Cryptus?^ 



BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. 



303 



Hind tibiae apically black ; terebra length of 



abdomen. 10-14 mm 2. spiralis. 



Hind tibiae red ; terebra shorter than abdo- 

 men. 12 mm 5. LUGUBRIS. 



Antennae immaculate ; metathoracic spiracles 

 sub-linear. 



Hind tarsi and tibiae not black-marked. 



14-16 mm 4. TARSOLEUCUS. 



Hind tarsi and tibiae mainly black. 10 mm. 3. moschator. 



Abdomen partly red. 



Front tarsi unusually dilated (Meringopus, 



Forst.). 16-17 mm 10. OBSCURUS. 



Tarsi normal. 



Anus and often petiole red. 



Epistomium not or hardly gibbous. 14 mm. 9. ATTENTORIUS. 



Epistomium distinctly gibbous. 



Antennae not white-banded. 



Frons excavate ; lateral metanotal areae ru- 



gulose. 11-14 mm 11. albatorius. 



Frons slightly impressed ; metapleurae 



smooth. 7-9 mm Var. difficilis. 



Antennae white-banded. 



Hind coxae castaneous. 10-12 mm 7. SPONSOR. 



Hind coxae entirely black. 



Apophyses strong and compressed ; all femora 



basally black. 9-10 mm 13. ARMATORIUS. 



Apophyses short or wanting. 



Scutellum white-marked, orbits and pronotum 



white. 

 Terebra hardly longer than petiole ; tegulae 



white. 6-8 mm 15. TUBERCULATU-S. 



Terebra distinctly longer than petiole ; tegulae 



black. 10 mm 8. apparitorius. 



Scutellum, orbits and pronotum black. 



9-12 mm 12. DIANAE. 



Anus and scutellum immaculate. 6 mm 14. MINATOR. 



I. cyanator, Grav. 



Cryptus cyanator. Gr. I. E. ii. 442 (? excl. var.) ; Ste. 111. M. vii. 276; Ratz. Ichn. 

 d. Forst. i. 139; Fonsc. Ann. Soc. Ft. 1850, p. 363; Holmgr. Sv. Ak. Mandl. 1S54, 

 p. 50; Tasch. Zeits. Ges. Nat. 1865, p. 72; Voll. Pinac. pi. vi. f. 2 (details), i 9; 

 Thorns. O. E. v. 477, 9 ; xix. 2115 et xxi. 2349, 6. Var. C. sclicoriiis, Ralz. Ichn. d. 

 Forst. i. 141, pi. vi. f. 10, 9. 



Head immaculate, with black hairs ; epistoma distinct and |)roniinent. 

 Antennae filiform ; of $ slender, setaceous and Ulack througiiout. Thorax 

 with black hairs, of 9 sometimes with a red dot beneath radix ; meso- 

 notum coarsely and diffusely punctate ; metathorax scabrous, with front 

 costa centrally obsolete, hind one distinct ; areola of 6 wrinkled ; spiracles 

 inconspicuous, linear, near base of metathorax ; apophyses small. Scu- 

 tellum black. Abdomen blue-black and very finely punctate, of cj 

 parallel -sided and narrower than thorax, of ? ovate ; basal segment 

 shining and sub-glabrous, petiole with black pubescence ; post-petiole 

 convex, canaliculate and sub-transverse, though narrower in o which has 

 prominent spiracles ; terebra black and about half length of abdomen, 

 with its s[)icula sub-mutic. Legs sub-elongate, dark red ; the trochanters 

 and pubescent coxae black, hind tarsi infuscate ; front tibiae not inflated, 



