Cratocrypfus.] BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. 1 3 



and sub-glabrous. Antennae inserted below the centre of the eyes, scape 

 excised ; flagelluiii of the $ filiform and sub-attenuate basally, white- 

 banded, of ^ sub-setaceous and not short. I'ronotal eponiiae ob.solete, 

 notauli short ; mesosternal sulci usually entire ; metathoracic spiracles 

 small and circular, areola often distinct. Scutellum deplanate. Abdomen 

 black, with no pale bands ; petiole gradually dilated to the apex, sub- 

 carinate, with spiracles slightly behind the centre ; second segment very 

 closely punctate dorsally, dull and sometimes undeterminately pale casta- 

 neous ; eighth of the $ large ; terebra usually elongate and slightly reflexed. 

 Legs stout, mainly red ; tibiae mutic. Wings with the stigma not broad, 

 basal nervure sub-arcuate ; the exterior fenestra entire and the lower 

 external angle of the discoidal cell rectangular ; nervellus slightly ante- 

 furcal and intercepted below its centre. 



I do not follow Ashmead in considering this genus identical with 

 Chaereiymma, Forst., though some of its species, e._^.^ C. subpciiolaliis, may 

 be referable to the latter ; since the areola is often more or less deter- 

 minate, the metathoracic spiracles are always circular and the terebra is 

 rarely longer than the abdomen. It is, however, certainly the Chaeretyinvia 

 of Schmiedeknecht's " Die (>attungen und Arten der Cryptinen," 1890. 



Tdblc of Species. 



(4). I. Median mesosternal sulcus witli a basal cristula. 

 (3). 2. Frons nitidiilous ; mcsosternuni some- 

 what smooth I. FURCATOR, t'rfrTA 



(2). 3. Frons somewhat dull ; mcsosternuni sub- 



rugulose 2. .STOM.\TlCUS, Grav. 



(i). 4. Median mesosternal sulcus with a basal 



transverse line. 

 (6). 5. Areolet convergent above ; anus very 



distinctly white 3. ANATORIUS, Grav. 



(5). 6. Areolet sul^-parallel -sided ; anus not or 



indistinctly white. 

 (8). 7. Head sub-triangular ; cheeks not buc- 



cate ; terebra longer than abdomen... 4. SUnPETIOI.ATUS, Grtw. 

 (7). 8. Head normal ; cheeks buccate ; terebra 



shorter than aljdomen. 

 (10). 9. Mesonotum sparsely punctate ; femora 



red 5. PARVUI.US, Gnw. 



(9). 10. Mesonotum closely punctate ; femora 



black 6. TAKSATUs, Bridi:;. 



I. furcator, Crav. 



Ctyptus fiircator, Gr. I. E. ii. 462; Ste. 111. M. vii. 279; Tasch. Zeits. Ges. N.it. 

 1865, p. 75, 9 . Cralocryptiis finialor, Thonis. O. H. v. 523, c^ 9 ; rf. xxi. 23S2 it 

 Kricch. Knl. Nachr. 1S91, p 227. 



Head black, with frons nitiduhjus ; ^ with the ginal and the juxta- 

 antennal orbits, clypeus, mandibles and ])alpi white. Anteiuiae of 9 with 

 the four central joints above, ^ with the scape bcnenth, white. 'I'horax 

 inmiaculate ; mesosternum not rugose, its centnil sulcus wiih a bidcntate 

 cristula i)efore the intermediate coxae. Scutilhnn black. .Abdomen as 

 broad as the thorax, black ; post petiole suij ([uadrate, with distinct 

 carinae ; terebra as long as the abdomen. Legs red ; hind tarsi and more 

 or less of their tibiae inluscate ; 6 with co.xae and trochanters black. 



