﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Fo/. 
  .xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4, 
  15 
  

  

  transverse 
  keel 
  which 
  bulges 
  backwards 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  

   the 
  basal 
  one 
  being 
  rounded, 
  the 
  apical 
  transverse 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  has 
  an 
  oblique 
  slope 
  ; 
  the 
  pleurae 
  closely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  propleurae 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  more 
  shining 
  and 
  

   obscurely 
  striolated. 
  The 
  four 
  anterior 
  legs 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  

   hinder 
  femora 
  and 
  the 
  coxas 
  black, 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  

   and 
  apex 
  ; 
  the 
  hinder 
  tibiae 
  and 
  tarsi 
  black, 
  the 
  former 
  

   only 
  black 
  behind. 
  The 
  petiole 
  is 
  broadly 
  black 
  at 
  the 
  

   base 
  ; 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  the 
  apex 
  without 
  keels 
  and 
  

   not 
  raised 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  at 
  the 
  apex 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  and 
  the 
  

   second 
  segment 
  ferruginous 
  ; 
  the 
  other 
  segments 
  black 
  

   except 
  the 
  last, 
  which 
  is 
  milk-white 
  above. 
  Gastrocoeli 
  

   absent. 
  Areolet 
  almost 
  square. 
  

  

  Cryptus 
  iNDicus, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Niger, 
  alho-uiaculatns 
  ; 
  pcdibus 
  anterioribus 
  pallidis 
  ; 
  

   coxis, 
  iroclianterihus 
  fcmoribusque 
  posticis 
  rufis; 
  tibiis 
  tarsisque 
  

   posticis 
  nigris, 
  basi 
  alb 
  is 
  ; 
  alis 
  hyalinis, 
  apice 
  fumatis. 
  6. 
  

   Long. 
  8 
  — 
  g 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Mussouri 
  {Rotlincy). 
  

  

  Head 
  shining, 
  the 
  front 
  sparsely 
  punctured; 
  below 
  the 
  

   antennae, 
  including 
  the 
  oral 
  organs 
  and 
  the 
  inner 
  orbits 
  to 
  

   the 
  ocelli 
  broadly, 
  white 
  ; 
  the 
  tips 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles 
  

   black 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  antennae 
  white 
  beneath 
  ; 
  

   the 
  apical 
  brownish. 
  Thorax 
  black, 
  shining, 
  minutely 
  

   punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  prothorax 
  in 
  front, 
  a 
  curved 
  mark 
  

   narrowest 
  on 
  the 
  outerside, 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  meso- 
  

   notum 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  tubercles, 
  tegulse, 
  scutellum, 
  and 
  

   a 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  over 
  the 
  coxae, 
  

   white. 
  Pro- 
  and 
  meso-notum 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  

   impunctate, 
  the 
  median 
  segment 
  much 
  more 
  strongly 
  

   punctured 
  and 
  without 
  any 
  keels. 
  The 
  four 
  front 
  legs 
  are 
  

   entirely 
  pallid 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  hind 
  coxae, 
  trochanters, 
  and 
  

   femora 
  red 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  femora, 
  tibiae, 
  and 
  tarsi, 
  

   black; 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  hind 
  tibiae 
  and 
  the 
  greater 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  