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large punctures. Gastrocceli transverse, narrow, and aciculate. Abdominal segments 

 constricted at the base, all strongly punctured ; sheath of ovipositor projecting, black. 

 Coxae and femora strongly punctured. The base of the antennae is of a brighter tint 

 J;han the body, and it changes to a yellowish hue towards the middle. Wings shortish ; 

 areolet 5-angled, square above. The black colour of the hinder legs is not quite pure, 

 being suffused more or less with ferruginous. 



51. Ichneumon cupidus. 



Ichneumon cupidus, Cresson, Proc. Acad. Phil. 1873, p. 115. no. 16 (<£, $ ) 1 . 

 Hah. Mexico, Orizaba x (Sumichrast). 



52. Ichneumon championi. (Tab. VII. fig. 17.) 



Ferrugineus ; pedibus posterioribus, abdominis segmentis 2°-3 m basi antennarumque apice nigris, his medio flavis ; 



alis flavo-byalinis, basi fuscis, stigmate testaceo. $ . 

 Long. 13 millim. 



Hab. Guatemala, San Geronimo {Champion). 



Head subbuccate, excavated above; clypeus transverse, rounded at the sides. 

 Antennae closely punctured. Thorax closely punctured, the sides wrinkled. Scutellum 

 but little raised above the mesonotum, not much longer than broad, rounded at the base 

 and apex ; the sides not clearly separated from the scutum, the disc sparsely punctured. 

 Metanotum punctured at the base, the rest wrinkled and irregularly punctured; the 

 areee not quite clearly defined. Postscutellum longitudinally striated, obscurely punc- 

 tured at the sides. Petiole smooth, shining, the sides margined. Abdominal segments 

 2-4 closely, apical faintly, punctured ; the base of the second segment reticulate-striate. 

 Gastrocceli large, deep, smooth, and shining. Legs long, the posterior pair being longer 

 than the body ; the four posterior coxae more or less ferruginous above ; the anterior and 

 the middle trochanters more or less black. The first seven joints of the antennae are 

 ferruginous, the eighth to the fourteenth yellow, the rest black; the third joint is not 

 much longer than the fourth. The costa, except at the extreme apex (which is testa- 

 ceous), is black. The bases of the second and third abdominal segments are black; the 

 centre' of the fourth segment broadly, and the apical one also more or less, black. 

 Areolet deltoidiform. 



53. Ichneumon munerosus. (Tab. VII. fig. 10.) 



Ferrugineus; apice antennarum, femoribus posticorum apice tibiisque posticis (basi excepta) nigris; tarsig 



posticis flavis ; alis hyalinis, fusco-bifasciatis, nervis flavis. 6 • 

 Long. 15 millim. 



Hab. Mexico, Northern Sonora {Morrison). 



Head and thorax closely but not strongly punctured, covered with a white, partly 

 fuscous, pubescence. Head not very robust, rather long in front, the face projecting 



