300 P. Cameron, 



its apex broadly rounded. Mediau sec^tnent closely ruf^oge, 

 with 2 trausverse keels aud wit,h distinct apical teeth; the 

 gpiracles are large, liuear. Areolet wide at the top ; the 

 disco-cubital nervure bas the stump of a nervure, the trans- 

 verse basai nervure is broken distinctiy below the raiddle in 

 the bind wings. Post-petiole large and distinctiy widened. 

 Legs normal ; the t:-irsi thickly spiuose. 



The parapsidal furrows extend to shortly beyond the 

 middle; the scutellum is roundly convex; the head is not much 

 developed behind the eyes aud is obliquely uarrowed there. 

 The median segment is closely rugosely punctured : the space 

 between the two keels is longitudinally striated; the areola 

 is only defiued posteriorly ; the two bounding keels do not 

 extend to the base of the segment. The abdominal segments 

 are smooth, the basai segments slightly shagreened: the spi- 

 racles of the 2i"l segment are-placed near the middle; the 

 metaplenral keel is obsolete. 



If it were not for the very distinctive character aiforded 

 by the prominent keels on the sides of the front, the type of 

 this genus might be referred to Cryptas. 



P. carinifrons, sp. nov. Q. 



Nige^'; pedibns rti/is; coxis, trochanterihnSy tiöns, tarsis 

 posticfft nipris ; alU InjaUnis ; nerois stûjinateqne nùfris. — 

 Long: 9; terebra 3 mm. 



Hab. Simla. (Nurse). 



The inner orbits, the outer from the top and a line on 

 the malar space, yellow; the apex of the clvpeus is of a more 

 obscure yellow; the labrum is testaceous. The face is closely, 

 the clypeus more sparsely, punctured ; the front above is some- 

 what strongly obliquely striated. Mesonotura closely and 

 strougly shagreened ; the scutellum is almost smooth and very 

 shining. Median segment closely rugosely punctured; the 

 middle irregularly longitudinally striated. Pleurae closely 

 rugosely punctured: the meta- more coarsely than the rest. 

 Legs rufous; the coxae, trochanters and the hinder tibiae and 

 tarsi black. Abdomen shining; the 2^1 and 3''<l segments 

 slightly aciculated. 



Cryptus veriicolis Bùigham aud C, pracpes Bing, 



These two species (described Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 December 1895 pp. 444 — 445 from the Phillipines) cannot be 

 referred to Cryptua or even to the Oryptini. The présence 

 of longitudinal keels on the median segment separates them 

 fjropi the latter tribp, Tl^ey probably belong tû some gemis 



