174 HTMENOPTEEA. 



Thorax (especially the mesonotum) punctured ; the pleurae obscurely, transversely 

 striated. Scutellum slightly elevated, much broader at the base than at the apex, the 

 sides curved, the base and apex scarcely truncate ; the upper part bearing some slight 

 scattered punctures, the base almost impunctate. At the side of the scutellum there 

 are five or six conspicuous striations running from it to a carina which proceeds from 

 the base of the posterior wings to the postscutellum ; a similar carina runs from the 

 wings to the apex of the postscutellum, the space enclosed being hollow and striated. 

 Metanotum punctured, the centre coarsely shagreened ; upper median area a little 

 longer than broad. Petiole smooth, shining, the sides margined and hollowed, and 

 with a row of punctures below the upper margin. Postpetiole closely, finely, and longi- 

 tudinally striated, punctured laterally. The remaining abdominal segments closely punc- 

 tured, the punctuation becoming weaker towards the apex ; the second segment at the 

 base striated and reticulated, especially at the sides ; the segments constricted somewhat 

 at the base; the apex bluntly rounded, and wider than the base of the second segment, 

 which is one fourth longer than the third, this again being longer than the fourth ; 

 the fifth segment is much shorter than the fourth, and the sixth and seventh together 

 are not half the length of the fifth. Gastrocceli almost obsolete. Legs robust; anterior 

 tarsi indented at the base. The basal joint of the antennae is yellow, brownish above ; 

 joints two to seven brownish beneath and at the sides, blackish in the centre above, eight 

 to fifteen clear yellow, the rest black. The vertex in the centre is black, the black 

 becoming narrowed towards the antennae ; and there is a black transverse line behind 

 the ocelli joining the eyes ; the extreme back of the head is black. On the pronotum 

 there is a black line in front, close to the head ; the sides of the mesonotum are for 

 the most part black at the junction with the pronotum; there is a (] -shaped mark 

 along the side originating close to the scutellum, and, in its centre, a broad longitudinal 

 line runs from near its apex to the end of the mesonotum. The sutures of the pleurae 

 are more or less black, as are also the sides of the scutellum and postscutellum ; the 

 base of the metanotum, a curved line along the spiracular area, and the whole of the 

 median areae are black. The petiole is black above to the postpetiole, so is more 

 than half of the second and third segments, the black being transverse at the apex; 

 the basal halves of the fourth and fifth segments are also black, but the black is 

 rounded off (especially on the fifth) at the apex. The extreme base of the coxae, a mark 

 at the apex of them all (that on the posterior pair being much the largest), a line 

 along the top of all the femora, a short line beneath at the apex, and a shorter one 

 (forming a ring) at the base of the four posterior pairs, the inner side of the middle 

 tibiae, and the hind tibiae at the apex all round, black. The tarsi incline to ferrugi- 

 nous, especially at the apex. Areolet 5-angled, broad above. 



108. Ichneumon parsimonious. (Tab. VII. fig. 23.) 



Flavo-testaceus ; vertice, antennis, lineis 3 mesonoti, 1 metanoti, segmentis abdominis basi, linea femorum 



posticorum, tibiarum posticarum apice tarsisque posticis, nigris ; alis hyalinis, stigmate testaceo. tf . 

 Long. 13 millim. 



