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but sparingly punctured aucl partly wrinkled ; the tarsi entirely 
black but the legs variable in colour. From the preceding species 
the present differs in the black underside and different elytral 
sculpturing. 
382. Cryptocephalus cribricollis, sp. n. 
Head, basal joints of antennae, scutellum, underside and legs 
flavous ; above fulvous ; basal margin of elytra narrowly black. 
Subcylindrical and parallel. Head with a few punctures irregu- 
larly placed and an obscure central longitudinal groove, surface 
very shining ; eyes moderately deeply and angularly emarginate ; 
antennae not extending to middle of elytra, basal five joints flavous, 
rest black, third and following two joints equal, terminal joints 
widened. Thorax short and transverse, not or scarcely widened 
at middle, posterior angles not produced but acute, entire surface 
covered with extremely fine longitudinal scratches or aciculations 
and minute punctures. Scutellum triangular, flavous. Elytra 
moderately strongly punctate-striate, rows distantly placed, inter- 
stices flat and finely punctured, lateral lobes very feeble. Legs and 
tarsi robust. Prosternum not produced in front, posterior angles 
finely pointed. 
Length 3 mm. 
Hob. Nilgiris. T}^ in Coll. H. E. Andrewes. 
Amongst the species with unicolorous upper surface there is 
none with a similarly sculptured thorax, nor can it be compared to 
any species of other coloration in regard to this part. The 
specimen before me seems to be a male. 
383. Cryptocephalus hecticus, Fabr. Syst. Eleuth. ii, 1801, p. 56 ; 
Suffr . Monoar., Linn. Ent. ix, 1854, p. 122. 
Pale flavous ; base of elytra narrowly black. 
“ Slender and cylindrical, narrowed at base and apex ; head broad, 
flat, entirely impunctate ; antennae moderately robust, third joint 
twice as long, the following two three times longer than second, 
rest distinctly widened. Thorax short, surface very finely, distinctly 
and closely punctured. Scutellum subquadrate, truncate at apex, 
strongly raised. Elytra raised near scutellum, shoulders rounded 
and strongly raised, epipleural lobes long ; surface finely punctate- 
striate, middle rows nearly obsolete posteriorly, interstices broad, 
flat, finely and remotely but distinctly punctured, humeral callus 
brownish. Pygidium and underside yellowish-brown ; legs slender, 
anterior tibiae somewhat curved, very slender ; posterior angles of 
prosternum short but pointed, anterior margin slightly produced. 
Last abdominal segment of female with broad and large foveas, 
edges with long grey hairs.” ( Suffrian .) 
Length 3 mm. 
Hah. India : Pondicherry. 
