256 ME. M. JACOBT ON THE [Feb. 2, 



coloured stripes of the elytra, I cannot look upon his species as 

 identical, unless he has forgotten to mention this fact. 



Cryptocephalus latefasciattjs, n. sp. 



Below flavous ; head and thorax rufous, the latter impunctate, 

 with two large black spots ; el}i;ra very strongly punctate-striate, 

 rufous, a transverse black band at the base and another before the 

 apex. 



Length 3 lines. 



Of broad and robust shape ; the head strongly punctured, with 

 n broad longitudinal depression between the eyes, the latter not 

 very deeply notched ; anterior margin of the clypeus semicircularly 

 concave, labrum fulvous ; mandibles black ; antennae scarcely ex- 

 tending to the middle of the elytra, fuscous, the lower five joints 

 flavous, the third, fourth, and fifth joint very elongate, nearly equal ; 

 thorax twice as broad as long, with a comparative broad lateral 

 reflexed margin, the posterior angles prominent, furnished with 

 some strong teeth, the surface entirely impunctate, rufous, the 

 sides with a broad black band, which does not extend to the anterior 

 margin ; scutellum very broad, its apex truncate, the base with a 

 fovea, fulvous, margined with black ; elj^tra with a deep depression 

 within the shoulders, very strongly punctate-striate, distinct to the 

 apex, but not quite extending to the base, the rows somewhat 

 irregular here and tbere, sometimes with double punctures, the 

 interstices smooth and impunctate, rufous, shining, the base with 

 a broad transverse black band, extending as far as the first row of 

 punctures, leaving the sutural portion round the scutellum, as well 

 as the lateral margin between the last row of punctures, of the 

 ground-colour ; this band occupies nearly a third portion of the 

 length of the elytra, a second narrower band is placed below the 

 middle, but extends to the suture, the lower edge of the basal band 

 and the upper margin of the second band ai-e rather strongly 

 Sinuate ; pygidium, underside, and legs pale fulvous, clothed with 

 short yellow pubescence. 



Niger-Benue Exped. (Stavdinger) (my collection). 



Evidently closely allied to C. sulcifrons, Suifr., but that species 

 is described with a finely punctured thorax, with the elytral inter- 

 stices likewise punctured, and with a black elytral band placed at 

 the apex. C. temjjesthms, Suffr., also resembles the present species 

 in colour and in the position of the elytral bands, but has a black 

 head, a distinctly punctured thorax, very regular elytral rows of 

 punctures with punctured interstices, and is much smaller. 



Cbtptocephalus westwoodi, n. sp. (Plate XVII. fig. 9.) 



Pale flavous ; the head partly and two longitudinal thoracic 

 bands piceous ; elytra deeply punctate-striate, the punctures 

 piceous, each with a black spot on the shoulder, two others placed 

 transversely below the middle, and a reddish-fulvous angular band 

 before the middle. 



Length 2| lines. 



