CRYPTOCEPHALUS. 239 



Allied to C. crucipennis, Suffr. in coloration but quite distinct 

 in the deep and strong elytral puucturation and the costate inter- 

 stices, coloration of the head &c. 



422. Cryptocephalus angnlato - fasciatus, Jac. Ann. Mus. Civ. 

 Genova, xxxii, 1892, p. 890. 



Black ; clypeus, lateral and anterior margins of thorax and tibiae 

 flavous; elytra flavous, a humeral spot and a transverse band 

 behind the middle angularly widened at 

 the suture, black. 



Cylindrical and parallel-sided. Head 

 finely punctured, space between upper 

 portion of eyes and their emarginatiou 

 black, lower portion of face flavous ; 

 labrurn piceous ; antennae slender, ex- 

 tending to about the middle of elytra, 

 basal six joints flavous, rest black. 

 Thorax with strongly deflexed sides, 

 posterior angles acutely produced; surface 

 impunctate, very shining ; disc black, 

 sides broadly, anterior margin very 

 narrowly, flavous. Scutellum black. Ely- 

 Fig. 87.- Cryptocephalus tra de e p i y punctate-striate, the trans- 

 verse band extends upwards along the 

 suture to the middle. Pygidium black ; 



sides of abdominal segments, anterior legs, posterior tibiae and 

 all the tarsi flavous. 

 Length 4 mm. 

 JJab. Burma : Karennee. 



423. Cryptocephalus dichotomus, Suffr. Monogr., Linn. Ent. ix, 1854, 

 p. 46. 



" Dark red above; two spots on thorax, a transverse band behind 

 the middle of the elytra and the underside black. 

 ^,"Head broad and flat with deep central groove, closely and 

 strongly punctured ; emargination of eyes acutely triangular ; 

 antennae of male half as long as the body, third joint slightly 

 longer than fourth, twice as long as second, fifth and following 

 joints widened, basal five pale red, rest black. Thorax short and 

 globose, strongly narrowed in front, surface very finely and 

 sparingly punctured ; disc with two large black spots that extend 

 to two-thirds the length and touch the hind margin ; these spots 

 are sometimes greatly enlarged, geminate and occupy the entire 

 disc, leaving only the lateral margins narrowly red. Scutellum 

 margined with black. Elytra slightly narrower at base than 

 thorax, narrowed posteriorly, shoulders broad and flat ; epipleural 



