58. 

 CRYPTUS PALLIPES. 



Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Tenthredinidae Lat., Leach. 

 Type of the Genus Tenthredo furcata Vill.^ Fab. 

 Cryptus Juritie, Leach. Tenthredo Fab., Coqueb. Hylotoma Fab., 

 Lat. 



Antennce inserted between the eyes, pubescent, 3-jointed ; 1st 

 joint (in the male) cup-shaped, 2nd short, 3rd very long furcate, 

 with numerous whorls of long bristly hairs round each branch 

 (fig. 1.) ; 3rd joint (in the female) simple, filiform, without 

 bristles (1. a.) 



Labrum transverse, emarginate and ciliated anteriorly (3.) 

 Mandibles arcuated, acute, with a tooth about the middle of the 

 internal edge, more evident in one mandible than the other (3.) 

 Maxilla short, external lobe large, rounded, internal lobe small 

 linear : Palpi long, hairy, 6 jointed, 1st joint small, 4 following 

 of nearly equal length, the 4th joint being the broadest, terminal 

 joint rather long and slender (4.) 



Mentum elongated, narrowed before (5.) : Palpi short, slightly 

 hairy, 4-jointed, 3 first joints short, the 3rd being the broadest, 

 4th long, slender (b.) : Lip tripartite of equal portions (c.) 

 Head with a tubercle in front above the eyes. Ocelli 3. Abdomen 

 sessile somewhat short. Oviduct 7iot exsei'ted composed of 2 serrated 

 lamellce. Superior wings toith 1 marginal cell and four imperfect 

 submarginal cells. Tibiae simple, with spurs at the extremities. Tarsi 

 ^-jointed, 4 first joints with appendages beneath, the 1st Joint lo?igest 

 the 4eth shortest. Claws simple, with pulvilli (8 afore leg.) 

 Larvae with ^pectoral and 1% or 14 membranaceous feet. 



Pallipes Leach Zool. Mis. v. S.p. 125. n. 3. 



Black shining. Head thorax and scutellum minutely punctured, 

 thickly covered with very short yellow hairs invisible to the naked 

 eye. Abdomen perfectly smooth, slightly aeneous with a shade 

 of piceous, pubescent. Tibiae and tarsi very dull and pale brown. 

 Wings very iridescent with a brownish yellow tinge, especially 

 beneath the stigma which is brown as weU as the nerves. 



In the Cabinets of the British Musetim and Mr. Stephens. 



Fabricius having established the genus Hylotoma, in which he 

 united several very excellent genera, Latreille afterwards separated 

 them, and retained under that name the insects which compose 

 Jurine's genus Cryptus : Dr. Leach has again divided the group. 



