icHNi£UJioj;i;3_E. — ciiYPTUs. 279 



cosEe and trochanters fuscescent^ hinder tibige and tarsi above fuscous ; 

 wings hyaline, iridescent; cellule somewhat 5- or 4-angular, the outer 

 nervure occasionally rather obliterated in the female. 

 Found, but rarely, in the vicinity of London, in June. 



Sp. 6. parvulus. CeUulaquadi-ata, niger, pedibus rvfis: vaasfemo7~ibus tibiisque 

 posticis apice nigris, tarsis posticisfuscis pallide annulatis ; fceminse antennarum 

 annulo albo. (Long-, corp, 2^ — 3| lin. ; Long. ovip. 2 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 4 — 

 6| lin.) 



Cry. parvulus. Gravenhorst, ii. 459. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 721. 6. 



Black : female with the inner and frontal orbits white ; antennae shorter than 

 the body, of the female curved at the tip, 7 basal joints fuscous or black, 

 generally rusty beneath, 8th to 11th white, remainder dusky, or black; 

 abdomen of the male occasionally narrower than the thorax, a little depressed, 

 basal segment sublinear, 2nd and sometimes the 3rd with the margin 

 reddish, 7th whitish above ; of the female as broad as the thorax, oblong- 

 ovate, slightly petiolated, the basal segment considerably dilated towards 

 the apex, which is reddish, the 2nd with its extreme margins chestnut, the 

 7th generally whitish on the back ; ovipositor about as long as the abdomen ; 

 legs red, anterior coxse in the female sometimes fuscescent; posterior legs 

 in the male with the tips of the femora and tibiae black ; tarsi black, with 

 the 2nd and 5th white at the base; wings somewhat hyaline; cellule 

 4-angular. 

 Found in June near London. 



Sp. 7. anatorius. Niger, pedibus rufis, coxis anticis nigris, annulo antennarum 

 albo, celluld 6-angidari. (Long. corp. 3 — 4i lin.; Long. ovip. 3| lin.; Exp. 

 Alar. 5— 7ilin.) 



Cry. anatorius. Gravenhorst, ii. 460. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 721. 7. 



Black : antennae about half the length of the body, involuted at the tip, about 

 the 8th to 12th joints snowy-white, remainder generally rusty beneath ; 

 abdomen as broad as the thorax, oblong-ovate, a little compressed and 

 petiolated, the basal segment slightly channelled, the anterior portion 

 quadrate, the apex dilated, 7th with a pale spot; ovipositor as long as the 

 abdomen, chestnut, its valves black ; legs moderate, red, anterior with the 

 coxae and trochanters black, sometimes red beneath, middle coxae either red 

 or black, chestnut beneath, posterior generally with the tarsi and tip of the 

 tibiae dusky, the apex of the femora fuscescent, and the trochanters occa- 

 sionally black ; wings rather smoky-hyaline ; cellule more or less 5-angular. 

 Not common : taken in June near London, and in Salop. 



Sp. 8. furcator. Niger, pedibus rufis, posticorum tarsis tibiisquefuscis,antennis 

 albo annulatis ; cellvla i-angulari. (Long. corp. 4—5 lin. ; Long. ovip. 2 lin. ; 

 Exp. Alar. 6— 8| lin.) 



Cry. furcator. Gravenhorst, ii. 462. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 721. 8. 



Black: antennae with the 9th to 12th joints white; abdomen as wide as the 



