240 CHRYSOMELID^:. 



lobes long ; disc very strongly punctate-striate, interstices scarcely 

 perceptibly punctured, basal margin narrowly black ; the posterior 

 band of about the same width as the basal black margin, extends 

 across both elytra. Prosternum with anterior margin broadly 

 rounded and hollow, posterior angles short. 



" Var. With another transverse band at base of elytra that con- 

 sists of partly united spots and extends from the shoulder to the 

 second row of punctures. 



"Length 4-5 mm. 



" Nab. Southern India. 



" Different in shape to C. vahli, broadest at posterior margin 

 of thorax, thence strongly narrowed posteriorly, the apex 

 very shortly rounded ; in C. vahli the greatest width lies across 

 the shoulders and the body is much less narrowed posteriorly." 

 (Suffrian.} 



424. Cryptocephalus burmanicus, Jac. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxix, 

 1889, p. 159. 



Flavous ; base of head, terminal joints of antennae and sides of 

 breast black. Thorax with two black spots. Elytra flavous, a 

 transverse sinuate band at base, another 

 behind the middle and the apical margin 

 black. 



Head finely punctured, somewhat rugose, 

 the base covered by a subquadrate spot 

 and a narrow space in front of eyes black, 

 the eyes themselves broadly and deeply 

 notched; antennae about half the length 

 of body, basal four joints testaceous, others 

 black, all joints elongate (with exception of 

 second, which is shorter) and all of nearly 

 equal length. Thorax twice as broad as 

 long, sides straight, narrowed in front, 

 Fig. 88. Crypto- posterior margin finely serrate ; surface 

 cepkalus burmanicus. extremely minutely punctured, flavous, with 

 two black rather large transverse spots 



placed nearer to the anterior than to the posterior margin, 

 the latter likewise narrowly black. Scutelluin trigonal, sparingly 

 punctured, black or pale with black margins. Elytra broad and 

 parallel, moderately strongly and regularly punctate-striate, inter- 

 stices flat throughout ; the basal band occupies about one-fourth 

 of the elytra, is notched in front of the shoulders at its hind 

 margin and extends to the ninth row of punctures ; another nar- 

 rower band behind the middle extends to either margin; the sutural 

 and apical margins of the elytra narrowly black. Legs fulvous ; 

 femora with an apical flavous spot, a small black spot on the 



