CRYPTONYMUS-EICHWALD. 1840. 



SiLUEiAX System of Esthla>t>s, P. 71. 



"Corpus obovatum, convexum, longitudinaliter trilo- 

 bum, crusta laeviisima vel granulata. 



Caput semiJunare, cornigerura 1. muticnm ; margine 

 incrassato, sulcoque intramarginali ; segmentum oculi- 

 ferum distinctom : sutura facialis postice ab oculo extror- 

 sum ad marginem lateralem decurrens, antice prominen- 

 tiam frontalein arete circumscribens. Oculi parvi. 

 subglobosi, minute reticulati pedieellLsque immobilibus 

 euffulti. Frons antrorsum dijatata, limbum altingens. 



Thorax segmentis circiter 11 anacustis. sulco longitu- 

 dinali destitutis, apieem versus retroflexis. 



Abdomen capite multo augustius, inimarginatum : 

 latera utrinque costis distinctis, margiuem superantibus : 

 rachis t-onica, crebre transversim striata."'* 



Suh-genu.i I. Ckyptoxymcs, Eichirald, 1S40. 

 The cephalic shield is semi-circular, or parabolic, with 

 the jX)sterior angles extended into spines, {Cryptonymvs 

 punclatus) or obtusely rounded {Gryptony. variolaris). 

 Glabella inflated and clavate, with three indistinct later- 

 al lobes, and a large forehead lobe ; eyes j>endunculate, 

 finely facetted. The facial sutures commence a little 

 above the posterior angles of the head, and run directly 

 to the eyes; bending at this point, they curve to the front, 

 and running anterior to the glabella, they turn suddenly 



^ Acgelui'i Falaoatol. Scandinavica, f age 2. 



