304 Mr. Walker's Descriptions of 



7. Cryptus maculipes, Smith. 



Female. Black, shining. Head and thorax thinly punc- 

 tured. Head rather broader than the thorax. Antennae 

 slender, shorter than the body ; first joint incrassated ; 

 second to fifth very long, successively decreasing in length ; 

 sixth to tenth white above. Metathorax large, convex. 

 Abdomen subfusiform, rather longer than the thorax, fiat 

 towards the base ; petiole short, the following segment 

 widening hindward. Oviduct a little less than half as 

 long as the abdomen. Wings blackish ; basal half cine- 

 reous ; stigma and veins black, the former whitish at the 

 base ; discal areolet open. Length of the body 4 lines. 



The male is described by Mr. Smith. 



8. Mesostenus (?) laticinctns. 



Male. Black, shining, minutely punctured. Head a 

 little broader than the thorax. Antennae ferruginous, 

 rather slender, nmch shorter than the body. Metatliorax 

 dull, minutely scabrous, with a broad longitudinal furrow 

 between two keels. Abdomen very much longer than the 

 thorax, subfusiform except towards the base ; petiole 

 striated; second segment widening hindward; third, fourth, 

 and fifth red : fifth much longer than the third and than the 

 fourth. Legs red ; hind tarsi and tips of hind femora and 

 of hind tibiae black, wings dark cinereous ; stigma and 

 veins black; discal areolet open. 



Var. B. Hind femora black, except at the base. 



Length of the body 5 lines. 



PIMPLID^. 



9. G-lypta albicoxa. 



Nearly allied to G. ceratitis. 



Female. Black, slender, smooth, shining, mouth white. 

 Antennae slender, rather shorter than the body. Meso- 

 thorax somewhat attenuated in front ; sutures of the 

 parapsides very strongly marked ; metathorax with a 

 middle longitudinal furrow and with oblique striae on 

 eacli side. Abdomen tapering towards the base, white 

 beneath, very much longer than the thorax ; each dorsal 



