240 
ClIllYSOMELIDJE. 
lobes long ; disc very strongly punctate-striate, interstices scarcely 
perceptibly punctured, basal margin narrowly black ; the posterior 
band of about the same width as the basal black margin, extends 
across both elytra. Prosternum with anterior margin broadly 
rounded and hollow, posterior angles short. 
“ Var. With another transverse band at base of elytra that con- 
sists of partly united spots and extends from the shoulder to the 
second row of punctures. 
“ Length 4-5 mm . 
“ Hah. Southern India. 
“ Different in shape to C. vahli, broadest at posterior margin 
of thorax, thence strongly narrowed posteriorly, the apex 
very shortly rounded ; in C. vahli the greatest width lies across 
the shoulders and the body is much less narrowed posteriorly.” 
(Suffrian.) 
424. Cryptocephalus burmanicus, Jac. Ann. Mus. Civ. Genova, xxix, 
1889, p. 159. 
Plavous ; base of head, terminal joints of antennae and sides of 
breast black. Thorax with two black spots. Elytra llavous, a 
transverse sinuate band at base, another 
behind the middle and the apical margin 
black. 
Plead finely punctured, somewhat rugose, 
the base covered by a subquadrate spot 
aud a narrow space in front of eyes black, 
the eyes themselves broadly and deeply 
notched ; antennae about half the length 
of body, basal four joints testaceous, others 
black, all joints elongate (with exception of 
second, which is shorter) and all of nearly 
equal length. Thorax twice as broad as 
long, sides straight, narrowed in front, 
posterior margin finely serrate ; surface 
extremely minutely punctured, flavous, with 
two black rather large transverse spots 
placed nearer to the anterior than to the posterior margin, 
the latter likewise narrowly black. Scutellura trigonal, sparingly 
punctured, black or pale with black margins. Elytra broad and 
parallel, moderately strongly and regularly punctate-striate, inter- 
stices flat throughout; the basal band occupies about one-fourth 
of the elytra, is notched in front of the shoulders at its hind 
margin and extends to the ninth row of punctures ; another nar- 
rower band behind the middle extends to either margin; the sutural 
and apical margins of the elytra narrowly black. Legs fulvous ; 
femora with an apical flavous spot, a small black spot on the 
Fig. 88.— Crypto- 
cephalus burmanicus. 
