58 CATALOGUE OF 



Section V. — Scutellum and thorax partly red. Abdomen red and 



black. 



54. Cryptus flagitatoe. B. M. 

 Cryptus flagitator, Grav. ii. 627, 137. 



55. Cryptus Hopei. B.M. 



Cryptus Hopei, Desv. 



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



56. Cryptus 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- 

 tenna 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 subtriangular. 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 2\ — 3 lines. 



In Mr. Desvignes' collection. 



57. Cryptus eufoniger, 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 



