CRYPTOCEPHALUS. 
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Head with a few minute punctures, a central longitudinal stripe, 
a small spot at base of antennae and the la brum black ; clvpeus 
semicircular, distinctly separated, anterior edge deeply emarginate ; 
antennae comparatively short, black, basal joint obscure flavous, 
third and fourth equal, following joints slightly widened. Thorax 
about one and a half times as broad as long, sides very feebly 
rounded ; disc impunctate, fulvous, margins paler, a small black 
spot on middle of disc. Scutellum black. Elytra rather broad, 
subcylindricnl, strongly punctate-striate; the discoidal black band 
straight, placed between fourth and ninth rows of punctures, 
extending to base but not quite to apex ; extreme margins 
narrowly black. Body beneath black ; sides of thorax, a trans- 
verse spot at top of breast laterally, another small spot at base 
of abdomen laterally, last abdominal segment and pygidiuin 
flavous ; femora fulvous ; tibiae more or less and the tarsi black. 
Length 2i- mm. 
Hab. Nilgiris. Type in Coll. TI. E. Andrewes. 
Elytra pale with transverse black bands only. 
416. Cryptocephalus aberrans, sp. n. 
Beneath black, above reddish-fulvous ; thorax with two trans- 
verse large spots ; elytra with a transverse black band at base and 
a broader similar band near apex. 
Head strongly but rather sparingly punctured, with deep central 
groove ; anterior portion of clypeus black ; antennae black, ex- 
tending to base of elytra, basal two joints fulvous beneath, third 
and fourth equal, following joints thick and robust. Thorax 
short and strongly narrowed anteriorly, sides straight; surface 
scarcely perceptibly punctured, sides almost covered bv a black 
subquadrate patch that leaves the margins and middle, except at 
base, narrowly fulvous ; at base the latter colour widens. Scu- 
tellum narrow and elongate, fulvous, margined with black. Elytra 
about two and a half times longer than the thorax, very slightly 
narrowed posteriorly, subcylindrical, shoulders scarcely raised; 
epipleural lobes distinct ; puncturation strong from base to middle, 
from thence to apex abruptly fine ; anterior black band not touch- 
ing either margin, lower edge slightly sinuate, extending to one- 
fourth the length of elytra ; posterior band wider, touching suture 
and extended nearly to the lateral margins, anterior edge convex ; 
apex of elytra fulvous. Prosternum anteriorly broadly produced, 
rather deeply bilobed posteriorly. 
Length 3| mm. 
Hub. Burma ; Ruby Mines {Coll. Brit. Mus.). 
This Cryptocephalus differs from any similarly marked species by 
the rather remarkable puncturation of the elytra, which changes 
very suddenly from strong to line punctures at middle; the 
