206 HYMENOPTEEA. 



13. Cryptus angulatus. 



Cryptus angulatus, Cresson, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1873, p. 136. no. 7 (?) \ 

 Sab. Mexico, Cordova 1 (Sumichrast). 



C. Thorax black and white, wings hyaline. (Species 14.) 



14. Cryptus citus. 



Cryptus citus, Cresson, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1873, p. 137. no. 8 ( ? )\ 

 Hab. Mexico, Orizaba x (Sumichrast). 



D. Ferruginous, wings banded with fuscous, or fuscous banded with yellow. 



(Species 15 to 22.) 



15. Cryptus solabilis. (Tab. ix. fig. 15.) 



Ferrugineus, nitidus ; antennis nigris, medio annulo flavo, basi rufa ; alis hyalinis, apice fumatis, nervis nigris ; 



apice tarsorum nigro. $ . 

 Long. 10 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Bugaba 800 to 1500 feet (Champion). 



Antennae, if anything, longer than the body, bare, the third joint nearly one fourth 

 longer than the fourth ; apex thickened and compressed as in Jojppa. Face flat, pallid ; 

 clypeus rounded at the apex, flat, a shallow fovea on either side at the base ; teeth of 

 the mandibles black. If anything, the head is broader than the mesothorax. Meso- 

 notum finely punctured, the furrows obsolete. Scutellum shining, narrow, the apex 

 longitudinally striated (the striations large, and continued to the postscutellum); the 

 sides keeled, the keel sharp, and very large on the sides of the fovea at the base. Meta- 

 thorax rugose, with two nearly straight, transverse furrows ; tubercles acute, double as 

 long as broad, curved. Petiole longish, curved, the postpetiole shining ; the rest of 

 abdomen shining, impunctate, the apex acute, a little compressed, and covered with 

 longish yellow hair ; ovipositor short, not longer than the second segment, the sheath 

 pallid red. 



16. Cryptus unifasciatus. 



Ferrugineus ; tarsis postieis annuloque antennarum, flavis ; alis hyalinis, medio fumato. $> . 

 Long. 9-10 millim. 



Hab. Panama, Volcan de Chiriqui 3000 to 4000 feet (Champion). 



Head, pro- and mesothorax, finely and closely punctured, opaque, covered with short, 

 glistening white pubescence ; face projecting in the centre ; apex of the clypeus shining, 

 scarcely transverse ; apices of the mandibles piceous-black. The antenna? originate 

 from distinct tubercles; they are stout, and the third joint is longer than the fourth,. 



