250 CHKTSOMELIDJE. 



437. Cryptocephalus laterimaculatus, Duviv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely. 



xxxvi, 1892, p. 403. 



" Beneath black ; prosternum, middle of meso-and metasternum, 

 first abdominal segment and apex of ventral segment, fulvous ; legs 

 dark brown. Above ferruginous ; thorax with two spots and the 

 basal margin black. Elytra with basal margin and a subquadrate 

 spot attached to lateral margins black. 



" Head finely pubescent, densely and rather deeply punctured ; 

 sides of clypeus and the labrum testaceous ; palpi fulvous ; an- 

 tennae slender, black, basal four joints fulvous, apical joint ex- 

 tending to middle of elytra, basal joint large, third nearly as long 

 as the first, following joints slightlv longer, feebly dilated. 

 Thorax narrowed anteriorly, moderately convex in front, very 

 superficially punctured, punctures only visible under a very strong 

 lens, sides with a deep groove prolonged to base, latter narrowly 

 black, the spots placed transversely at an equal distance from 

 anterior and posterior margins. Scutellum smooth, margined 

 with black. Elytra slightly narrowed posteriorly, moderately 

 convex, base scarcely raised round scutellum, very feebly depressed 

 below the shoulders, punctate-striate, punctures obsolete near 

 apex, interstices flat at disc, convex at sides, impressed with a 

 single row of fine punctures ; the marginal spot placed at the 

 middle extending inwards to last row of punctures, humeral 

 callus darker brown ; epipleural lobe rather pronounced. Beneath 

 densely punctured and pubescent. Prosternum strongly produced 

 anteriorly and triangularly pointed. Pygidium black, densely 

 pubescent." 



" LengtJi 4| mm. 



" Hob. Bengal : Konbir." (Duvivier.) 



438. Cryptocephalus stigmatipennis, sp. n. 



Pale flavous ; extreme basal margin of thorax and two spots on 

 disc of latter black ; elytra with two black spots at base and one 

 close to suture. 



Head with a short central groove at middle of vertex ; eyes 

 closely approximate above, intraocular space with a few fine 

 punctures ; clypeus deeply emarginate in front, the sides narrowly 

 produced ; antennae flavous, short, extending to base of elytra, 

 third and fourth joints equal, terminal joints slightly thickened. 

 Thorax short and strongly transverse, entirely impunctate, the 

 spots large and round, placed each side near middle. Scutellum 

 triangular, apex pointed. Elytra narrowed posteriorly, stronglv 

 punctate-striate ; the basal spots elongate, one at shoulder, the 

 other near scutellum, both extending to basal margin, the third 

 near apex, between third and ninth row. Prosternum with 

 anterior margin produced at the middle, posterior margin straight, 

 not produced at the angles ; base of prosternum black. 



Length 3| mm. 



Hab. Burma (Coll. Brit. Mus.}. 



