CUtYPTOCEPH ALU'S. 
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Head flat, greenish-mneous at vertex, closely punctured, lower 
portion black ; antennae extending to base of elytra only, basal 
joint fulvous beneath, third and following nearly equal, terminal 
joints widened. Thorax rather long, less than twice as broad as 
long, strongly convex, entirely impunctate, very shining, metallic. 
Scutellum broad, sides rounded, bluish. Elytra broad and rather 
flat, somewhat widened towards apex ; epipleural lobes feeble ; 
surface strongly punctate-striate, interstices finely transversely 
wrinkled, flat, sides and apex broadly flavous, middle of disc and base 
bluish. Prosternum rugose, scarcely produced in front, posterior 
angles pointed. 
Length 3 mm. 
Hab. India {Coll. Belg. Mas.). 
Smaller than C. metallicus , the thorax metallic green and the 
abdomen flavous. There is only a single male specimen in the 
Belgian Museum without precise locality. It is probable that the 
elytra vary in being entirely dark blue, as the latter colour is not 
well defined at the margins and the flavous portion shows some 
darker stains. 
Elytra flavous or red ivith black lateral margins. 
337. Crypto cephalus angustomarginatus, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely. 
xlvii, 1903, p. 88. 
<3 . Elavous ; two spots on thorax, margins of elytra and tarsi 
black. 
Head distinctly and closely punctured, a small black spot at 
vertex and another at base of antennae ; eyes widely separated at 
top, acutely emarginate ; antennae rather short, basal five joints 
flavous, rest black, third to fifth of equal length, terminal joints 
slightly thickened. Thorax twice as broad as long, very convex, 
impunctate, extreme margins and two spots at middle of disc 
black. Scutellum black. Elytra rather short and broad, finely 
punctate-striate, the suture very narrowly, the lateral margins 
more broadly, black. Body beneath and legs flavous, femora 
stained with brown ; tarsi broad, nearly black. Prosternum sub- 
quadrate, the posterior angles produced. 
Length 31 mm. 
Hab. Bombay ; Nilgiris ; Kanara. 
338. Cryptocephalus cir cum ductus, Suffr. Monogr., Linn. Ent. ix, 
] 854, p. 33. 
Elavous ; two spots on thorax, a narrow basal and a broader 
lateral margin to the elytra black. 
ITead finely and remotely punctured ; antenuse moderately 
robust, third and following joints gradually lengthened, fifth 
quite three times longer than second, sixth and following joints 
widened, all pale flavous. Thorax impunctate, with two small 
