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453. Cryptocephalus obconicus, Suffr. Monoyr., Linn. Ent. xiv, 1860, 



p. L>4. 



2 . " Pale flavous with paler margins ; head and pygidium 

 spotted with black ; elytra with three black spots (2.1); beneath 

 black ; sides of breast, margins of abdominal segments, and legs 

 flavous. 



"Head finely and closely rugose-punctata, vertex with deep 

 central groove ; clypeus feebly separated, flavous as also an 

 edging in front of eyes and their emargination ; rest of surface 

 black or yellow with three black spots, a central ovate spot and 

 a spot above base of antennae ; antennae scarcely half the length 

 of body, third joint not longer than second, following two scarcely 

 longer, terminal six scarcely longer than fifth, feebly widened, 

 basal five yellowish, rest black. Thorax finely but distinctly and 

 anteriorly more closely punctured, margins and a middle line paler, 

 edge of posterior margin black. Scutelluin margined with black. 

 Elytra about one-half longer than broad, narrowed posteriorly; 

 epipleural lobes feeble ; puncturation moderate, finer posteriorly, 

 the intermediate rows nearly indistinct behind the middle ; inter- 

 stices broad, flat, finely wrinkled ; basal and sutural margins 

 narrowly black ; two spots at base, the inner the larger, the round 

 outer spot on shoulders, more elongate, the third between third and 

 seventh row of punctures, twice as long as broad, all the spots 

 surrounded by a brownish margin. Pygidium black, margined 

 with flavous. Prosternum strongly produced at middle of anterior 

 margin, posterior angles short, pointed. 



"Length 3 mm. 



"Hub. Ceylon." (Suffiian.) 



Allied to C. senariits, smaller and narrower, sculpturing much 

 finer, colour paler especially near margins. 



454. Cryptocephalus kashmirensis, sp. n. 



Pale fulvous ; breast and abdomen (last segment excepted) 

 black; thorax with two black spots ; elytra with entire sutural 

 and posterior lateral margins and three large spots on each 

 elytron (2 . 1), black. 



Head strongly and somewhat sparingly punctured, a small spot 

 at base of antenna) piceous ; antennae not extending to middle of 

 elytra ( d" ), third joint half as long again as the second 

 but distinctly shorter than the fourth, fifth and terminal joints 

 black, the others flavous. Thorax very finely and closely punc- 

 tured, extreme lateral and basal borders black, basal portion some- 

 what paler than disc ; the latter with two large round black spots, 

 widely separated. Scutellum .black. Elytra about half as long 

 again as the thorax, very slightly narrowed posteriorly, strongly 

 punctate-striate, the punctures dark ; the suture from base to apex 

 with a narrow black anteriorly pointed band ; an elongate spot on 

 shoulders, a round spot near scutelluin immediately below base, 

 between second and fifth row, and another large round spot behind 



