Cryptopmpla.'] BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. 177 



CRYPTOPIMPLA, Taschenberg. 

 Tasch. Zeits. Ges. Nat. 1863, p. 292. 



Apical flagellar joints distinctly discreted and moniliform, not cylindri- 

 cal ; terebra emitted from a ventral fold and hardly longer than the basal 

 segment ; hypopygimn not reaching apex of abdomen, which is obliquely 

 truncate ; basal segment distinctly convex, subglabrous and basally con- 

 stricted ; legs slender and subelongate ; head as broad as, or broader than, 

 thorax ; wings not large. 



This genus is closely allied to Lissonota in its circular metathoracic 

 spiracles, subsessile areolet and mutic tarsal claws ; but the apically moni- 

 liform flagellar joints, convex and arcuate basal segment and the peculiarly 

 short terebra will at once distinguish it. For long, however, it had a pre- 

 carious existence and I find a MS. note by the Revd. T. A. Marshall: "To 

 this useless genus belong Lissonota caligata, Gr., brachycentra, Gr., lepto- 

 gos/t'i; Holmgr.," etc. That L. caligata has no right to a distinct genus, I 

 entirely concur and accordingly place it herein. The only other Euroj)ean 

 species, C.genalis,T\\o\\\9,., is not unlikely to be found with us; it is instantly 

 known by large flavous genal marks. Few of the species of this genus 

 have been bred, all appear of unusual occurrence both here and abroad, 

 and probably several more await discover}'. 



(2) 

 (I) 



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(4) 



(3) 

 (8) 



(7) 



(10) 



(9) 



Table of Species. 



1. Tibiae spinulose ; joints of apical half 



of flagellum discreted i. C AI.IG. \T. \, Grav. 



2. Tibiae mutic ; joints of apical third of 



antennae discreted. 



3. Abdomen black. 



4. Petiolar area basally cannate ; seg- 



ments immaculate . . . . 2. calceol.at.\, Grav. 



5. Petiolar area not carinate ; segments 



apically testaceous .. .3. HR.\CHVCEXTR.\, 6^/-«z; 



6. Abdomen broadly red. 



7. Petiole basally explanate ; petiolar 



area not carinate . . ■ 4- err.mu'XD.\, Grav. 



8. Petiole not basally explanate ; petio- 



lar area basally carinate. 



9. Hind legs mainly black ; antennae 



partly pale .. • 5- RLAND.A, 6^rrtz/. 



10. Hind legs entirely red ; antennae 



entirely black 6. .\xom.\la, Holmgr. 



1. caligata, GraiK 



Lissonota caligata, Gr. I.E. iii. 38, i ; Holmgr. Sv. Ak. Hand!. 181)0, n. 10, 

 p. 53 ; Tasch. Zeits. Ges. Nat. 1863, p. 286; Thorns. O.E. viii. 760 et xiii. 1417, 

 (? ? . Xenacis caligata, Schm, Zool. Jahr. 1900, p. 333 ; Opusc. Ichn. 1245. 



Punctate, black and feebly shining with only the legs and central 

 incisures red. Head subtriangular, closely and rugosely punctate, strongly 



