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towards the metathorax; the sides of the thorax pale ; 
above, regularly punctured, each puncture with a shining 
seta ; legs stout; the tibiz pale outside. Abdomen: the 
margins broadly pale-testaceous, finely punctured, the 
punctures with minute glittering sete. 
Hab. Mexico. 
In the collection of W. Wilson Saunders, Esq. 
4. Cryptocerus angulosus, n. sp. (Pl. XXVI. fig. 7.) 
C. niger, thorace spinoso, capite ante oculos utrinque 
testaceo ; antennis pedibusque pallide rufescentibus. 
Worker. Length, 1} lme. Black; punctured, each 
puncture with a short shining pale seta; the margins of 
the head, before the eyes, and the posterior angles, pale tes- 
taceous ; the antenne rufo-testaceous. Thorax : arched in 
front, and gradually narrowed to the metathorax, which 
is broadly emarginate posteriorly ; the anterior and pos- 
terior angles acute ; the sides pale testaceous, notched in 
the middle, with a short tooth in the notch; the tips 
of the femora, the tibiz, and tarsi, pale rufo-testaceous. 
Abdomen ovate, and deeply emarginate in front; the 
margin pale anteriorly; the nodes of the peduncle pro- 
duced on each side ito a bent spine, which is pale at 
the tip. 
Hab. Mexico. 
In the collection of W. Wilson Saunders, Esq. 
5. Cryptocerus angustus, Mayr, Sitzungsb. kais. Akad. 
Wissenschaft. 1866, p. 32, %. 
Hab.————? 
In the Museum of Halle. 
6. Cryptocerus erenaticeps, Mayr, Sitzungsb. kais. 
Akad. Wissenschaft. 1866, p. 32, fig. 15, @. 
Hab. Columbia. 
In the Museum of Halle. 
7. Cryptocerus patellaris, Mayr, Verhandl. k. k. zool.- 
botan. Gesell. Wien, xvi. 907, tab. xx. fig. 15, 9 
(1866). 
Hab. Brazil. 
TR. ENT. SOC. THIRD SERIES, VOL. V. PART VII.—DEC. 1867. 
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