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Fam. ICHNEUMON WJE. 



Subfarn. Ichneumonides. 

 Genus ICHNEUMON, Linn. 

 Ichneumon breviventris. n. sp. 



Black; antennae with a white annulus; palpi, legs and apex of abdomen, yel- 

 lowish; wings hyaline; abdomen not longer than the thorax. 



Male. — Black, slightly pubescent; palpi pale yellowish; antennae 

 two-thirds the length of the body, black, the 13th to 18th joints en- 

 tirely white, the 12th and 19th to 21st joints with a white spot above 

 and beneath. Thorax shining, rather sparsely and deeply punctured 

 above, more densely so beneath ; scutellum rather convex and longitu- 

 dinally rugose ; metathorax irregularly rugose, the elevated lines and 

 central area obsolete ; tegulae rufo-piceous. Wings hyaline, faintly 

 dusky at tips ; nervures and stigma black ; areolet 5-angular, almost 

 quadrate, 2nd recurrent nervure slightly angular in the middle, and 

 received by the areolet very near its tip. Legs dull yellowish, the 

 coxae and the apical half of the posterior femora and tibiaj black, the 

 posterior pair of legs very long. Abdomen short, ovate, not longer 

 than the thorax, very densely and confluently punctured or somewhat 

 longitudinally rugose, opaque black; basal segment with a short pedun- 

 cle, the tips of the segment broadly and rather suddenly dilated, longi- 

 tudinally aciculate and with two earinae down the middle, the extreme 

 apical margin depressed ; second segment with the basal foveae deeply 

 impressed, the incisures between the first, second and third segments 

 strongly constricted ; remaining segments dull yellowish, rather sud- 

 denly narrowed towards the tip, retractile, being capable of being drawn 

 within the third segment; beneath, the segments are dull yellowish. 

 Length 6 lines; expanse of wings 11 lines. 



Collection. — Dr. J. Gundlach. One specimen. 



This species is remarkable for its short abdomen, the fourth and fol- 

 lowing segments of which are rather suddenly constricted and retrac- 

 tile. 



Ichneumon meridionalis, n. sp. 



Black; antennte with a white annulus; wings fuscous; abdomen, except first 

 segment, rufous; central area of metathorax large, subquadrate, indistinct. 



Female. — Black, slightly pubescent, densely punctured ; antennae 

 about half as long as the body, black, the 9th to 16th joints white 

 above, spotted with black beneath. Thorax very densely punctured, 

 the mesothorax granulate; tegulae piceous, polished; scutellum slightly 

 convex, rugose ; metathorax rugose, shining, the elevated lines subob- 

 solete, the central area large, subquadrate and indistinct. Wings fus- 

 cous, with a brassy gloss ; nervures and stigma blackish ; areolet large, 



