CBYPTOCEl'HALUS. 235 



Head with a few minute punctures, a central longitudinal stripe, 

 a small spot at base of antennas and the la bruin black ; clypeus 

 semicircular, distinctly separated, anterior edge deeply emarginate ; 

 antennae comparatively short, black, basal joint obscure flavous, 

 third and fourth equal, following joints slightly widened. Thorax 

 about one and a half times as broad as long, sides very feebly 

 rounded ; disc impunctate, fulvous, margins paler, a small black 

 spot on middle of disc. Scutellum black. Elytra rather broad, 

 subcylindrical, strongly punctate-striate ; the discoidal black band 

 straight, placed between fourth and ninth rows of punctures, 

 extending to base but not quite to apex ; extreme margins 

 narrowly black. Body beneath black ; sides of thorax, a trans- 

 verse spot at top of breast laterally, another small spot at base 

 of abdomen laterally, last abdominal segment and pygidium 

 flavous ; femora fulvous ; tibia) more or less and the tarsi black. 



Length 2 mm. 



Hab. Nifgiris. Type in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 



Elytra pale with transverse black bands only. 



416. Cryptocephalus aberrans, sp. n. 



Beneath black, above reddish-fulvous ; thorax with two trans- 

 verse large spots ; elytra with a transverse black band at base and 

 a broader similar band near apex. 



Head strongly but rather sparingly punctured, with deep central 

 groove ; anterior portion of clypeus black ; antennas black, ex- 

 tending to base of elytra, basal two joints fulvous beneath, third 

 and fourth equal, following joints thick and robust. Thorax 

 short and strongly narrowed anteriorly, sides straight ; surface 

 scarcely perceptibly punctured, sides almost covered by a black 

 subquadrate patch that leaves the margins and middle, except at 

 base, narrowly fulvous ; at base the latter colour widens. Scu- 

 tellum narrow and elongate, fulvous, margined with black. Elytra 

 about two and a half times longer than the thorax, very slightly 

 narrowed posteriorly, subcylindrical, shoulders scarcely raised; 

 epipleural lobes distinct ; puncturation strong from base to middle, 

 from thence to apex abruptly fine ; anterior black band not touch- 

 ing either margin, lower edge slightly sinuate, extending to one- 

 fourth the length of elytra; posterior band wider, touching suture 

 and extended nearly to the lateral margins, anterior edge convex ; 

 apex of elytra fulvous. Prosternum anteriorly broadly produced, 

 rather deeply bilobed posteriorly. 



Length 3| mm. 



Hab. Burma : Euby Mines (Coll. Brit. Mus.\ 



This Cryptoceplialus differs from any similarly marked species by 

 the rather remarkable puncturation of the elytra, which changes 

 very suddenly from strong to fine punctures at middle; the 



