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  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith's 
  Monograph 
  

  

  8. 
  Cryptocerus 
  elongatus. 
  

  

  Black, 
  elongate 
  ; 
  thorax 
  anteriorly 
  and 
  posteriorly 
  bispinose. 
  

  

  Cryptocerus 
  elongatus, 
  Klug, 
  Entom. 
  Monog. 
  $ 
  ; 
  Guerin, 
  

  

  Icon. 
  R. 
  Anim. 
  426. 
  

  

  Length 
  5 
  lines. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Brazil 
  (Para). 
  

  

  9. 
  Cryptocerus 
  jmllens. 
  

   Pallid, 
  depressed 
  ; 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  angulate 
  ; 
  petiole 
  very 
  short, 
  

   sub-spinose. 
  

  

  Cryptocerus 
  pollens, 
  King, 
  Ent. 
  Monog.; 
  Guerin, 
  Icon. 
  R.Anira. 
  

   Length 
  ]| 
  line. 
  

   Hab. 
  Brazil. 
  

  

  10. 
  Cryptocerus 
  argentalus, 
  new 
  sp. 
  (PI. 
  XIX. 
  fig. 
  7.) 
  

   Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  5 
  lines. 
  Shining 
  black 
  : 
  head 
  finely 
  and 
  dis- 
  

   tantly 
  punctured, 
  rounded 
  in 
  front, 
  and 
  convex 
  above 
  ; 
  the 
  stem- 
  

   mata 
  placed 
  in 
  a 
  triangle, 
  wide 
  apart 
  ; 
  the 
  lateral 
  raised 
  margins 
  

   of 
  the 
  head 
  narrow, 
  commencing 
  in 
  front 
  opposite 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   the 
  mandibles, 
  and 
  gradually 
  narrowing 
  backwards 
  to 
  the 
  pos- 
  

   terior 
  angles 
  of 
  the 
  head, 
  which 
  are 
  acute 
  ; 
  prothorax 
  acute 
  at 
  

   the 
  anterior 
  lateral 
  angles, 
  the 
  metathorax 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  at 
  the 
  

   posterior 
  angles 
  forming 
  a 
  long 
  spine 
  curving 
  slightly 
  upwards 
  ; 
  

   the 
  first 
  node 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  produced 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  into 
  a 
  sharp 
  

   stout 
  spine 
  curving 
  upwards 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  node 
  also 
  has 
  anteriorly 
  

   on 
  each 
  side 
  a 
  stout 
  acute 
  spine 
  curving 
  upwards 
  ; 
  the 
  abdomen 
  

   very 
  smooth 
  and 
  shining, 
  and 
  having 
  on 
  each 
  side, 
  nearly 
  

   touching 
  the 
  basal 
  angle, 
  an 
  ovate 
  yellow 
  macula, 
  which 
  is 
  

   sprinkled 
  over 
  with 
  silvery 
  scales 
  or 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  segments 
  

   are 
  covered 
  with 
  silvery 
  hairs 
  ; 
  the 
  wings 
  fusco-hyaline, 
  the 
  thorax 
  

   minutely 
  and 
  distantly 
  punctured, 
  the 
  legs 
  are 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  

   short 
  silvery 
  hairs 
  above. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Columbia. 
  

  

  In 
  my 
  own 
  Collection. 
  

  

  11. 
  Cryptocerus 
  D'Orbignyamis, 
  Westw. 
  MSS., 
  new 
  sp. 
  

  

  (PI. 
  XIX. 
  fig. 
  5.) 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Length 
  4 
  lines. 
  Black 
  : 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  covered 
  

  

  with 
  shallow 
  punctures, 
  the 
  abdomen 
  delicately 
  and 
  very 
  closely 
  

  

  punctured, 
  the 
  entire 
  insect 
  sprinkled 
  with 
  minute 
  golden 
  hairs 
  ; 
  

  

  the 
  produced 
  lateral 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  rufo-testaceous 
  an- 
  

  

  