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The male has the inner orbits of the eyes from the clypeal foveae, and the anterior 

 knees, tibiae, and tarsi, and the greater part of the middle tibiae [all in front] yellowish 

 white. 



4. Ichneumon astarte. (Tab. VII. fig. 5.) 



Niger ; medio antennarum lsete, palpis, tibiis tarsisque rufo-testaeeis, orbitis oculonim flavis ; apice tibiarum 



posticarum nigro ; alis fuseis, stigmate testaceo. c? . 

 Long. 23 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, Sabo in Vera Paz {Champion). 



Finely and closely punctured all over, semiopaque ; the punctuation on the pleurae, 

 if anything, closer and stronger. Head not buccate, slightly excavated above the 

 antennae ; eyes projecting, reaching to the top of vertex. Scutellum elevated, the disc 

 flat, retreating gradually to the postscutellum ; a deep hollow at its base, this hollow 

 having a distinct border with a carina on its upper part, and which extends to the 

 pronotum past the tegulae. Postscutellum projecting. The metanotum slopes very 

 gradually to the lateral spines, then it has a more abrupt slope to the base of the 

 abdomen. Metathoracic areas subobsolete, lateral spines blunt. Basal three fourths 

 of petiole shining, hollow in the middle, and with shallow punctures on the basal half, 

 the rest shagreened ; at the point where the apex bends there is, on either side, an 

 obscure tubercle. The edges of the second and third segments are piceous. Coxae 

 strongly, femora obscurely punctured ; apices of trochanters piceous. Gastrocceli large, 

 deep, broader than long, coarsely punctured at the edges, more finely punctured in the 

 middle. The apices of the tarsi incline to piceous. Areolet 5-angled, much longer 

 than broad. 



5. Ichneumon semiobscurus. 



Niger, punctulatus, opacus ; palpis, geniculis, tibiis tarsisque luteis ; alis fumatis. 

 Long. 16 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, Quezaltenango 7800 feet (Champion). 



Head, thorax, and coxae pilose ; closely punctured all over. Abdomen less strongly 

 punctured than thorax, but the punctures are closer, especially on the basal half 

 Scutellum subcorneal, acute at apex, carinate at the sides, and with a large depression 

 at the base. Petiole shining, almost impunctate in the middle above, the centre raised 

 and separated from the sides by an indistinct furrow ; somewhat suddenly dilated at 

 the apex, which is broad and a little curved. Gastrocceli large, deep, obscurely 

 striated; the segments distinctly separated from each other. Metathorax gradually 

 sloping behind. The wings are not altogether smoky, being suffused with small 

 hyaline spaces ; areolet moderately large, narrow above, the lateral nervures almost 

 touching at the apex ; nervures black. Below the antennae there is, on each side, an 

 obscure yellowish line touching the eyes. The labrum is piceous. 



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