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versely striate, and pleural areas rugulose opaque ; areola pentagonal, 

 less than twice as long as basal area. Abdomen slender, third ter- 

 gite fully as long as broad; postpetiole longitudinally rugulose; 

 gastrocoeli nearly confluent medially, abdomen densely, opaquely 

 punctate ; ovipositor sheath about half as long as first segment. 



Black; antennae entirely black; mandibles, palpi, tegulae, humeral 

 and subapical lines whitish or pale stramineous; legs testaceous, the 

 distal joints of trochanters paler, hind tibia and tarsus infuscate, 

 the tibia not paler at base. 



Type locality. — Edmonton, Alberta. 



Type.—Qa,i. No. 40432, U.S.N.M. 



Two females collected by George Salt, the type on October 21, 

 1923, and the paratype on March 25, 1924. 



The paratype is slightly smaller than the type and has the legs 

 somewhat more contrastingly colored. 



CRYPTUS CALIGATUS. new species 



Apparently closely related to luctuosus Cresson, but differing at 

 least in its black front tarsi and mediallj?^ interrupted apical 

 propodeal carina. 



Female. — Length 9 mm. ; antenna 8 mm, ; ovipositor 2.5 mm. 



Temples sharply convexly sloping, sparsely punctate, subpolished; 

 vertex more densely punctate, subopaque; frons concave but 

 hardly excavated, opaque reticulate rugose, without median carina, 

 scrobes subpolished and transversely wrinkled; eyes large and 

 bulging; diameter of lateral ocellus very slightly shorter than 

 ocell-ocular line; face opaquely finely punctate; clypeus polished, 

 sparsely punctate, in profile nasutiform; cheeks in front view 

 slightly convex, their extended angle acute; malar space slightly 

 longer than basal width of mandible, opaque shagreened with sparse, 

 weak punctures; first joint of fiagellum distinctly longer than second. 

 Thorax dorsally and ventrally jDolished and slightly punctate, later- 

 ally opaque and rugoso-punctate, the speculum polished; propodeum 

 reticulate rugose, basal lateral areas more finely so; basal carina 

 weak, apical carina broadly obsolete medially, the angles prominent, 

 spiracles very broadly oval; legs rather stout, the hind femur about 

 five times as long as deep; tarsi slender, only the fourth joint nar- 

 rowly cordate ; abdomen finely, granularly opaque throughout except 

 petiole which is polished dorsally and transversely rugose laterally, 

 petiole somewhat depressed, postpetiole broad, spiracles about as 

 close to each other as to apex; second tergite distinctly longer than 

 broad at base; ovipositor sheath nearly as long as first two tergites. 



Black; short lines on posterior and facial orbits and dot at top of 

 eye yellow; wings uniformily, dilutely impunctate, tegulae black; 



