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its apex ; wiugs dark brown, with their tips white ; the legs ferrugi- 

 nous, with the posterior coxae fuscous. Abdomen petiolated, the 

 petiole shining black, the following segments opake, the apical one 

 white. 

 Hab. Makassar. 



2. Cryptus spoliator. C. niger; abdominis marginibus, fasciis 

 albis ; alis hyalinis. 



Female. Length 6^ lines. Black; the head with a number of deep 

 striae on the front between the ocelli and the insertion of the antennae ; 

 the clypeus, labrum, mandibles and palpi pale testaceous. Thorax : 

 the sides and the metathorax, except its base, striated, the latter 

 transversely so ; a pale testaceous spot on the scutellum and post- 

 scutellum, a larger spot on each side of the latter, and the mai-gin of 

 the truncation of the metathorax, pale testaceous-yellow ; wings hya- 

 line, faintly coloured towards their apex; the anterior and interme- 

 diate legs pale testaceous, and stained with brown above ; the poste- 

 rior legs dark fusco-ferruginous, with the tarsi white, except the base 

 of the first joint ; the three basal segments margined with white, the 

 apical one entirely so. The abdomen pale beneath and sjtotted with 

 black ; the ovipositor the same length as the abdomen. 



Hab. Makassar. 



3. Cryptus albo-pictus. C. niger; metathorace bispinoso ; anten- 

 nis medio scutelloque et abdominis fasciis tribus albis ; alis hyalinis 

 fusco fasciatis. 



Female. Length 4^ lines. Black ; the antennae in the middle, the an- 

 terior and intermediate coxae, their trochanters, a spot on the poste- 

 rior coxae, and a fascia on the apical margin of the first and second 

 segments of the abdomen, as well as the apical segment above, white ; 

 the metathorax rugose, and with a transverse carina near its base, the 

 spines on each side pale testaceous ; the wings hyaline, the anterior 

 pan- with a transverse fuscous fascia, their tips also fuscous ; the pos- 

 terior tibiae with a white spot at their base ; the anterior pair with a 

 white line in front. 



Hab. Makassar. 



4. Cryptus variegatus. C. niger; antennis medio tarsisque posti- 

 cis albis ; capite, thoi-ace abdomiueque flavo variegatis ; alis hyalinis. 



Female. Length 4^ lines. Black ; the inner orbit of the eyes, the front 

 below the antennae, the cheeks and mandibles, ochraceous. Thorax : 

 the margin of the prothorax, a central spot on the mesothorax, the 

 tegulte, the scutellum, postscutellum, the apex of the metathorax and 

 two spots at its base, the legs, and three spots on the sides of the 

 thorax, ochraceous ; the wings hyaline and iridescent ; the poste- 

 rior tarsi white, with the claw-joint and tip of the fourth black. 

 Abdomen : the apical margin of all the segments with an ochraceous 

 fascia ; the ovipositor shorter than the abdomen. 



Hab, Makassar. 



