NEW CRYPTOSTOMB BEETLES. 



607^ 



the prothorax. That the- anterior lateral angles of the expla- 

 nate margins of the elytra are acute and sharp is an important 

 character. A little posterior to the scutellum there is a hump 

 (not visible in the illustration). On each elytron theie is a- 

 short scutellar row consisting of a few punctures, and ten rows 

 of coarse punctures, including the extreme marginal one which 

 consists of a few coarse pits. The rows are not very regular, in 

 some places the punctures being confused. The interstices are 

 more or less costate. The dark brown patches are obsolescent,, 

 there being two, one below the humerus and the other at the; 

 posterior angle, dark pitch-black ; these may form with the obso- 

 lescent patches a lateral baud. The explanate margins are 

 transparent, with a honeycomb structure. Underside uniformly 



Text-5ffure 7. 



Dorsal view of Cassida manipuria. 



brown, with the middle area of the abdomen a shade darker. 

 Tlie claw-joint hardly projects beyond the bilobed joint ; claws 

 simple. 



Length 7 mm. ; breadth 6 mm. . . . . , 



India : Manipur {Doherty). 



Type in the British Museum. 



Described from two examples, one of which is defective. 



OasSIDA DIMBAKAn, sp. n. 



Body elongato-ovate. Colour uniformly brown above ; under- 

 side black, except the legs and the sides of the abdomen. 



Head black, with the clypous llat. Tlie antenna) hardly 

 reaching the base of the elytra ; the first joint thickened, club- 



