CRYPTOCEPHALUS. 



245 



Fig. 94. 

 Cryptocephalus leopardtis. 



fifth fulvous, rest black, all very elongate, extending beyond middle 

 of elytra. Thorax nearly twice as broad as long, strongly narrowed 

 anteriorly, surface entirely impunctate, 

 fulvous ; the base with two elongate 

 oblique black spots which diverge at 

 apex. Scutellum rather narrowly tri- 

 angular, fulvous margined with black. 

 Elytra elongate subcylindrical, mode- 

 rately strongly punctate - striate, the 

 shoulders without punctures, the three 

 or four outer interstices longitudinally 

 costate ; a black humeral spot, two others 

 placed transversely at middle (one below 

 the humeral spot, the other near suture), 

 and a fourth near suture and apex, this 

 last spot smaller than the others. Breast 

 and legs fulvous, sides of former black ; 

 tarsi fuscous. Prosternum deeply bilobed 

 at posterior margin, pointedly produced 

 anteriorly. 



Length 5 mm. 



Hob. Southern Bombay : Belgaum (Coll. Jacoby}. 

 Differs from any of its congeners in the position of the elytral 

 spots, finely pubescent and spotted head, and shape of prosternum. 



430. Cryptocephalus divisus, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Eelg. xlvii. 1903. 

 p. 92. 



$ . Testaceous ; thorax with two, elytra with four, black spots 

 (2.2); scutellum and margins of elytra also black. 



Head finely punctured, a small black spot at base of antennae ; 

 eyes widely separated, broadly angularly notched ; clypeus semi- 

 circularly divided from face ; antennae rather short, basal joint 

 flavous, the others obscure fulvous, third and fourth equal, 

 following joints slightly widened. Thorax twice as broad as 

 long, strongly obliquely narrowed in front, sides feebly rounded ; 

 surface impunctate, testaceous, extreme margins black ; disc with 

 two well-separated subquadrate black spots at middle. Scutellum 

 trigonal, impunctate. Elytra short and broad, slightly narrowed 

 towards apex, base without depression ; surface rather strongly and 

 regularly punctate-striate, interstices slightly convex at sides ; of 

 the four black spots one is placed on the shoulders, one near the 

 scutellum immediately below base, and the others transversely 

 near apex, these latter are slightly oblong in shape ; of the basal 

 spots the humeral one is elongate and the inner one rounded ; 

 the elytral epipleurae are only very feebly produced at the 

 shoulders. Pygidium, entire underside, and legs testaceous. 



Length 4 mm. 



Hnb. Nilgiris. 



