PAtl MA.MMn.IKN SPINOI.A. 63 



i>iiriiin <'niiv('\iiiii, noslice aroualo-nniuninaluin, iaicrihus cxterioribus I'cclis 

 anlicc proliiii^atis (lciild'oi'niil)iis, IVonlc iiieiiiu supra lacieni liorizonlalilei' 

 j)vo(iucl;i, n)arj;ine aiiteriore laniinalo in medio acute eiiiar{;inalo ulriiique 

 (lentalo (l(;iilil)us rcctis relusis fere sub cacleni liiit'a ac ani^uli aulenores 

 undi: ca|»ul rilr dicitur quadridcntaluin, facie abbreNiala coiicavii, cly|)eo 

 narvo antici' rocia Iruncalo. Oculi pani, rotuiitli, elc\ali. Ocelli nulli. 

 Thorax nij];er, viv plus loiii^ior (juaiii lalior, |)r(illiorace {^cnuino recondilo, 

 inesolhoracis dorso indiviso iilrinquc aiilice Iridenlalo ac jjoslice arcuatiui 

 emaif(inalo, inelalhoracis pleuris concavis dorsoque abruplc deorsuiii de- 

 clive lerc pcrpendiculari. Abdomen suJjsessile, segmenlo prinio rufo postice 

 nij^ro, secundo supra nigro inaculis duabus albis notalo sublus brunnfo 

 rutescenle, inaculis dorsi obionj];o-ovalis indumenlo arf^enteo-sericen coo- 

 pertis , reliquis nigris supra albo pilosis. Pedes rufi. 



T'nc femelle, m;ilo inconnu. 



40. MIITILL\ BILINEIPUNCTATA, m. 



Mu/. rufa, abflomine nigro lineis duabus punctorum albonim longilror- 

 sum insignilo. f ' 



Long. 4 niillini. — Lai. i el I millim. 



p Aplera. Antennae ul el in praeccdente. Corpus ilidem opacuni, pun- 

 ctatum , villosum , pilis eieclis elongatis saepius nigris , pleuris nitidiusculis. 

 Capul nigrum transverso-ovalum , supra uniformiter convexum , antice in- 

 tegrum edentulum, poslice vix emarginalum, ulrinque rotundatum. Oculi 

 lalerales magni obiongo-ovati. Ocelli nulli. Thorax rulus nigro pilosus, fere 

 duplo plus longior quam lalior, dorso indiviso rclrorsum scnsim declivc. 

 lateiiJius rcclis snbparallelis, pleuris deplanatis pei-jjendicularibus. Abdomen 

 sul),scssile , nigrum, segmentis 2-5 supra albo bimaculatis, macuhs singulis 

 e pilis slralis sericeis in serie longiludinali dispositis, in segmento secundo 

 ifinearibus , in reliquis punctiformibus. Venter, segmentis omnibus poslice 

 argenteo-sericeo marginalis. Pedes nigri, albo pilosi. 



Femellr unique, male inconnu. 



(Btuatorjicmf familU FORIHICAIRES Latr. 



il. CRYPTOCERUS ATRATUS (Formica) Lin. p 



Foeminam minus nolam el ])artim melius illuslrandam collegit D. Ghii.iam. 



Ab 0])eraria. Pah. Syst. Picz. f\\^. el Lri'Ki.i.. he. cit. i. iri. i. hand 



dissimilis Stalnra inaior. Long. i8 millim. Lai. 5 millim. Caput antice 



