58 CATALOGUE OF 



SECTION V. Scutellum and thorax partly red. Abdomen red and 



black. 



54. CRYPTUS FLAGITATOR. B. M. 

 Cryptus flagitator, Grav. ii. 627, 137. 



55. CRYPTUS HOPEI. B.M. 



Cryptus Hopei, Desv. 



Var.P Crypti flagitatoris, Grav. i. Sup. 705. 



56. CRYPT us SANGUINATOR, n. s. 



Rufo-sanguineus occipite nigro. Antennarum annulo albo; 

 freno et lateribus scutelli nigris. Coxis et femoribus nigris. 

 Segmentis 1 3 et basi quarti rufis ; reliquis nigris , 6 et 7 

 dorso albis. Aculeo triente abdominis breviore. 



Head rufous ; hinder part and round the insertion of the an- 

 tennae black. Antennae reddish ; first joint beneath red ; ninth to 

 the thirteenth white, tinged with red ; the remainder ferruginous. 

 Thorax with a spot on each side before the collar. Below and sides 

 of the scutellum extending to the base of the wings black. Meta- 

 thorax slightly bituberculated, between the tubercles excavated ; 

 breast, coxae and femora black, the base of the latter rufous ; first 

 pair of tibiae and tarsi somewhat testaceous ; second pair of tibiae 

 darker on one side ; hinder pair ferruginous at the base, black at the 

 apex ; tarsi obscure. Wings : stigma testaceous or fuscous ; areo- 

 let sub triangular. Abdomen: segments 1 3 and the lateral mar- 

 gins at the base of the fourth red ; sixth with a dorsal patch ; 

 seventh entirely white. Aculeus one-third or one-fourth the length 

 of the abdomen. Length 2J 3 lines. 



In Mr. Desvignes' collection. 



57. CRYPTUS RUFONIGER, n. s. 



Abdominis basi et metathorace rufis. Scutello anoque albis, an- 

 nulo antennarum albo. Pedibus rufo-fuscis. 



Antennae from the ninth to the twelfth joints white, the re- 

 mainder black ; the basal joints dull fuscous. Prothorax and breast 

 black. Metathorax red. Scutellum white. Wings: stigma, costa 



