PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 
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Vol, 92 Washington : 1942 No. 3150 
THE GENOTYPES OF SOME OF ASHMEAD’S GENERA OF 
ICHNEUMON-FLIES 
By R. A. Cusuman 
In rue keys to his Classification of the Ichneumon Flies, Ash- 
| mead* proposed 21 genera with so-called manuscript species desig- 
| nated as genotypes. That is, these genera and their genotypes were 
' described only by the key characters leading to the genera. Some 
| of these have since been more fully described by Ashmead or by 
| other authors, but several are still in their original status. One 
| genus, ostensibly of this sort, was described by Ashmead prior to 
, 1900. 
| In the following pages I shall indicate the relationships of these 
' genera and redescribe the genotypes that have not already been 
| redescribed. 
Genus ZONOCRYPTUS Ashmead 
Zonocryptus ASHMEAD, Proc. U. §S. Nat. Mus., vol. 23, p. 40, 1900. (Genotype, 
“Cryptus sphingis Ashmead, manuscript,” monobasic. ) 
The genotype was said to be from Africa. The only specimen 
in the collection in the United States National Museum that ful- 
fills all the requirements of character and habitat is a male labeled 
“Ex sphinx chrysalis from Central Africa, I. Helen Moffat (Den- 
ton)” and bearing the name label “Cryptus formosus Br.” in Ash- 
mead’s handwriting. There can, I think, be no doubt that the genus 
| Zonocryptus was based on this specimen. 
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1Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 23, pp. 1-220, 1900. 
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