82 
CHKYSOMELIDjE. 
Head black, impressed with a central fovea, the space between 
the antennae rufous. Thorax rufo-flavous, slightly constricted at 
the base, the middle and the anterior angles with some punctures. 
Scutellum black. Elytra parallel, flavous ; of the black markings 
a spot is placed on the shoulders, a pear-shaped elongate mark 
from below the humeral spot to behind the middle, another small 
spot below the humeral spot, and one near the apex of each 
elytron. The antennae black, short and robust. 
Length 6 mm. 
Hab. India. Type in Brit. Mus. 
A well-marked species, easy to recognize by the peculiar pattern 
of the elytra. 
158. Crioceris multimaculata, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belt/, xlii, 1898, 
p. 185. 
Elavous ; antennae and breast black, head with a black spot ; 
elytra flavous, a sutural stripe, widened before and after the 
middle, a humeral spot, another below the shoulders, a round spot 
behind the middle, and another near the apex, black ; tibiae at apex 
and tarsi black. 
Head fulvous ; the vertex with a black spot, impunctate, the 
lower portion pubescent; antennae black, short and stout, the 
terminal joints strongly thickened and widened. Thorax sub- 
cylindrical, constricted near the base, the basal sulcus shallow, the 
sides rounded and widened at the middle, the disc fulvous with one 
row of punctures and others near the anterior angles. Scutellum 
black. Elytra flavous, strongly and deeply punctate-striate, the 
suture at the middle black, widened into a spot anteriorly and 
posteriorly ; a spot on the shoulders, followed by a smaller one 
near the lateral margins, a round spot behind the middle and 
another larger one near the apex, black ; sides of the breast, the 
knees, apex of the tibiae and the tarsi black. 
Length 2| mm. 
Hab. Bengal : Mandar. 
Allied to C. nigro-ornata, Clark {nigropicta, Clk.), but flavous 
beneath instead of black, and without the pear-shaped spot below 
the shoulders, also with an extra spot behind the middle, the head 
pubescent, the size generally smaller. 
159. Crioceris cardoni, sp. n. 
Entirely black. 
Head rugose-punctate and finely pubescent ; the vertex with a 
short but deep longitudinal groove ; eyes very large and promi- 
nent ; antennse short, the terminal joints strongly thickened and 
widened, broader than long, the basal four joints shining, the 
others pubescent, third joint longer than the fourth. Thorax 
subglobose, very slightly longer than broad, the anterior angles 
rounded, the middle widened at the sides, the base very slightly 
constricted, with a narrow transverse groove, placed close to the 
