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CIIIU’SOMELID/E. 
fine at apex, interstices sparingly and finely punctured. Pygidium 
black. Prosternum fulvous, pubescent, anterior margin broadly 
produced, posterior feebly emarginate. Body beneath clothed with 
fine yellow pubescence. 
Length 4^-5 mm. 
Hab. Burma : Ruby Mines ( Coll . Brit. Mns.). 
The spots on the thorax are sometimes much reduced and the 
humeral elytral spot may be absent. Easily distinguished by the 
elytral suture which is black from behind the middle, and the 
colour of the underside and legs. 
414. Cryptocephalus suavis, Duviv, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg. xxxvi, 
1892, p. 401. 
S'. “Fulvous; apex of tibiae and the tarsi rather fuscous; 
metasternum, scutellum, labrum and antennae (base excepted) 
black ; head and thorax reddish, two spots on the latter, the basal 
and lateral margins black. Elytra with 
narrow basal and lateral margins, a sutural 
band, and a broad discoidal stripe black. 
Head rather closely punctured, without 
longitudinal groove ; clypeus separated by 
a transverse groove. Antennse extended 
to beyond middle of elytra, basal four 
joints fulvous, rest black ; third joint 
slightty longer than second, last six 
dilated. Thorax convex at anterior two- 
thirds of disc, narrowed in front, pos- 
terior angles pointed, sides nearly straight; 
median lobe insinuate, a small depression 
on each side near scutellum; surface 
extremely minutely and superficially 
punctured, two black spots placed 
slightly behind the middle ; posterior margin finely serrate. 
Scuteliuin elongate, smooth, foveolate at base. Elytra slightly 
widened at base, epipleural lobes moderate ; space round scutellum 
feebly raised ; surface finely punctate-striate, more strongly so at 
base ; interstices finely rugose ; the sutural band extends side- 
ways as far as first row of punctures ; the discoidal baud com- 
mences at base, is interrupted a little before apex and is placed 
between the third and seventh rows. Female unknown. 
“ Length 3 mm. 
“ Hab. Sikh i in : Kurseong.” ( Duvivier .) 
415. Cryptocephalus rectofasciatus, sp. n. 
Black ; head flavous marked with black ; thorax and femora 
fulvous ; elytra flavous, margins narrowly and a broad discoidal 
longitudinal band black. 
