238 CHRYSOMELIM:. 



420. Cryptocephalus maleficus, Sujfr. Monogr., Linn. Ent. ix, 1854, 

 p. 14. 



" Black; elytra dark red with two black transverse bands ; the 

 anterior baud interrupted. 



"Head finely punctured and wrinkled, central impressed line 

 distinct, narrow ; labrura piceous ; antennse about half the length 

 of body, third and following joints nearly equal, double the 

 length of second, basal four and basal half of fifth flavous, others 

 black. Thorax entirely impunctate. Scutellum dark brown with 

 darker margins. Elytra narrow posteriorly, epipleural lobes short 

 and broad ; surface strongly punctate-striate anteriorly, the punc- 

 tures diminish gradually but are distinct to apex, interstices 

 broad, feebly convex, transversely finely wrinkled posteriorly; 

 base, posterior half of lateral margins and apex narrowly black ; 

 the basal band extends to the shoulders, narrower than the other 

 band that does not reach the suture nor the base, second baud 

 behind the middle extends to the outer margins, the apex beyond 

 it appears as a light transverse spot. Pygidiurn black, finely 

 punctured ; underside and legs black. 



" Length 5^ mm. 



" Hah. Southern India : Nilgiris." (Sujfrian.) 



421. Cryptocephalus semidivisus, sp. n. 



Beneath black, above and the legs fulvous ; head black ; thorax 

 with two black spots ; elytra with two broad transverse black 

 bands connected at the suture, divided at sides by a narrow 

 flavous stripe, apex of elytra flavous. 



J . Head closely rugosely punctured ; eyes closely approximate 

 at top, margined narrowly within with fulvous ; clypeus narrowly 

 triangular, fulvous ; labrum flavous ; antennae black, extending to 

 about middle of elytra, basal four joints flavous, third and fourth 

 joints equal, following joints slightly widened. Thorax about 

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

 straight or nearly so, posterior angles produced ; surface distinctly 

 and rather closely punctured, the margins narrowly flavous, 

 middle of disc with a transverse short spot on each side. Scu- 

 tellum broad, black. Elytra slightly narrowed posteriorly, deeply 

 and closely punctate-striate, the interstices costate, suture round 

 the scutellum raised ; the two transverse bands broad, not extend- 

 ing to lateral margins nor apex, divided partly at the sides by a 

 narrow flavous stripe that does not extend to the suture. Abdo- 

 men narrowly fulvous at sides, finely pubescent ; prosternum very 

 strongly produced anteriorly, the projection deeply hollowed out, 

 fulvous ; pygidium black, strongly punctured. 



Length 4| mm. 



Hob. India. 



