340 P. Cameron. 



Body and legs black, immaculate. Areolet large, slightly 

 narrowed in front. 



This genus canuot very well be coufounded with the 

 other gênera of Cryptinae with toothed apex of clypeus. Its 

 nearest ally ainongst thèse is Kaltenbaclria. 



2. IdiostODia flavipennis sp. nov. Q. 



Black ; the 8th to 10th joints of autennae marked with 

 white ; the wings yellowish hyaline, the apices of both 

 infuscated, the nervures, Costa and stigma yellow. — Length 

 13, terebra 10 mm. 



Vertex closely, but not very strougly puuctured ; the front 

 coarsely, closely rugosely puuctured ; the face closely, but not 

 so coarsely pnuctured as the frout. Clypeus shiniug, sparsely 

 pnnctured. Mandibles broad, uneqnally toothed ; there is a 

 ru fous band behind the teeth. Mesonotum shilling, finely 

 irregularly puuctured ; the fnrrows wide, creuulated. Scutellum 

 lougish ; the basai two-thirds punctured, the apex smooth. 

 Median segment closely, coarsely rugosely punctured ; in the 

 centre of the base are 2 keels. Upper part of propleurae 

 closely puuctured, the middle strongly, irregularly striated- 

 reticulated. Meso- and metapleurae strongly reticulated- 

 punctured. Postpetiole in the centre closely aciculated-punctured ; 

 the sides distinctly punctured ; at its base in the centre, is a 

 longish, deep fovea; the 2fld segment is closely, distinctly, the 3 r d 

 rauch more weakly, puuctured. The abdomen is not much 

 longer than the head and thorax united. 



Cape. 



3. Cryptus labilis sp. nov. cT- 



Black, the labrum white ; a rufous Hue above the middle 

 of the inner orbits and another rouud the top ; abdomen 

 rufous, the apex of the l s t, the 2 n d and the 5^ and following 

 segments, black ; legs red ; the coxae, trochanters, the Ist, 

 2nd and the 5 th. joints of the hinder tarsi black, the 3 r <* and 

 4th joints, white ; wings hyaline, the nervures aud stigma 

 black; the trausverse median nervure iuterstitial; the récurrent 

 nervure is received in the middle of the areolet ; the stump 

 ou the disco-cubital nervure is minute. Palpi fuscous ; the 

 upper edge of mandibles testaceous. — Length 14 mm. 



Face aud clypeus closely punctured, thickly covered with 

 silvery pubescence ; the apex of clypeus smooth, shining. The 

 space at the sides of the ocelli is strongly, obliquely striated ; 

 that below irregularly reticulated ; the upper part of the 

 front less strongly transversely striated, the lower smooth ; 



