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in female and about i.i times as long as wide in male; spiracles well 
behind middle; a strong, bluntly-triangular lateral expansion sub- 
basally ; ventro-lateral carinae strong throughout ; dorso-lateral carinae 
rather weak basad of spiracles; median dorsal carinae distinct from a 
little before to well beyond spiracles. Second tergite shining, with 
numerous minute setiferous punctures, emitting rather long, mod- 
erately-dense hairs. Succeeding tergites with rather long, thick, black, 
appressed hairs over most of their surface, giving a generally dull, 
velvety sheen at low magnification. Ovipositor about 0.4 times as long 
as the fore-wing, somewhat depressed above preapically, without a 
nodus, strikingly hooked downward at tip, the tips of the lower valves 
not at all enclosing the upper valve. 
Type species: Cryptus cyanipennis Brulle 
Xiphonychidion cyanipenne (Brulle), new combination 
Cryptus cyanipennis Brulle, 1846, Histoire naturelle des insectes hymenopteres. 
4:188. female. Type, female. Chile: La Conception (lost). 
Cryptus capensis Dalla Torre, 1902. Catalogus hymenopterorum 3: 564. Lapsus 
for cyanipennis. 
Female: length of fore-wing 14-17 mm. Ovipositor 0.4 times as long 
as fore-wing. 
First flagellar segment about 5.6 times as long as wide apically. Front 
with a few strong, somewhat irregular transverse wrinkles, smooth 
and shining below, becoming mat above. Prepectal carina strong, 
reaching or almost reaching subalarum. Metapleurum grossly rugu- 
lose. Hind femur about 4.7 times as long as deep at middle. Postpetiole 
smooth and shining with moderately dense, minute setiferous punc- 
tures and a shallow, anteromedian depression. 
Dull black, the following more or less well-developed white marks : 
rather narrow post-median annulus on flagellum, frontal orbits nar- 
rowly, elongate spot at top of eye, narrow line on posterior orbit, 
spot at bottom of eye, and hind tarsomeres 3-4 (sometimes also base 
of 2). Wings deeply infumate, with purplish reflections. 
Male: length of fore-wing about 12.5 mm. First flagellar segment 
approximately 3.4 times as long as wide apically. 
Colored as in female. 
Specimens examined: Five females and one male: Concepcion, Chile, 
1903 and 1904, P. Herbst. One female: Valparaiso, Chile, 2.X1, 
1 9 1 9, P* Herbst. One male: Penco, Chile, 1.1908, P. Herbst. All 
in collection of Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard Univer- 
sity. 
