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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



the flagellum is longer than the second ; the lower part of the meso- 

 pleurae is irregularly striated towards the apex. 



In Ashmead's arrangement of the Cryptina (Proc. U. S. Mus. 

 xxiii. p. 40) this genus would come in near Joppoceras. 



Cyanocryptus metallicus, sp. nov. 

 Dark blue, with purple and brassy tints ; the wings uniformly 

 fuscous- violaceous, the stigma and nervures black ; the antennae black, 

 ringed with white. S . Length, 13 mm. 



Hab. Outer slope, Equador, 7-8000 ft. 



Antennae black, fuscovis on the lower side ; the scape shining, the 

 flagellum dull in tint. Head dark blue with purple and rosy tints ; 

 the outer orbits shining, sparsely punctured ; the front, vertex, and 

 face more opaque, punctured, but not closely or strongly; the upper 

 part of the front closely and finely transversely striated. Basal half 

 of mandibles strongly, but not very closely, punctured ; the two apical 

 teeth are of almost equal size, and are rounded broadly at the apex. 

 Mesonotum minutely punctured ; its sides towards the apex are de- 

 pressed; the scutellum is almost impunctate ; its basal depression 

 bears five or six longitudinal keels. The lower part of the propleurse 

 bears some stout longitudinal keels ; its base is bordered by a keel. 

 Mesopleurae, except above, irregularly longitudinally striated and reti- 

 culated. Median segment entirely closely irregularly reticulated ; on 

 the sides the reticulations are more regular and oblique. The cox®, 

 trochanters, and femora are purple with rosy tints ; the tibiae and tarsi 

 are dull black ; the tarsi are minutely spined. Abdomen shining, 

 impunctate, dark blue, tinged with purple. 



Whympbria, gen. nov. 

 Antennfe stout, distmctly dilated beyond the middle ; their third, 

 fourth, and fifth joints equal in length. Head sharply obliquely 

 narrowed behind the eyes ; the inner orbits of the eyes sharply keeled, 

 the keel extending from below the antennae to the lower ocellus, and 

 clearly separated from the eyes. Clypeus clearly separated from the 

 face ; its apex transverse. Mandibles curved, narrowed, towards the 

 apex, but not sharply ; the apex with a depression in the centre ; the 

 teeth not clearly separated. The upper edge of the pronotum roundly 

 projecting. Parapsidal furrows obsolete. Scutellum large, not much 

 raised. The basal keel on the median segment is distinct ; the apical 

 is less distinct in the centre, and projects laterally into a broad tooth ; 

 the spiracles are large, elongate. The base of the segment has a large 

 area in the middle, obliquely narrowed towards the apex ; its sides are 

 not sharply margined. The pleural furrow is distinct; the meta- 

 sternal keel is complete ; stout at the base, narrower at the apex. 

 Abdominal petiole long and slender, not much thickened at the apex, 

 curved. The areolet is large, broad; the transverse basal nervure is 

 interstitial ; the cubito-discal nervure does not have a stump of a 

 nervure ; the transverse median nervure in the hind wings is broken 

 in the middle. The metathorax is short, and has an oblique slope 

 from the first transverse keel. 



