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Cryptaspidia longa sp. nov. Plate I, fig. 8. 



Very long-bodied, narrow, black, closely and coarsely punctate, 

 sparingly pubescent; posterior process not reaching internal 

 angles of tegmina ; tegmina smoky hyaline with very large black 

 veins; scutellum entirely hidden; trochanters unarmed. 



Head wider than long, subtriangular, black, weakly punctate, 

 pilose, convex, median suture deeply depressed; base almost 

 straight ; eyes large, prominent, black with brown inner borders ; 

 ocelli prominent, translucent, yellowish, situated on broad eleva- 

 tions, about equidistant from each other and from the eyes and 

 situated about on a line drawn through centers of eyes ; inferior 

 margins of gense arcuate; clypeus slightly longer than broad, 

 much deflexed, black, punctate, pilose with long golden hairs, 

 tip rounded. 



Pronotum entirely black, coarsely punctate, sparingly pilose 

 with long golden hairs; median carina percurrent but weak; 

 humeral angles not prominent, triangular; metopidium strongly 

 convex; dorsum nearly straight; scutellum entirely concealed 

 but present; posterior process short, straight, somewhat flat- 

 tened, acute, tip sharp and not reaching the internal angles of 

 the tegmina. 



Tegmina very long, smoky hyaline, wrinkled ; base coriaceous, 

 black, punctate and pubescent; veins very strong, heavy, black, 

 sparingly pilose ; tips of tegmina extending well beyond apex of 

 abdomen. 



Sides and undersurface of thorax black, densely pilose with 

 long golden hairs; abdomen very long, entirely black, densely 

 pilose below ; ovipositor smooth, black, shining, sparingly pubes- 

 cent ; legs f erruginous, tibiae tinged with darker, tarsi and claws 

 brown, hind trochanters without teeth. 



Length, 8.2 millimeters; width, 3. 



Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Baguio {Baker). 



Type, a female. 



