234 Albany Museum Records. 



Gryptus cet?iiopicus, sp. nov. 



Head, thorax and the sides of the basal two segments of the 

 abdomen rufous : the rest of tlie abdomen bhick, with the apical 

 two segments, white above : legs blackish, the anterior testaceous 

 below, the middle tibia^ and tarsi dark fnscous ; the hind legs 

 black, their coxae i-ufous. Antennae black, the ;")th, (kh and 7th 

 clear white below : wings cle^r hyaline, the nervures and stigma 

 black. Female. 



Length 8-10 mm. ; terebra 4 mm. 



Museum Grounds. Misses Daly and Sole. September and 

 October. 



Vertex finely and closely punctured : the upper part of the 

 front somewhat strongly, transversely striated, the lower part of 

 front dee])ly excavated. Mesonotum closely punctured, more or 

 less closely reticulated : the furrows crenulated. Scutellum 

 roundly convex, keeled stoutly, laterally to the top of the apical 

 slope : the base smooth, the middle punctured, the apex 

 irregularly longitudinally striated. Metanotum closely, rugosely 

 punctured-reticulated : the apical keel stouter than the basal, 

 ending laterally in stout teeth. Propleurae closely, slightly, 

 obliquely striated, the upper half more closely and finely than 

 the lower. Mesopleurse and metapleurse closely rugose. 'Abdomen 

 smooth, impunctate, the petiole more shining than the other 

 segments. Ar^olet 5-angled, narrowed in front, half the width 

 there it is at the apex ; the recurrent nervure received shortly 

 beyond the middle : transverse mediae nervure interstitial. 



Mesostenus leptonotus, sp. nov. 



Black, the thorax rufous, the breast and lowerside of the 

 propleurae black; the apical 3 segments of abdomen white ; the 

 basal five joints of antennse pale-rufous, the rest black, with a 

 white band in the middle ; 4 front legs testaceous, the middle 

 darker than the anterior ; their coxae and trochanters black : hind 

 legs black, the tibi^ dark testaceous ; calcaria testaceous. Wings 

 hyaline, the nervures and stigma dark fuscous. Female. 



Length 7-8, terebra 2 mm. 



