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anterior half. Legs slightly shining, finely and densely punctate and with 
large, scattered piligerous punctures. 
Hairs sparse, short, obtuse and silvery white, absent on the concavity 
of the cephalic saucer and almost absent on the upper surface of the gaster. 
Only the foveole on the base of the epinotum, and on the upper surface of 
the petiole and postpetiole, contain short appressed hairs. Hairs on the 
legs sparse, erect, similar to those on the body but a little longer. 
Figure 2.— a, Cryptocerus rohweri sp. noy.. soldier, dorsal view; 6, worker of same; 
ce, Cryptocerus wheeleri Forel. soldier; d. worker of same. 
Black; anterior border of cephalic saucer scarcely translucent, dull red- 
dish; extreme tips of antennz, knees and terminal tarsal joints, of the 
same color. 
Worker (fig. 2, b). Length 4.3 mm. 
Head trapezoidal, rather flat above, with the horizontally expanded 
frontal carine rounded in front and very thick, so that they are only slightly 
translucent, the posterior corners bluntly angular, the posterior margin 
