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New Species of Cryptocephalus 
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tulation above referred to, is more or less dull in lustre. 
The elytral vittae in trivittatus are brown instead of black 
and much less even and clear cut, the lateral ones always 
more or less disrupted and displaced posteriorly where it 
extends inward to the fourth stria. 
Cryptocephalus ochraceus n. sp. 
Upper surface of a nearly uniform deep yellow tint ; head 
with a short vertex line and the bases of the antennae red- 
dish brown ; prothorax with a feeble narrow basal line and 
faint traces of sublateral shades; elytra with the strial 
punctures, the sutural edge and an ill defined fascia just 
before the apex of the same color. Antennae pale basally, 
outer joints brownish. 
Head sparsely punctate; thorax strongly and conspicu- 
ously so, the punctures in great part tinged with reddish 
brown and separated on the average by about their own 
diameters; surface moderately shining. 
Elytra a little duller in lustre though without perceptible 
alutaceous sculpture. Striae not much impressed, the sutu- 
ral reaching the basal third, discal striae 1-5, 8, and 9 quite 
regular, 6th and 7th regular for a short distance behind the 
humeral callus but much confused beyond that point. In- 
tervals with a single series of widely spaced extremely 
minute punctures. 
Body beneath suffused with reddish brown, tibiae, tarsi 
and apical half of femora of same color, basal half of fe- 
mora yellow. Prosternum not distinctly lobed in front, 
rather deeply emarginate with prominent angles behind. 
Length 4.4 mm., width 2.5 mm. 
Dunedin, Florida, IV-5-22: a single female specimen 
collected by the writer. 
This species in size and color somewhat resembles um- 
bonatus Schf. but in the latter the striae are much deeper 
and the thorax very much more finely punctate. In its 
relatively coarsely punctate thorax ochraceus approaches 
the species at the end of LeConte’s table, more especially 
tinctus, before which and schreibersi I would suggest it be 
placed. 
