CRYPTOCEPIIALUS. 
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391. Cryptocephalus brahminus, sp. n. 
5 . Head fulvous ; a black transverse band at vertex ; thorax 
fulvous, with two black spots ; legs fulvous ; elytra (epipleural 
lobes beneath excepted) and underside black. 
Head somewhat convex, impunctate and shining, vertex with a 
shallow longitudinal groove, the black band widened at middle ; 
eyes subangularly but not deeply emarginate; clypeus not separated, 
moderately concave at anterior margin, surface impunctate ; 
antennm fulvous, basal joints flavous, third joint slender, twice 
as long as second, following nearly equally long, not thickened. 
Thorax short and strongly transverse, all the margins narrowly 
black, a large black spot on each side near the middle. Scutellum 
broadly triangular, black. Elytra strongly punctate-striate, the 
punctures replaced by striae at the apex, interstices finely wrinkled, 
slightly convex at sides, shoulders highly raised and broad ; epi- 
pleural lobes feeble, fulvous beneath. Legs short aud stout. 
Prosternum deeply emarginate at middle of anterior margin; the 
posterior angles acutely pointed. 
Length 4 mm. 
Hab. India {Coll. Brit. Mus.). 
This species cannot be mistaken for one of the black varieties 
of C. vahli or C. senarius , as the head is entirely impunctate 
and has a black band. In C. sanguinolentus, Oliv. the head is 
finely punctured and entirely red, the antennae have the joints 
differently fashioned and the prosternum is not emarginate 
anteriorly. 
395. Cryptocephalus dimidiatus, Suffr.Monogr.,Linn.Ent. xiv, 1860, 
p. 15. 
“ Keddish-fulvous ; scutellum and elytra deep black. 
“ 5 . Head remotely but distinctly punctured ; antennae scarcely 
half the length of the body, robust, third and fourth joints equal, 
fifth and sixth longer, following broadly widened, terminal joint 
with very short triangular appendages, all joints except the apical 
red. Thorax short and broad, with two oblique depressions in 
front of scutellum, posterior margin narrowly black. Scutellum 
elongate-triangular. Elytra raised round scutellum, shoulders 
broad, epipleural lobes moderately produced ; surface with the 
punctures stronger at middle than at each end, interstices broad, 
flat, scarcely wrinkled. Pygidium dark fulvous. Prosternum 
scarcely produced in front, posterior angles short and pointed. 
“ Length 4 mm. 
“ Hob. Southern India.” (Suffrian.) 
Suffrian only doubtfully described this species as distinct from 
C. insubiclus or its female. The apparent differences from black 
varieties of C. vahli are the impunctate elytral interstices and 
the finer puncturation, while the black elytra and scutellum 
possibly distinguish it from C. insubidus and the fulvous under- 
side from C. sanguinolentus. 
