230 CHRYSOMELIDJE. 



Abdominal fovea of $ more elongate and narrow than in 

 G. sehestedti, the corresponding segment in tf only slightly 

 depressed. 



Length 2 ram. 



Hob. " Tranquebar " ; Madras. 



According to Suffrian the elytra in this species may be described 

 as having three longitudinal bands, of which the middle one is of 

 slightly less width. 



407. Cryptocephalus vittipennis, Suffr. Monoyr., Linn. Ent. ix, 1854, 

 p. 31. 



Pale fulvous ; two obscure spots on thorax, suture, and a broad 

 more or less divided longitudinal band on each elytron, black. 



Closely allied to C. ovtdum, Suffr. ; has the same size and shape, 

 but the sutural band is narrower and the elytral longitudinal band 

 bi- or trifurcate, the whole underside flavous. 

 Thorax more fulvous; the punctures of 

 elytra much finer, nearly obsolete pos- 

 teriorly ; interstices extremelv finely trans- 

 versely wrinkled. Legs pale flavous. 

 Length 2| mm. 



Hob. Mussoorie ; Patna District ; Cal- 

 cutta. 



Suffrian described this species as some- 

 what doubtfully different from C. ovulum, of 

 which it may be a variety, but the above 

 differences seemed to him sufficient to 



^ 4 Crypto- separate it as a distinct species. In three 



cephalus vittipennis. specimens in my collection (two from 

 Calcutta) the extreme lateral margins of the 



thorax are black (not mentioned by Suffrian), but otherwise they 

 agree with the author's description. In the third the tibiae and 

 tarsi are black a.nd the general size is larger ( $ ). The discoidal 

 black elytral stripe is probably subject to variation in regard to 

 its partly divided shape, and in some specimens lately received 

 from India the elytral stripe is trifurcate or divided into three rays 

 as Suffrian describes it. 



408. Cryptocephalus poultoni, S p. n. 



Flavous ; breast black ; elytra with lateral margins and a broad 

 sutural band that is deeply constricted at the middle black. 



Head impunctate; antennae with basal four joints flavous, rest 

 in the type and only specimen wanting, third and fourth joints 

 equal. Thorax twice as broad as long, sides nearly straight, 

 slightly narrowed in front ; surface impunctate : extreme basal 

 margin black. Scutellum triangular. Elytra parallel, strongly 



