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tbe sides punctured closely. Temples densely covered with 

 white pubescer.ee. Centre of pronotum smooth, the sides at 

 the apex with a hroad, striated band, bordered, on the outer 

 side, by a stout, oblique keel. Upper half of propleurae 

 closely puuetured-reticulated, the lower at the apex stoutly 

 irregulaily striated. Meso- aud metapleurae closely rugosely 

 punctured, more or less reticulated ; the latter more closely 

 and re^ularly than the former. Abdomen smooth, the spiracles 

 on the l sc abdominal segment prominent; the 2ud segment 

 closely aciculated. Hind tarsi spinose. 



4. Cryptus nigropictus sp. nov. Q. 



Dark rufous, the thoracic sutures, the mesopleural furrovv, 

 centre of mesosternum, Iowpi* third of metapleurae and the 

 apieal half of the apieal slope of tlie metanotum, black ; the 

 apical half of the cU'd abdominal segment and the whole of 

 the 4di blackish ; antennal scape rufous; the flagellum black, 

 its 5th to lOtli joints white. Legs coloured like the body; 

 the bind troehanters black above, the femora infuscated. 

 Wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma black. — Length 12, 

 terebra 3 mm. 



Centre of front closely transversely striated; the middle 

 below smooth ; the Striae below the ocelli finer, more curved 

 and oblique: the sides obseurely, finely punctured; the vertex 

 smooth. Face closely, finely punctured ; the centre roundly 

 raised above; the clypeus more shilling, punctured above, the 

 apex smooth and more shilling. Maudibles rufous, broadly 

 black at the apex. Palpi black, covered with white pile. 

 Mesonotum closely regularly punctured; the furrows black, 

 crenulated; the seutellum is more widely puuctured, shining; 

 the top of the apical slope obseurely striated. Median segment 

 closely punctured-reticulated, the reticulations more distinct 

 on the apical slope ; the basai area is black and not clearly 

 defined; the basai transverse keel is only distinct in the middle, 

 it beeoming weaker towards the sides ; the apical is somewhat 

 more distinct, but coufused with the punctuatiou; it ends at 

 the sides in broad, longish teeth, bluntly rounded in the middle. 

 The 2&d and 3 r d abdominal segments are shagreened. Areolet 

 5-angled, the apical nervure thinner than the others ; the 

 récurrent nervure received shortly beyoud the middlej the 

 trausverse median nervure interstitial. Hind tibiae sparsely, 

 the tarsi closely spinose. 



The eye orbits are obscure rufo-yellow; the stump of a 

 nervure on the disco-cubital nervure is distinct, lougish ; the 

 temples moderately wide, oblique. 



Cape. 



