 

 base touching suture below scutellum joined by a longitudinal 

 black stripe on the middle of disc which curves towards suture 

 near apex. Pygidium and body beneath scarcely punctured: 

 anterior margin of prosternum moderately produced. 



" Length 2-4 mm. 



" Hab. Ceylon. 



" In some varieties the bands are bright red and the basal band 

 is marked at each end with a black spot ; the upper surface is 

 yellowish-white." (Suffrian.) 



