CBYPTOCEPHALUS. 241 



flanks of the thorax beneath. Prosternum subquadrate, fulvous, 

 posterior margin feebly bisinuate. 



Length 3-4 mm. 



Hab. Burma: Bhamo, Shwegu. 



Allied to C. tricinctus, Eedt. and C. trifasciatus, Fabr., but with 

 two black bands only instead of three, the first of these placed at 

 not below the base. 



425. Cryptocephalus sexsignatus, Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. ii, 1801 p. 41 

 OKv. Ent. vi, 1808. p. 785, pi. 4, fig. 46 ; Suffr. Monoqr Linn 

 Ent. ix, 1854, p. 53 ; id. t. c. xiv, 1860, p. 26. 



Dark red above, brownish beneath ; each elytron with narrow 

 black basal margin and three black spots (1 . 2). 



Fig. 89. Fig. 90. 



Cryptocephalus sexsignatus. Cryptocepltalus sexsignatus, var. c. 



Large and robust. Head distinctly but not closely punctured, 

 front with short deep depression ; labrum flavous, parts of mouth 

 black. Antennae of male two-thirds the length of the body, third 

 and fourth joints each three times as long as the second, fifth to 

 seventh strongly, terminal joints slightly, widened ; basal joints 

 flavous or red, shining, rest finely yellow pubescent. Thorax 

 short, sides narrowly margined, narrowed in front, surface with 

 shallow depressions at sides in front of scutellum, basal margin 

 narrowly black, disc sometimes with two black spots. Scutellum 

 red with darker margins, sparingly punctured. Elytra with 

 strongly developed lateral epipleurae, the punctures coarse at 

 base, finer towards apex, interstices rather convex at sides, finely 

 transversely wrinkled ; a black spot on shoulders, two immediately 

 behind the middle, the inner larger one on third interstice, the 

 other rather lower on the eighth interstice. Pygidiuin finely 

 punctured, carinate ; prosternum strongly produced in front, 

 posterior angles broadly triangular. 



Var. . Elytral humeral spot widened into a transverse band, 

 posterior spots greatly enlarged, more or less separated. 



Var. b. Like var. a, but the posterior spots joined in a similar 

 band. 



VOL. i. B 



