Mr. J. E. Gray on a new species of Ichneumon, 49 



minea erecta v. adscendentia, pedunculata. Strobili crassi, compacti, 

 erecti, pedunculo anguloso, rachique crasso sublignoso. 



Sectio II. Gymnothyksus, Spach. 

 Floratio subhyemalis, foliorum evolutione prsecocior. Amenta e 

 gemmis aphyllis prodeuntia, jam exeunte sestate prseterita evoluta, 

 propterque perulas mox deciduas nuda, sub anthesi paniculam aphyl- 

 1am, ramulum praeteriti anni terminantem sistentia ; foeminea sem- 

 per masculis infra posita. 



* Amenta foeminea racemosa (in qudvis gemmd). Folia breve petiolata* 

 scepius {turionalia saltern) angulosa. 



A. GLUTINOSA, Gsertn. Fruct.— Guimp. et Hayn. Deutsch. Holz. 

 tab. 180. — Hook. Fl. Lend. tab. 59. — Betula Alnus, Linn. — Engl. 

 Bot. tab. 1508. — Betula glutinosa^ HofFm. Fl. Germ. — Alnus com- 

 munis, Duham. ed. nov. II. tab. 64. — Alnus vulgaris, Rich. — 

 Foliis insequaliter denticulatis, v. serrulatis, v. crenatis, viscosis, lu- 

 cidis, subtus punctulatis, ad nervorum axillas tomentosis (rar6 gla- 

 berrimis), ssepius obtusis. Samara obovata v. suborbiculari, alis 

 superne ampliatis, loculamento subdimidio angustioribus. 



a. vulgaris. — Alnus glutinosa auctorum. — Betula emarginata, 



HofFm. Germ. — Alnus emarginata, Kroch. Siles. — Alnus glutinosa 

 emarginata, Willd. — Alnus nigra, Gilib. — Alnus macrocarpa, Lodd. 

 Cat. ! — -Foliis obovatis, v. obovato-ellipticis, obtusissimis, plerum- 

 que emarginatis, basi cuneatis v. rotundatis. 



/3. suhrotunda. — Alnus subrotunda, Desfont. Cat. Hort. Par. ! — 



Alnus denticulata, C. A. Meyer ! Enum. Plant. Caucas. — Foliis 

 obovatis v. obovato-subrotundis, obtusissimis, haud emarginatis, 

 basi cuneatis. 



y. acutifolia. — Alnus oblongata, Willd. — Betula oblongata, Hort. 



Kew. ed. 1. — Alnus barbata, C. A. Meyer ! Enum. Plant. Caucas. 

 — Foliis ovalibus,v. obovatis, acutis,v.subacuminatis, basi cuneatis. 

 — I. pinnatifida, — Alnus glutinosa laciniafa, Willd. — Foliis ob- 

 longis, profunde pinnatifidis : segmentis semi-lanceolatis, v. sub- 

 falcatis, acutis, integerrimis. 



e. quercifolia. — Alnus glutinosa quercifolia, Willd. — Foliis ob- 



longis, obtusis, sinuato-lobatis, lobis rotundatis. 



^. oxyacanthoefolia. — Alnus oxyacanthifolia, Lodd. Cat. ! — Foliis 



lyrato -pinnatifidis, v. sinuato-lobatis, obiongis, v. obovatis ; lobis 

 rotundatis, v. obovatis, crenatis. 



VIII. — Description of a new species of Ichneumon (Herpes- 



tes) discovered in Spain. By J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &c. 



To the Editors of the Annals of Natural History, 



Gentlemen, 



Capt. S. J. WiDDRiNGTON of Carlton having lately sent to 



the British Museum, along with a fine specimen of Felis Par- 



dina of Oken, an Herpestes which was found with the lynx in 



the Sierra Morena in Spain, I have been induced to send you 



Ann. 6f Mag. N. Hist. Vol. ix. E 



