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for a broad rufous band — narrowest at tbe base — in the- 

 middle, black. Mesonotum closely punctured ; the apical half 

 of the scutelluni closely punctured. The median segment 

 obscurely punctured and shagreened ; the middle at the apex 

 finely transversely and irregularly striated ; the supramedian 

 area is elongated, reaches to the middle of the segment, and 

 is narrowed slightly on the basal half ; the base is rounded,, 

 and reaches to the top of the basal slope. Mesopleurse 

 closely punctured ; the metapleurse smooth, except for some 

 minute striae in the middle. Legs rufous ; the four anterior 

 coxae broadly yellow on the outer side at the base. The 

 areolet is moderately large, five-angled, narrowed at the top, 

 being there half the length of the space bounded by the 

 second transverse cubital and the recurrent nervure, which 

 is received shortly beyond the middle. Abdomen shining, 

 impunctate ; the apex rather bluntly pointed ; gastracceli 

 shallow, smooth ; the ventral keel obsolete. 



Eesembles I. richardi ; may be easily separated from it by 

 the longer and narrower supramedian area, by the apex of the 

 yellow lines on the mesonotum, and of yellow on the meso- 

 pleura, and by the apex of the abdomen being black. 



Ichneumon frederici, sp. nov. 



Ferrugineo, maculis thoracis abdominisque apice nigris ; 

 scutello, post-scutello basique coxarum posticarum fiavis ; 

 alis hyalinis, nervis stigmateque testaceis. ? . 



Long., 9-10 mm. 



Antennae stout, thickly covered with a white pile, dark- 

 ferruginous, the apex of the fiagellum darker. Head dark- 

 ferruginous; the front black, the inner orbits above narrowdy 

 yellow ; the vertex distinctly and closely punctured ; the front 

 smooth and shining ; the face less strongly and closely punc- 

 tured ; the clypeus smooth. Mandibles ferruginous, the 

 teeth black. Thorax ferruginous, the metanotum lighter in 

 tint than the mesonotum ; the scutellum, except narrowly 

 at the base, and the post-scutellum bright lemon-yellow ; the 

 greater part of the pro- and meta-pleurae and the upper part 

 of the mesopleurae black. Mesonotum closely and distinctly 

 punctured ; the scutellum flat, sparsely punctured ; the parts 

 at its sides black ; there are no foveas at the base of the post- 

 scutellum. Median segment sparsely punctured laterally ; 

 the supramedian area is widely separated from the base ; it 

 is, if anything, wider than long, and is rounded behind ; the 

 posterior median area is distinctly and roundly hollowed and 

 closely and minutely punctured ; the lateral apical areae are 

 also minutely and closely punctured. Propleurae closely 

 punctured ; the mesopleura? sparsely punctured below ; the 

 metapleurae smooth and impunctate. Mesosternum finely and 



