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Cryptops australis Newport. 



Cryptops australis Newport, Trans. Linn. Soc, vol. 19, p. 408, 1845 : 

 Pocock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 6, vol. 11, p. 129, 1893: 

 Kraepelin, Mit. Mus. Hamburg, vol., 20, p. 58, 1903 ; Fauna 

 sudw. Auslr., vol. 2, p. 106, 1908 ; ArJciv. Zool., vol. 10, No. 2, 

 p. 2, 1916: Chamberlin, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool, vol. 64, p. 8, 

 1920. 

 The following is a translation of Kraepelin's description (1903) : — 



" Head posteriorly overlapped by the 1st tergite, punctured, without 

 sulci. First tergite without sulci, punctured like the following ones, surface 

 and sides somewhat wrinkled. Median longitudinal sulci extending from 

 the 4th to the 18th segment, similarly the crescentic lateral sulci. Median 

 keel scarcely raised. Prosternum of toxicognaths with slightly rounded 

 anterior end, with only some diminutive hairs on the edge, the latter not 

 swollen, without setae. Sternites with cruciform sulci, the longitudinal 

 appearing shorter than the transverse (i.e., the hinder arm short), disappear- 

 ing completely on the 18th. Coxopleurae hairy around the edge, with only 

 about 3 rows of altogether about 30 pores, scarcely reaching to the hinder 

 end. Spiracles from slit-like to narrow-oval. Legs without : dornspicula,' 

 the penultimate pair with short white downy hairs. Femur and patella 

 of anal leg ventrally narrowing out into a keel shape, dorsally altogether 

 bare, ventrally on each side of the keel with numerous short setose hairs, 

 without naked longitudinal area, and without deep longitudinal hollow ; 

 dorso-terminally without furrow or spiny processes. Patella at the end 

 usually with sharp tooth. Tibia ventrally with 8 to 11, tarsus with 4 to 5, 

 pectinate teeth. Colour ochraceous, head somewhat reddish, sides some- 

 times with trace of green margining. 



" Length, 30 mm. 



'• New Zealand." 



This species is known also from Western Australia and Queensland. 

 I have not seen any specimens, but the following species resembles it 

 closelv. 



Cryptops galidus n. sp. (Figs. 4 and 5.) 

 Pale straw-colour, head slightlv darker. 



Head overlapped by the 1st 



tergita 



Tergal sulci extending! distinctlv from 4th nearlv to the caudal 





Cryptops galidus. 

 Fig. 4. — Femur of anal leg. Fig. 5. — Coxopleura. 



margin of the 20th segment. Anal tergite with caudal portion triangular, 

 the apex broadly rounded. Prosternum with anterior margins slightly 

 convex, meeting medianly in a gentle sinuation, 5 or 6 fine submarginal 



