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  VIII. 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  new 
  and 
  apparently 
  undescrihed 
  

   Species 
  of 
  Hymenopterous 
  Insects 
  from 
  North 
  China, 
  

   collected 
  hy 
  Robert 
  Fortune, 
  Esq. 
  By 
  F. 
  Smith, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  [Read 
  May 
  3rd, 
  1852.] 
  

  

  The 
  Hijmenoptera 
  collected 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fortune, 
  during 
  his 
  late 
  travels 
  

   in 
  China, 
  contained 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  species 
  with 
  which 
  we 
  were 
  

   previously 
  unacquainted 
  ; 
  such 
  I 
  believe 
  those 
  to 
  be 
  described 
  in 
  

   this 
  paper. 
  If 
  an 
  estimate 
  may 
  be 
  formed 
  of 
  the 
  abundance 
  of 
  

   any 
  particular 
  family 
  from 
  an 
  inspection 
  of 
  the 
  collection, 
  I 
  should 
  

   conclude 
  that 
  the 
  I'espidce 
  are 
  the 
  most 
  numerous 
  in 
  North 
  China. 
  

   A 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Rhynchmm 
  is 
  particularly 
  interesting, 
  from 
  

   the 
  circumstance 
  of 
  its 
  being 
  stylopized, 
  thus 
  adding 
  to 
  our 
  

   knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  geographical 
  range 
  of 
  these 
  parasites. 
  But 
  

   perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  interesting 
  insect 
  is 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Pison, 
  

   the 
  largest 
  hitherto 
  discovered 
  ; 
  in 
  Australia 
  many 
  species 
  are 
  

   found, 
  that 
  country 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  their 
  metropolis 
  ; 
  in 
  other 
  

   localities 
  they 
  appear 
  to 
  be 
  very 
  rare. 
  One 
  or 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  

   of 
  Bombi 
  from 
  North 
  China 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  met 
  with 
  in 
  Northern 
  

   India. 
  The 
  Ichneumon 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  genus 
  Cryptiis, 
  described 
  

   in 
  this 
  paper, 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  most 
  beautiful 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  family. 
  

   The 
  precise 
  locality, 
  in 
  some 
  instances, 
  is 
  given 
  from 
  information 
  

   kindly 
  communicated 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fortune 
  himself. 
  

  

  Trogiis 
  Pepsoides. 
  

  

  Female. 
  — 
  Black; 
  head 
  and 
  antennae 
  pale 
  yellow, 
  the 
  latter 
  

   dusky 
  towards 
  their 
  tips. 
  The 
  prothorax, 
  mesothorax, 
  tegulae 
  

   and 
  scutellum, 
  reddish 
  yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  mesothorax 
  has 
  two 
  divergent 
  

   longitudinal 
  pale 
  yellow 
  stripes 
  ; 
  the 
  breast 
  beneath 
  suffused 
  with 
  

   yellow 
  ; 
  the 
  legs 
  yellow, 
  excepting 
  the 
  coxae, 
  intermediate 
  femora 
  

   beneath, 
  and 
  the 
  posterior 
  femora, 
  which 
  are 
  black 
  ; 
  wings 
  yellow, 
  

   their 
  apical 
  margins 
  dark 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  margins 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  

   and 
  second 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  abdomen 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  ferruginous. 
  

  

  Length 
  11 
  lines. 
  

  

  This 
  species 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Hab. 
  Ning-po-foo. 
  

  

  Cryptus 
  purpuratus. 
  (Tab. 
  VIII. 
  fig. 
  2.) 
  

   Entirely 
  of 
  a 
  brilliant 
  purple 
  ; 
  between 
  the 
  antennae 
  and 
  the 
  

   base 
  of 
  the 
  clypeus 
  is 
  a 
  prominence, 
  the 
  sides 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  trans- 
  

   versely 
  striate 
  ; 
  the 
  clypeus 
  with 
  deep 
  punctures. 
  The 
  meso- 
  

  

  VOL. 
  II. 
  N.S. 
  PART 
  II. 
  — 
  SEPT. 
  1852. 
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