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New Species of Cryptoceride. o2 
2. Meranoplus diversus, n. sp. (Pl. XXVI. fig. 2.) 
M. rufo-brunneus, capite thoraceque longitudinaliter 
rugosis, thorace spmoso; abdomine cordato. 
Worker. Length, 3 lines. Reddish-brown; the head 
rounded behind at the angles, the margins produced 
anteriorly into a blunt spinose process, the clypeus bemg 
sunk into a deep fossulet, and bidentate at the anterior 
margin, which is deeply emarginate, and fringed with 
long hairs; the antenne and legs paler than the body ; 
the antennze nine-jointed. The thorax with acute lateral 
angles anteriorly, the sides with two blunt spines; the 
posterior margin with two short blunt spmes in the 
middle; the metathorax abruptly truncate, with a long 
acute spine on each side at the margm. Abdomen 
heart-shaped, and with a black longitudinal spot on the 
basal segment; the nodes of the petiole rugose, the 
anterior one wedge-shaped, the second sub-ovate. The 
msect sprinkled with erect hairs, 
Hab. Champion Bay. 
In the British Museum. Captured by Mr. F. H. 
Du Boulay. 
3. Meranoplus dimidiatus, n. sp. (Pl. XXVI. fie. 8.) 
M. capite thoraceque nigris, abdomine castaneo-rufo, 
antennis pedibusque ferrugineis. 
Worker. Length, 2 lines. Head and thorax black, 
and coarsely punctured ; the head longitudinally carinated, 
with punctures more or less strongly impressed between 
the carine; the tips of the mandibles, the legs, and 
antennee ferruginous, the scape more or less obscure 
above; the lateral margms of the head anteriorly are 
shghtly elevated and obscurely ferruginous. The thorax 
nearly quadrate above, the anterior margin rounded, and 
produced laterally mto prominent acute angles or spines ; 
at the sides an angular shape or tooth, produced in the 
middle ; the posterior margim emarginate, the lateral 
angles produced into blunt spines; the metathorax 
abruptly concave-truncate, with an elongate acute spine 
on each side in the middle of the lateral margin. 
Abdomen smooth, shining, chestnut-red; the first node 
of the petiole subquadrate, the second transverse. 
Hab. Champion Bay. 
In the British Museum. Captured by Mr. F. H. 
Du Boulay. 
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