CRYPTOCEPHALUS. 
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•153. Cryptocephalus obeonicus, Suffr. Monoyr., Linn. Ent. xiv, 1800, 
p. 24. 
$ . “ Pale flavous with paler margins ; head and pygidium 
spotted with black ; elytra with three black spots (2.1); beneath 
black ; sides of breast, margins of abdominal segments, and legs 
flavous. 
“ Head finely and closely rugose-punctate, vertex with deep 
central groove ; clypeus feebly separated, flavous as also an 
edging in front of eyes and their emargination ; rest of surface 
black or yellow with three black spots, a central ovate spot and 
a spot above base of antennae ; antennae scarcely half the length 
of body, third joint not longer than second, following two scarcely 
longer, terminal six scarcely longer than fifth, feebly widened, 
basal five yellowish, rest black. Thorax finely but distinctly and 
anteriorly more closely punctured, margins and a middle line paler, 
edge of posterior margin black. Scutellum margined with black. 
Elytra about one-half longer than broad, narrowed posteriorly ; 
epipleural lobes feeble ; puncturation moderate, finer posteriorly, 
the intermediate rows nearly indistinct behind the middle ; inter- 
stices broad, fiat, finely wrinkled ; basal and sutural margins 
narrowly black ; two spots at base, the inner the larger, the round 
outer spot on shoulders, more elongate, the third between third and 
seventh row of punctures, twice as long as broad, all the spots 
surrounded by a brownish margin. Pygidium black, margined 
with flavous. Prosternum strongly produced at middle of anterior 
margin, posterior angles short, pointed. 
“ Length 3 mm. 
“ Hah. Ceylon.” (, Suffrictn .) 
Allied to C. senarius, smaller and narrower, sculpturing much 
finer, colour paler especially near margins. 
454. Cryptocephalus kashmirensis, sp. n. 
Pale fulvous ; breast and abdomen (last segment excepted) 
black; thorax with two black spots ; elytra with entire sutural 
and posterior lateral margins and three large spots on each 
elytron (2 . 1), black. 
Head strongly and somewhat sparingly punctured, a small spot 
at base of antennae piceous ; antennae not extending to middle of 
elytra (<S), third joint half as long again as the second 
but distinctly shorter than the fourth, fifth and terminal joints 
black, the others flavous. Thorax very finely and closely punc- 
tured, extreme lateral and basal borders black, basal portion some- 
what paler than disc ; the latter with two large round black spots, 
Avidely separated. Scutellum .black. Elytra about half as long 
again as the thorax, very slightly narrowed posteriorly, strongly 
punctate-striate, the punctures dark ; the suture from base to apex 
Avith a narrow black anteriorly pointed band ; an elongate spot on 
shoulders, a round spot near scutellum immediately below base, 
between second and fifth row, and another large round spot behind 
