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projecting into a minute point. Front and vertex closely rugosely 

 punctured ; a triangular area, formed of stout keels, continued as one 

 below, beneath the ocelli. Thorax closely punctured ; the scutellar 

 keels large, roundly curved and narrowed towards the apex, pro- 

 jecting. Metanotum with a large square area in the centre of the 

 base; the apex open except at the sides where the keels turn roundly 

 inwardly ; on the sides, at the base, is a large, shining, almost 

 impunctate area. Abdomen closely punctured, more strongly and 

 less closely on the basal than on the apical half ; the first segment is 

 square, the edges of the second and third project laterally at the 

 apex ; the sixth is broadly, squarely incised in the middle. 



Metopius discolor, Tosq. 



This species (described M^m. Soc. Ent. de Belgique, v., 1896, 361) 

 is in the collection from Estcourt. 



CRYPTIN^. 

 CRYPTINI. 



CEYPTUS, Fabr., sec. Ashm. 



1 (4). Head and thorax black, the abdomen and legs red. 



2 (;ij. Orbits and apex of scutellum red; basal keel of meta- 



notum indistinct ; the space between the two keels 

 reticulated ; the area long, narrow, not widened at 

 the base spilocephalun. 



3 (2). Head and thorax not marked with red; the basal keel 



of metanotum distinct, the space between the two 

 keels stoutly striated, the striee clearly separated, the 

 area distinct, widened at the base simillimus. 



4 (5). Black ; the head marked with yellow and red ; the 



thorax largely marked with red rufoplagiatu)^. 



5 (6). Head, thorax, and the greater part of the abdomen 



red, the latter not marked with white at the apex . . niyropcctux. 

 G (5). Head and thorax red, the abdomen black, marked 

 with white on the apex. 



7 (8). The apical slope and the upper and lower side of the 



metapleurse broadly black, the space between the two 



keels on metanotum coarsely reticulated natalensis. 



8 (7). The median segment not black. 



9 (10). Apical slope of scutellum closely striated ; the centre 



of metanotum stoutly longitudinally striated in the 



middle cethiojiirus, Cam.* 



10 (9). Apical slope of scutellum finely, closely punctured, the 

 centre of metanotum in the middle closely transversely 

 striated leighi. 



* Records Alb. Mus. i., p. 234, 1905. 



