Crypiopimpla.] BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. 181 



latter rufescent. Wings normal, hyaline ; stigma and radius testaceous ; 

 radix and tegulae in both sexes whitish ; areolet irregular and subpetio- 

 late, with the outer nervure sometimes entirely pellucid; nervellus inter- 

 cepting at about the lower third, but its point of junction inconstant. 

 Length, 7 — 8 mm. 



Bridgman says it is closely allied to C. calceolata, but differs in having 

 the abdomen decidedly badious and rarely black, the transverse meta- 

 thoracic carina entirely wanting, the paler tegulae and apices of the 

 abdominal segments and stigma, the higher interception of the nervellus 

 and the flavidous-marked 9 face. 



It is overlooked or very rare everywhere ; Gra\enhorst's female was 

 from Vienna. Bridgman's description was drawn from several examples 

 of both sexes bred by Harwood from an unknown host, one of which, 

 evidently sent by him to Dr. Capron, is now in my collection ; he adds 

 that Bignell has also bred a female from Anticlea badiata. The latter 

 states (Trans. Devon. Assoc. 1898, p. 503) that the specimen in question 

 emerged on i6th June, 1880, from A. badiata, the larva of which was 

 obtained in south Devon during the preceding June : " I suspect," he 

 says, " this parasite confines its attacks to this species, as it does not appear 

 until A. badiata is nearly full-fed." 



4. errabunda, Gvav. 



Phytodictus errahundus, Gr. I.E. ii. 933, ? . Cryptopiiiiplu errabunda, Ta.sch. 

 Zeits. Ges. Nat. 1863, p. 293, ? ; Schm. Opusc. Ichn. 1248, i ? . Lissonota 

 errabunda, Thorns. O.E. viii. 761, ? ; xii. 1247, i ; cf. xiii. 1416 {nee Holmgr.). 



Head strongly transverse and immaculate in both sexes ; face flat with 

 short, white pilosity. Antennae as long as the body and black through- 

 out, with the flagellar joints longer than broad. Thorax immaculate ; 

 metathorax strongly and distinctly but not coarsely punctate, with the 

 petiolar area not carinate basally, and an indistinct central longitudinal 

 canaliculation ; spiracles circular and not very small. Scutellum black 

 and somewhat convex. Abdomen red with segments five to seven, and 

 in J basal half of the first, black ; basal segment elongate, convex and 

 glabrous with sparse lateral pilosity and distinctly explanate subdentately 

 on either side at its base ; plica pale ; terebra one-third the length of the 

 abdomen, black with the spicula red. Legs of 9 red with the front 

 coxae, all the trochanters, femora except apex of the anterior, hind tarsi 

 and tibiae except a very obsolete band before the base of the latter, 

 black ; of S slender and black with only the anterior tibiae and tarsi, and 

 the front femora, red. Wings subhyaline ; stigma stramineous or tes- 

 taceous ; radius infuscate ; radix pale stramineous, tegulae black ; areolet 

 petiolate and triangular with the outer nervure partly pellucid ; radial 



