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nervure is received very shortly before the middle. 

 Abdomen black ; the apex of the segments broadly pale 

 yellow ; the two last segments entirely so. 



Aglaocryptus STRIATIFRONS, sp. nov. 



Niger, flavoviaciilaUis ; linea late medio metanoti flava ; 

 pedihns rufis ; coxis trochaiiterilnisqtie anterioribus flavis ; 

 alls /lyalinis, stigniate testaceo. $ . 



Long. 10 mm. ; terebra 3 mm. 



Antennae black ; the scape, the apex of the sixth and the 

 seventh to the twelfth joints beneath, white. Head black ; 

 the orbits (the outer more narrowly than the inner), a large 

 mark on the face, narrowed roundly on the lower side, 

 immediately under the antennas, the clypeus, the mandibles 

 (except at the apex), and the palpi, pallid yellow. The face 

 in the middle is closely and distinctly punctured and 

 sparsely covered with short, white hair ; the front is 

 keeled down the middle, the sides closely transversely 

 striated ; the vertex in the middle closely punctured. 

 Thorax black ; a line on the pronotum, thescutellum, post- 

 scutellum, the tubercles, a broad line on the middle of the 

 median segment, squarely turned up at the top and at 

 the sides including the broad spines ; the lower edge of the 

 propleurx broadly ; the tegulje, tubercles, a somewhat 

 oblong mark immediately under the hind wings ; a mark 

 longer than broad, on the lower side of the mesopleurae at 

 the base, a longer perpendicular mark on the apex, and a 

 large, elongate mark on the middle of the metapleurae, 

 yellow. Mesonotum closely punctured, finely striated on 

 either side of the furrows ; the base of the median segment 

 behind the keel finely rugose ; the rest of the segment 

 much more strongly and closely, rugosely punctured ; 

 in front of the middle of the transverse keel are some 

 longitudinal striations : there is also a row of short keels at 



