224 
CHRYSOMELIDTE. 
Elytra partly fulvous, partly black. 
396. Cryptocephalus lefevrei, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Belt/. xxxix, 1895, 
p. 268. 
Black ; head, basal joints of antennae and anterior legs flavous ; 
elytra with the anterior portion fulvous, the posterior two-thirds 
and a humeral spot black. 
6 • Head minutely granulate-punctate ; eyes widely separated, 
broadly emarginate ; clypeus distinctly separated from face, 
anterior margin semicircularly emarginate ; labrum flavous with 
the middle portion black ; antennae 
about two-thirds the length of body, 
very slender, basal five joints flavous, 
rest black, third to fifth joints equal, 
following joints longer, scarcely widened. 
Thorax subcylindrical, double as wide 
at base as anteriorly, sides nearly 
straight, narrowly margined, surface 
entirely impnnctate, black. Scutellum 
black, not longer than broad, irnpunc- 
tate. Elytra finely and regularly 
punctate-striate, interstices smooth and 
impunctate, their anterior third fulvous, 
the rest black, extreme anterior margin 
also black, semicircularly rounded, shoulders with a small black 
spot. Anterior and sometimes the intermediate legs flavous, the 
others as well as the body beneath black. Prosternum strongly 
produced in front, posterior angles pointed. 
Length 3-4 mm. 
Hab. Southern India : Belgaum. 
397. Cryptocephalus dimidiatipennis, Jac. Ann. Soc. Ent. Bely. 
xxxix, 1895, p. 269. 
Black ; clypeus and basal joints of antennm flavous ; elytra 
with the anterior half flavous, the rest black. 
Head finely and irregularly punctured ; eyes moderately deeply 
and broadly emarginate ; clypeus wedge-shaped, with a few tine 
punctures; antennae long and slender, basal four joints flavous, 
rest black, third joint shorter than fourth. Thorax black, about 
one-half broader than long, strongly narrowed anteriorly, sides 
feebly rounded, surface impunctate, very shining. Scutellum 
black, slightly elongate, apex rather pointed, surface impunctate. 
Elytra strongly and regularly punctate-striate, punctures scarcely 
finer at apex, fifth and sixth rows abbreviated posteriorly and 
joined at apex, outer interstices convex ; basal halves flavous, 
forming a broad, laterally widened band, this colour also extends 
to the epipleurse below as far as the middle. Legs and body 
beneath black, base of femora and anterior tibiae sometimes 
Fig. 79. 
Cryptoceplialus lefevrei. 
