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420. Cryptoceplialus lualeficus, Suffr. Monoyr., Linn. Ent. ix, 1854, 
p. 14. 
“ Black ; elytra dark red with two black transverse bands ; the 
anterior baud interrupted. 
“ Head finely punctured and wrinkled, central impressed line 
distinct, narrow ; labrum piceous ; antennas about half the length 
of body, third and following joints nearly equal, double the 
length of second, basal four and basal half of fifth fiavous, others 
black. Thorax entirely impunctate. Scutellum dark brown with 
darker margins. Elytra narrow posteriorly, epiplenral lobes short 
and broad ; surface strongly punctate-striate anteriorly, the punc- 
tures diminish gradually but are distinct to apex, interstices 
broad, feebly convex, transversely finely wrinkled posteriorly ; 
base, posterior half of lateral margins and apex narrowly black ; 
the basal band extends to the shoulders, narrower than the other 
band that does not reach the suture nor the base, second band 
behind the middle extends to the outer margins, the apex beyond 
it appears as a light transverse spot. Pygidium black, finely 
punctured ; underside and legs black. 
“ Length 5| mm. 
“ Hab. Southern India : Nilgiris.” ( Svffricm .) 
421. Cryptoceplialus semidivisus, sp. n. 
Beneath black, above and the legs fulvous ; head black ; thorax 
with two black spots ; elytra with two broad transverse black 
bands connected at the suture, divided at sides by a narrow 
fiavous stripe, apex of elytra fiavous. 
J . Head closely rugosely punctured ; eyes closely approximate 
at top, margined narrowly within with fulvous ; clypeus narrowly 
triangular, fulvous ; labrum fiavous ; antennae black, extending to 
about middle of elytra, basal four joints fiavous, third and fourth 
joints equal, following joints slightly widened. Thorax about 
one-half broader than long, strongly narrowed anteriorly, sides 
straight or nearly so, posterior angles produced ; surface distinctly 
and rather closely punctured, the margins narrowly fiavous, 
middle of disc with a transverse short spot on each side. Scu- 
tellum broad, black. Elytra slightly narrowed posteriorly, deeply 
and closely punctate-striate, the interstices costate, suture round 
the scutellum raised ; the two transverse bands broad, not extend- 
ing to lateral margins nor apex, divided partlj’ at the sides by a 
narrow fiavous stripe that does not extend to the suture. Abdo- 
men narrowly fulvous at sides, finely pubescent ; prosternum very 
strongly produced anteriorly, the projection deeply hollowed out, 
fulvous ; pygidium black, strongly punctured. 
Length 4| mm. 
Ilab. India. 
