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broad bent flattened spine ; abdomen heart-shaped, havmg on each 

 side at the base a large ovate pale testaceous macula, and a little 

 beyond the middle on each side a pale transverse stripe ; the entire 

 insect is covered with shallovv^ puHctures, and sprinkled with very- 

 short glittering hairs or scales. 



Uab. Columbia. This species is unique in the collection of J. O. 

 Westwood, Esq., who kindly lent it to me for description. 



9. Cryptocerus Araneolus, n. sp. 



Neuter. \\ line. Dull reddish brown, the lateral margins of the 

 head raised and expanded before the eyes ; at the eyes the margins 

 are notched, the raised margins ferruginous, the extreme apex of the 

 antennae pale testaceous ; thorax oblong, gradually narrowing towards 

 the abdomen, divided in the middle by a transverse suture, the lateral 

 margins crenulated ; legs short and stout ; the nodes of the abdomen 

 transverse, and furnished on each side with an acute spine ; abdomen 

 ovate, marginate, and emarginate at the base ; the whole insect co- 

 vered with shallow punctures, each of which contains a bright golden 

 hair. 



Hub. St. Vincent's. In the collection of J. O. "Westwood, Esq., 

 and in my own. 



10. Cryptocerus pubescens, n. sp. 



Female. Length 2 lines. Brown-ferruginous ; the head laterally 

 in front of the eyes has a slightly raised margin ; thorax quadrate, 

 the anterior margin waved, the sides curving outwardly and the pos- 

 terior margin curving inwards, and waved, the four angles acute ; 

 the metathorax has on each side an acute spine, which, as well as 

 the first node of the abdomen, is hidden by the projection of the 

 disk ; the second node half-circular or half-moon-shaped ; abdomen 

 nearly rotundate, a dark stain runs down the centre, acute at the 

 base, and gradually widening to the margin of the first segment;, 

 the entire insect is covered with erect pale hairs. 



Hab. Adelaide, N. S. Wales. In the collection of W. "W. Saunders, 

 Esq., and in my own. 



Meranoplus. 



Sfe'keis' three — male, female, and worker, or neuter. 



Female. Sides of the head not expanded, antennse inserted before 

 and above the eyes on each side at the base of the clypeus, the basal 

 joint or scape nearly as long as the flagellum, received in re^iose, 

 into a lateral channel or groove above the eyes in the sides of the 

 head passing beyond them and nearly reaching the vertex ; wings, 

 the superior pair having one marginal and one complete submarginal 

 cell, each being of about equal length ; abdomen somewhat heart- 

 ehaped, attached to two elongate nodes. 



