Hymetioptera. 233 



Cryptina. 

 AUopJtatmts, gen. nov. 



Wings uniformly fnscous-violaceou^. Transverse median 

 nervure in hind wings broken shortly, but distinctly below the 

 middle. Radial cellule short. Areolet small, square, the I'ecurrent 

 nervure i-eeeived at its apex. Transverse median nervure inter- 

 stitial Scutellum roundlj' convex, keeled stoutly to the middle. 

 Median segment rugose, with 2 transverse keels and a square area 

 in the middle at the base, the spiracles about four times longei 

 than wide. Petiole long ; the apex gradually widened, not 

 separated, the apex about twice the width of the base Apex of 

 clj'peus depressed, smooth and shining, transverse, clearly separ- 

 ated. Temples wide, rounded, not narrowed. Tarsi strongly 

 spinose. The disco-cubital nervure is not broken by a stump of a 

 nervure. The 1st and 2nd joints of the fiagellum are equal in 

 length. 



In Ashmead's arrangement (Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. xxiii, 43) 

 this genus would run near to PyncocrypUis^ with which it cannot 

 be confounded The type (I only know the male) is larger, 

 longer than usual. Characteristic are the uniformly fuscous- 

 violaceous wings, with the small square areolet, which is more as 

 in the Mesostenini than in the Gryptini. 



AUophatnus fnlvipes, sp. nov. 



Black, the legs except the coxae and the basal joint of the 

 hind trochanters bright fulvous red. Wings unifoi-mly fuscous- 

 violaceous, the nervure and stigma black. Male. 



Length 17 mm. 



Brak Kloof. Mrs. G. White. 



Head (except the apex of clypeus) and thorax closely and 

 strongly punctured ; the metanotum more rugosely and strongly 

 punctured : the apical slope closely, irregularly reticulated, closely 

 covered with short, black hair. Scutellum more shining, and less 

 closely punctured than the mesonotum, longer than wide, the 

 basal and apical slopes rounded. Abdomen closely punctured, 

 the 1st segment (and more particularly the post-petiole) more 

 coarsely punctured than the rest. 



