ICHNEUMON. 181 



Scutellum conical, the apex acute. £■*-£ h/ira ► **«?> Mljl MS" 



134. Ichneumon ariel. (Tab. VIII. fig. 14.) 



Niger; facie, orbitis, annulo antennarum, maculis pleuralis, linea pronoti, scutello maculisque 2 metanoti, 

 albis; pedibus testaceis, coxis posticis, femoribus posterioribus, tibiis posticis dimidio apicali tarsisque 

 posticis (apice excepto), nigris. <$ . 



Long. 16 millim. 



Eab. Guatemala, Panima (Champion). 



Antennae nearly as long as the body. Head, except the vertex and behind, black; strongly 

 punctured. Mesothorax opaque, very finely and closely punctured. Prosternum, a line 

 on the pronotum, the tegulae and the tubercle beneath them, the tubercles in front of the 

 scutellum, the scutellum, the postscutellum, a large mark on the mesopleurae close to 

 the sternum, and the sides of the metanotum at the tubercles (which are very prominent 

 and yellow), yellow. Scutellum sharply conical, closely punctured, and covered with 

 longish hair. Metathorax more strongly punctured than the mesothorax, the middle 

 transversely striated. Petiole smooth, shining, and impunctate, except at the apex; 

 postpetiole punctured, finely and longitudinally striated at the apex. Abdominal 

 segments very closely and strongly punctured, striated at the base of the anterior 

 segments. Base and apex of the petiole, and the apices of the other segments, yellow. 



135. Ichneumon blandicus. 



Eufus ; vertiee, antennis, pronoto mesonotoque nigris ; annulo antennarum, facie, pedibus anterioribus basi 



sternoque, albis ; alis hyalinis, stigmate sordide rufo. <$ . 

 Long. 18 millim. 



Hob. Guatemala, Purula (Champion). 



Antenna? as long as the body, the apical and middle joints dentate, pilose; the scape 

 beneath, and a narrow ring beyond the middle, white. Face strongly punctured, striated 

 in the middle, only slightly projecting ; apex of the clypeus sharply transverse ; except 

 the orbits on the outer side below the middle, the head is black above the antennas. 

 Mesonotum opaque, closely and rugosely punctured ; pleurae finely granulated. Scu- 

 tellum strongly punctured, densely covered with long black hairs, conical, the apex 

 ending in a distinct conical reddish point, the sides keeled. Metathorax rugose, the 

 sides rugosely striated, covered with long pale hair ; the upper median area not clearly 

 defined ; the apex gradually rounded ; the spines long and acute. The prothorax, except 

 on the lower side, and a line on the edge, is black ; the mesonotum and scutellum black, 

 except a mark at the tegulae (which are black), and the base of the scutellar keels. 

 Abdomen strongly and closely punctured; petiole shining, impunctate; gastrocceli 

 obsolete. Legs longish ; coxae punctured ; hind tarsi black, white at the apex. Areolet 

 longish, 5-angled, the lateral nervures converging above. 



