60S 



Ml'. F. Simili.s (lescriptiuns of 



sides parallel, rouiulccl at the apex, and slightly emar- 

 ginate at the base. 



JIab.—^\. Paulo (Brazil). 



In the ]jriti.sh ^luseum; from Mr. Bates' collection. 



8. Cryptoceriis basalts. 



Female. — Length oh lines. Shining black; head very 

 finely punctured ; thorax and nodes of the peduncle of the 

 abdomen much more strongly so; the base and apex of 

 the abdomen finely punctured. Head convex above, as 

 broad as long; the margins before the eyes raised, ante- 

 riorly emarginate in the middle ; a circular fossulet in the 

 middle towards the anterior margin ; two small tuberculate 

 spines at the posterior margin, about one-third of the width 

 of the margin apart; the lateral angles acute. Thorax 

 a little longer than the head; the anterior margin trans- 

 verse, nearly straight, l)eing very slightly arched ; the 

 lateral angles acute, subspinose ; gradually narrowed to 

 the metathorax; the metathorax transverse above and 

 with the lateral margins produced into an acute angle or 

 tooth; the posterior margin emarginate; the truncation 

 concave, smooth and shining. Abdomen oblong-ovate, 

 emarp'inate at the base and having on each side a mar- 

 ginal, large, subovate, yellow macula; the disk of the 

 abdomen very smooth and shining. 



In the British Museum. 



Hab. — Brazil (Chontales). 



9. Cruptoceriis dlscocephalus, Smith. 



Female. — Length 3| lines. Dark reddish-brown, the 

 abdomen of a lighter tint. Head concave above, oblong, 

 dish-shaped and punctured. Thorax about the same 

 length as the head, covered with shallow pimctures ; 

 obliquely truncate towards the head, the margin of the 

 truncation raised; the sides, before the wings, nearly 

 parallel ; behind the wings narrowed to the metathorax ; 

 the metathorax transverse, with the lateral margins slightly 

 rounded, the lateral angles acute; wings fusco-hyaline ; 

 the legs bright red-brown. Abdomen oblong, emar- 

 ginate at the base, very finely shagreened; the nodes 

 of the peduncle rugulose, the first subovate, the second 

 transverse, with a tooth at the lateral angles of the 

 base. 



//aZ*.— Villa Nova and Santarem, Brazil; St. Vincent. 



