CEYPTOCEPHALUS. 
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longitudinal stripe, abbreviated posteriorly, black ; breast black ; 
tarsi fuscous. 
Head impunetate, a central stripe and a spot at base 
of autennse black ; antennae black, not 
extending to middle of elytra, basal two or 
three joints flavous, third to fifth equal, 
succeeding joints longer. Thorax much 
narrowed anteriorly, short and transverse, 
sides very feebly rounded ; surface irnpunc- 
tate, rather broadly flavous, disc ful- 
vous. Scutellum flavous, margined with 
black. Elytra finely punctate-striate, the 
punctures nearly black, as are the extreme 
sutural and lateral margins, also a narrow 
stripe from the base that runs down the 
shoulders to past the middle. Prosternum 
and breast black ; abdomen flavous. 
Length 4 mm. 
Hab. Pondicherry (Coll. Jacoby). 
This species may be distinguished from C. sehestedti , Eabr. and 
others that are similarly marked by the narrow elongate shape 
and elytral stripe, which in some specimens is only indicated at the 
shoulders. 
ccphalus nigrolineatus. 
402. Cryptocephalus malleatns, Suffr. Monogr., Linn. JEnt. xiv, 1860, 
p. 50 ; Weise, Dent. ent. Zeit. 1903, p. 31. 
“Bright flavous ; terminal joints of antennae, posterior edge of 
thorax, base of elytra, and a curved longitudinal band on the disc 
of each elytron, black or dark red. 
“ Head distinctly but remotely punctured, mandibles black ; 
antennae of male longer than half the body, third and fourth joints 
equal, each one-half longer than the second, fifth and following joints 
widened, black, basal joints flavous. Thorax entirely impunetate. 
Scutellum narrowly edged with black. Elytra short, scarcely 
narrowed posteriorly, shoulders broad and flat, scarcely prominent, 
without any depression within ; epipleural lobes feeble. Elytral 
puncturation very regular, obsolete near apex, interstices flat, very 
finely and sparingly punctured ; a broad transverse black band at 
base touching suture below scutellum joined by a longitudinal 
black stripe on the middle of disc which curves towards suture 
near apex. Pygidium and body beneath scarcely punctured: 
anterior margin of prosternum moderately produced. 
“ Length 2-4 mm. 
“Hab. Ceylon. 
“ In some varieties the bands are bright red and the basal band 
is marked at each end with a black spot; the upper surface is 
yellowish-white.” ( Suffrian .) 
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