BRITISH ICHNEUMONIDJS. 57 



Ichneumon peregrinator, Linn. Faun. Suec. n. 1601. Fuessl. 



Helv. 49, n. 950. Fourc. 411, n. 52. 

 Ichneumon incubitor, Christ, t. 36, f. 5. 



50. Cryptus lacteator. 

 Cryptus lacteator, Grav. ii. 618, 131. 

 In Mr. Desvignes' collection. 



51. Cryptus ornatus. \ B. M. 

 Cryptus ornatus, Grav. ii. 620, 132. 



52. Cryptus erythrinus. *B. M. 

 Cryptus erythrinus, Grav. ii. 621, 133. 



53. Cryptus elegans. 



Segmentis 1 — 3 rufis ; 6 et7 albis. Pedibus rufis, posticis, femo- 

 rum et tibiarum apice, nigris; tarsis posticis nigris annulo 

 albo. Fcem. — Antennarum annulo albo. Aculeo quadran- 

 tis abdominis longitudine. 



Cryptus elegans, Curtis s MS. 



Black : antennae of the male beneath obscure, testaceous ; of 

 the female, first joint black ; second to the sixth rufous ; seventh to 

 the ninth white. Thorax gibbous. Wings smoky hyaline; costa 

 rufous ; base testaceous ; stigma and costa beyond pitchy ; areolet 

 large, quadrate. Legs red ; apex of hinder femora and tibiae black ; 

 the apical joint of the four anterior tarsi deep ferruginous; third 

 and fourth joints of the hinder tarsi white, male and female ; the ex- 

 treme apex of the fourth blackish. Abdomen elongate, pyriform ; 

 first to the third and base of the fourth segments red ; apex of the 

 third cloudy ; the apical half of the first segment very little broader 

 than the petiole, the lateral margins slightly elevated ; apex of the 

 second segment twice the breadth^ its base ; a white fascia on the 

 sixth and seventh segments; the anal stiles of the male prominent. 

 Aculeus of the female one-fourth the length of the abdomen. Length 

 5 — 6 lines. 



It is closely allied to C. amcenus, Grav. ii. 623, 135, but is much 

 larger ; the hinder tarsi and aculeus differ. 



<?, £. In Mr. Curtis's collection. 

 <J. In Mr. Desvignes' collection. 



