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CHRYSOMELIDtE. 
Head strongly punctured near eyes, but variable in that respect, 
an anchor-shaped band at middle black ; eyes broadly subquad- 
rately emarginate ; clypeus and labrum fulvous ; antennae black, 
not extending to middle of elytra, basal five joints fulvous, third 
to fifth joints equal, succeeding joints slightly longer, slender in 
the male, slightly thickened in female. Thorax subcylindrical, 
much narrowed anteriorly, posterior angles not produced ; surface 
entirely impunctate, the base with a large transverse black band, 
composed of two confluent spots, more or less separated anteriorly, 
sometimes entire and not extending to margins. Scutellum 
oblong, black, deeply foveolate at base. Elytra without basal 
depression, strongly punctate-striate, interstices longitudinally 
costate at sides, more strongly marked in the female, a transverse 
spot at base between second and eighth row of punctures and 
the apical third portion black, anterior edge of this colour 
rounded. Body beneath and pygidium black, closely pubescent ; 
legs fulvous, posterior femora partly or entirely black. Pro- 
sternum very strongly produced in front, posterior margin nearly 
straight. 
Length 4-44 mm. 
Hab. Bangalore {Coll. Jacoby). 
Allied to C. quadratics, Suffr., but the thorax impunctate and 
the elytral interstices not wrinkled. 
346. Cryptocephalus konbirensis, Duviv. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely, xxxv, 
1891, C. Bend. p. xxxiv ; id. t. c. xxxvi, 1892, p. 402. 
Fulvous ; mandibles, terminal joints of antennae, scutellum, and 
two spots on thorax black ; elytra with a humeral and a discoidal 
spot and a transverse band behind the middle, black. 
Oblong-ovate. Head pale, more or less strongly punctured, 
deeply longitudinally depressed in middle ; antennae testaceous, 
terminal joints black, third joint much longer than second, slightly 
longer than fourth, fifth and following joints more elongate, 
widened and flattened. Thorax transverse, with narrow posterior 
edge, anterior and lateral margins flavous, surface impunctate, 
with slight basal depression on each side near the scutellum. 
Elytra moderately strongly punctate-striate, the strias indistinct 
near apex, interstices finely punctured and wrinkled, subcostate 
posteriorly : humeral spot elongate, discoidal spot triangular, placed 
on anterior fourth of elytra at a little distance from suture, 
posterior band extending to the sides, emarginate anteriorly and 
posteriorly. Body beneath testaceous, finely pubescent. 
Var. a. Thorax without spots. 
Var. b. Elytra without discoidal spot. 
Var. c. Elytra without humeral and discoidal spots. 
In his later publication, Duvivier looks upon the following form 
as typical : — 
“ Elytra with 5 black spots (2 . 2’. 1), one on shoulders, another 
