250 CRYPTOCEPHALINARUM BOREALI-AMERICAE DIAGNOSES. 



funde punctato-striatis, vittis 2 flavis apice conjunctis, exteriori irregulari. 

 Long, li lin. 



Head coarsely punctate, rufous ; labrum and a narrow superior orbital line Jlavous; 

 antennae fuscous, five basal articulations rufous : pronotum polished, finely 

 punctulate, extreme lateral margin blackish : elytra with two wide irregular vittae 

 connected posteriorly, fiavom ; the striae, external and sutural margin, and a medial 

 irregular vitta rufous ; the vitta is formed by the fourth exterior interstice upon the 

 posterior half, and fifth upon the basal half of the elytra ; extreme base black ; 

 interstices convex : beneath punctate, deep rufous, feet paler. Southern and Middle 

 States. 



14. C. iNCERTUs Oliv. Dej. Cat. ,447'. Flavescente rufus, vix nitidus; pronoto 

 valde dense punctate, disco et utrinque versus latera obsolete infuscata, basi tenuiter 

 nigro : elytris profunde punctato-striatis, vittis 2 obliquis obscure rufis, sutura 

 margineque tenuissimo nigris. Long. 2i lin. 



Head punctate, flavous ; torulus and margins of the clypeus rufous ; antennae rufo- 

 fuscous, five basal articulations rufo-flavous : pronotum densely covered with 

 piliferous punctures, basal angles flavous, extreme base black and serrulate : scutel 

 black, disc flavous : elytra with the extreme base and suture (and sometimes the 

 exterior margin) hlack ; punctate-striate, punctures rufous ; of the two rufous vittae, 

 the interior one is situated upon the third and fourth intervals, becoming narrower 

 and confined to the third posteriorly, where it approaches the suture, terminating 

 with the second stria about one-fourth the distance from the apex ; the second vitta 

 occupies the eighth and ninth interstices : pygidium and venter punctate, and with 

 the feet, having numerous silvery hairs : ^ ? 9 with the apex of the venter foveolate. 

 Southern. 



15. C. viTATUS Hold. 4Lec. Rufus, supra flavus, pronoto dense punctate, 

 macula rotunda medio, vittaque utrinque submarginali brunneis : elytris profunde 

 punctato-striatis ; sutura vitta lata versus marginem, alteraque inter media abbreviata 

 atro-brunneis, margineque tenuissimo. Long. 2 lin. 



Head flavous varied with rufous; front with numerous dilated impressed punctures, 

 medial line impressed ; antennae fuscous base (5 artic.) rufous : pronotum with the 

 extreme margin brown, disk with a large oval reddish-brown spot, bounded laterally 

 and anteriorly by the flavous ground colour, and a submarginal reddish-brown vitta 

 narrowing anteriorly, and continuous with the principal elytral vitta : scutel blackish 

 brown : elytra with the striae discoloured ; the sutural vitta is widest anteriorly, but 

 suddenly contracted near the scutel ; a short basal vitta or spot in the fourth 

 interstice from the suture ; lateral vitta occupying the sixth interstice posteriorly, and 



