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CHRYSOMELIDjE. 
obliquely but feebly narrowed in front, surface with a very 
obsolete transverse depression at sides, entirely impunctate. 
Scutellum biack. Elytra with finely and closely approximate rows 
of punctures, apex broadly whitish-yellow. Prosternum not pro- 
duced in front, deeply bilobed posteriorly. 
Length 2 mm. 
Hab. Sikhira. Type in Belgian Mus. 
I know of no other similarly coloured Indian Cryptocephalus. 
356. Cryptocephalus elegans, sp. n. 
Black ; head, antennae, thorax and legs pale flavous ; elytra 
with a narrow transverse flavous band behind the middle. 
Head longitudinally depressed between eyes ; nearly white, 
impunctate ; antennae long and slender, third joint shorter than 
fourth, terminal joints slightly widened. Thorax subconical, 
strongly narrowed in front, sides nearly straight, posterior angles 
produced ; surface impunctate, sometimes with two small obscure 
spots at middle near anterior margin. Scutellum triangular, 
flavous. Elytra narrow and parallel, elongate, very linely punctate- 
striate, the flavous band placed behind the middle of regular shape, 
leaving the apical portion to about a fourth part of the entire 
length black. Prosternum flavous, not produced in front, posterior 
angles strongly pointed. 
Length 2 mm. 
Hab. Burma: Buby Mines (Coll. Brit. Mus.). 
A very small species, of narrowly subcylindrical shape and easily 
distinguished by its system of coloration. 
357. Cryptocephalus suffriani, sp. n. 
Elavous ; vertex of head and anterior margin of thorax with a 
black spot ; elvtra with a transverse band at base and the posterior 
half blood-red, two spots at base and one behind the middle near 
the suture black. 
Head closely and strongly punctured at vertex, an elongate 
black spot at middle of latter ; clypeus separated from face, trans- 
verse, finely punctured, anterior edge but slightly concave ; 
mandibles black; antennae flavous, third and following joints very 
slender and elongate. Thorax subcylindrical, not strongly convex, 
sides nearly straight, strongly narrowed anteriorly, surface with a 
few minute punctures. Scutellum triangular, strongly pointed, 
flavous. Elytra strongly punctate-striate, interstices flat, a few 
tine punctures here and there. Breast slightly darker than 
abdomen and legs, closely punctured ; prosternum deeply bilobed 
posteriorly. 
Length 4 mm. 
Hab. Nilgiris (Coll. Brit. Mus.). 
This species must not be confounded with C. carneobifasciatus, 
