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CHRYSOMELIDJE. 
403. Cryptocephalus lutulentus, Sufr. Monogr., Linn. Ent. xiv, 1860, 
p. 12. 
“ Pale fulvous ; frout of head, two spots on thorax, and elytra! 
margins broadly black. 
“Head flat, distinctly grooved at middle; clypeus transversely 
depressed, finely and remotely punctured, sides of face paler than 
the rest ; antennas flavous, about half the length of body, slender 
and delicate, third to fifth joints gradually lengthened, rest 
scarcely wider. Thorax with two short but deep depressions at 
base ; surface impunctate, two elongate spots touching posterior 
margin and narrowed anteriorly extend to middle of disc. Elytra 
raised near scutellum, only feebly depressed below, shoulders 
broadly raised, epipleural lobes long ; surface strongly punctate- 
striate anteriorly, gradually finer towards apex, interstices mostly 
flat. Anterior margin of prosternum broadly produced, posterior 
angles rather blunt and short. 
“ Length 2| mm. 
“ Hub. Southern India. 
“ Allied to G. circumductus but with black forehead, two thoracic 
spots, and with broad black elytral margins extending to epi- 
pleural lobes.” ( Stiff rian . ) 
I 
404. Cryptocephalus sehestedti, Fair. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 1798, p. 1 07 ; 
Oliv. Ent. vi, p. 830, pi. 7, fig. 108 ; Suff'r. Monogr., Linn. Ent. 
i x, 1854, p. 28 ; id. t. c. xiv, 1860, p. 12. 
Pale fulvous ; beneath black with flavous legs ; elytra with a 
broad longitudinal black band, abbreviated posteriorly. 
Short and broad ; head rather strongly and closely punctured ; 
antennae extending to base of elytra, basal 
five joints flavous, rest dark fuscous, third 
and fourth joints short, nearly equal. 
Thorax narrowed anteriorly, extreme basal 
edge black, serrate, surface extremely 
closely aud finely punctured, lateral margins 
and two small spots in front of scutellum 
often pale. Scutellum triangular, more or 
less fulvous, with darker edges. Elytra 
moderately strongly punctured, interstices 
rather closely and finely punctate ; the black 
band between second and seventh row of 
punctures (not counting short subsutural 
row) but covering the eighth row at base, 
slightly curved and not extending to apex. Last abdominal segment 
often flavous. 
Length 2-3 mm. 
Hah. India : Bengal ; Southern Bombay ; Nilgiris ; Malabar. 
Ceylon. 
W ell distinguished by the elytral black band on disc. 
Fig. 81.- 
cephalus sehestedti. 
