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fulvous, the former \vith two large black spots above in front of 

 spines ; a dot near apex of lirst abdominal segment, an angular 

 line on the second and basal margin of following segments, black ; 

 wings hyaline, iridescent. Small, slender; head broad, buccate ; 

 scutellum flattened ; metathorax with the spines very short and 

 acute ; legs long and slender ; abdomen smooth and polished. 

 Lengtli 3 lines. 



Cordova. (Sumichrast, No. 132.) 



49. Ichneumon oephalotes, n. sp. 



9. Head white, vertex and occiput, except orbits, black; an. 

 tennse entirely black, except broad white annulus on middle of 

 flagellum ; thorax white; prothorax except margins, mesothorax 

 except two central abbreviated lines, scutellar regions and two 

 broad stripes on metathorax above, black; legs pale fulvous, 

 coxae white, base of posterior pair and extreme tips of tarsi black ; 

 abdomen black, with petiole and apex of all the segments white ; 

 wings hyaline, beautifully iridescent. Small, slender, smooth and 

 polished ; head very large, subglobose, buccate ; eyes ovate, 

 prominent; antennre long and slender; scutellum subconvex ; 

 metathorax with lateral spines very minute ; legs subrobust. 

 Length 3 lines. 



Mirador. Readily distinguished by the lai'ge subglobose head. 



50. Iclineumon cMcMmecus. 



Ichneumon chicJiimecus, Cress., Traias. Am. Ent. Soc, ii. p. 19, 'J. 



Orizaba; Cordova. (Sumichrast, No. 113.) Common. 



61. Iclineumon teres. 



Ichneumon teres. Cress., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, ii. p. 18, %. 



Cordova. (Sumichrast, No. 28.) 



62. Ichneumon amecus, n. i^p. 



%. Lemon-yellow, opaque; middle of vertex and occiput, an- 

 tennae except scape beneath, spot on each side of prothorax, meso- 

 thorax except a j^ellow discal spot and a short line over tegulae, 

 space around scutellum, basal suture of metathorax, two spots 

 above connected at base, posterior coxae within, their trochanters 

 apex of femora and tibiae and their tarsi, black ; wings hj'aline 

 faintly yellowish ; femora fulvous, posterior pair except apex 

 rufous ; abdomen tinged with fulvous ; base of all the segments 

 except second, irregularly black. Form elongate, rather slender 



