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Genus 6. CRYPTACRUS. 

 Ciyptacrus, Mayr, Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien. xiv. 904. 



1. Cryptackus comes, 



Pcecilocoris comes, C H. 15. 



Guinea. Old Calabar. Cape. 



a. W. Africa. Presented by £. Doubleday, Esq. 



2. Cryptaorus pinguis. 



Pcecilocoris pinguis, C. H. 15. 



a. Cape. From Dr. Krauss' coUectiou. 

 6, c. Cape. From M. Drege's collection. 

 d — •/. Natal. From Mr. Tucker's collection, 

 g, h. S. Africa. Presented by Sir A. Smith. 

 i. Natal. Presented by Dr. Sutherland. 

 j. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



3. Cryptacrus signifer. 

 Testaceus, eltipticus, nilens ; caput plaga antica tnaciilisque duabus poslicis 

 nigris ; antennce nigra, articulo lo testaceo ; thorax liluris duabus 

 laleralibus lanceolalis nigra marginatis ; scutellum nigra octomacula- 

 tum ; pectus nigra trifasciatiim ; abdomen subtus nigra bivittalum ; 

 pedes nigri. 



Testaceous, elliptical, shining, minutely punctured. Head with two 

 black furrows, which diverge to the hind border and more slightly in front, 

 where the space between them is black ; a spot on each side of the hind 

 border and under side black. Antennce black ; first joint testaceous. 

 Thorax with a lanceolate transverse black-bordered mark on each side 

 near the fore border. Scutellum with two nearly connecteil spots on each 

 side of the fore border, and with a niidille band composed of four black 

 spots. Pectus with three irregular black bauds. Abdomen beneath wiih 

 a black stripe on each side. Legs mostly black. Length of the body 

 6 lines. 



a. Natal. From M. Gueinzius' collection. 



4. Crypt AC14U3 erotyloides. 



Nigro-viridis ; thorax vitla media clavata villisque duabus laleralibus 

 incisis ochraceis abbreviatis ; scutellum ochraceum, plagis quatuor 

 maximis viridi-nigris ; abdomen subtus lateribus fasciaquc basali 

 late interrupta ochraceis, gultis sex laleralibus nigris. Var. /?. — 

 Viridis ; thorax villa ochracea fmi/orini abbreviata ; scutellum 

 fasciis duabus ochraceis angulatis utrinque dilataiis, la interrupta, 

 2a subapicali. 



Greenish black, green beneath. Antennae black. Thorax with an 

 ocbraceous stripe along each side, and with a middle ochraceous stripe; 

 lateral stripes notched on the inner side near the fore border, abbre- 

 viattd near the hind border; middle stripe clavate, abbreviated at each 

 end. Scutellum ochraceous, with four very large greenish black patches.; 

 first patch transverse, on the fore border ; second and third nearly con- 

 nected in the middle, notched in front; fourth apical. Abdomen beneath 



