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Fig. 10. Chromocryptus prosopis, $. Holotype. Photograph of entire insect and 
cocoon from which it emerged. 
surface otherwise uniformly, rather finely and granularly puncto- 
reticulate. Propodeum : spiracle 1.3- 1.5 as long as wide; basal trans- 
carina sharp and high throughout; apical trans-carina traceable but 
weak to obsolete (especially mesad), irregular, its cristae large and 
stout, cuneo-ligulate, conspicuously projecting; median and lateral 
longitudinal carinae scarcely suggested, neither the areola nor the 
median apical area defined; surface largely with strong reticulate 
wrinkling, but more puncto-reticulate basad of basal trans-carina. 
First gastric tergite: postpetiole 1. 8-2.0 as wide apically as long from 
spiracle to apex; surface of postpetiole smooth and silky-shining 
with faint micro-aciculation and very large, sharp punctures which 
become mostly subadjacent laterad but are very sparse elsewhere, 
punctures emitting short setae which even laterad do not surpass the 
length of their interspaces; base of petiole with a low and rounded- 
off lateral flange. Second gastric tergite: shining, with a little micro- 
reticulation and with abundant, mostly subadjacent to somewhat 
reticulately confluent, sharp, medium sized punctures; its setae 
short, mostly equalling or falling a little short of the length of their 
