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anterior coxae, ferruginous; scutellum, a spot on each side anteriorly 

 and another behind, whitish; metathorax finely rugose, black, rufous 

 at base, an inverted V-shaped mark on the posterior face and a large 

 rounded spot on each extreme side, whitish, the elevated lines not well 

 defined, the central area large, rounded in front and open behind. Wings 

 yellowish-hyaline, the nervures and stigma blackish ; areolet subtrian- 

 gular. Legs ferruginous, the four anterior coxa? beneath and the pos- 

 terior pair above whitish; posterior tarsi blackish. Abdomen elongate, 

 subdepressed, opaque ferruginous, the apical lateral margins of the 

 3rd and three following segments and the apical segment entirely, 

 whitish ; basal foveae of the second segment deep and transverse. 

 Length 5 A lines; expanse of wings 8} lines. 

 Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. One specimen. 



Ichneumon albipectus, Brulle. 



Ichneumon albipectus, Brulle, Hym. p. 306. 

 Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. Two £ specimens. 



Somewhat resembles the preceding, but is smaller (3? lines long), 



darker in color, the antennae without a white annulus, and the apex of 



the abdomen not white. In addition to the characters given by Brulle, 



I would add that the metathorax has the appearance of having two pale 



spots on the posterior part, and the apical margin of the first abdominal 



segment is whitish. 



Ichneumon burrus, n. sp. 



Dull reddish-brown; orbits, annulus on antennae, lateral margins of mesotho- 

 rax and the scutellum, whitish ; wings subhyaline. 



Female. — Dull reddish-brown, shining ; orbits, cheeks and palpi, 

 whitish ; antennas stout, involute, blackish, the 10th to 17th joints 

 white, the basal joint beneath reddish. Thorax: mesothorax tinged 

 with blackish ; collar, lateral and posterior margins of mesothorax and 

 a short line beneath the fore-wings, whitish; scutellum flat, whitish, 

 smooth and polished ; metathorax rugose, the elevated lines not well 

 defined, the central area elongate-subepaadrate. Wings slightly tinged 

 with fuscous, the posterior pair hyaline; nervures and stigma fuscous; 

 areolet 5-angular. Legs entirely dull reddish-brown. Abdomen short, 

 ovate, polished, apical segments somewhat pale. Length 4 lines; ex- 

 panse of wings 6 lines. 



Collection. — Ent. Soc. Philad. One specimen. 



This may be the female of Ich. albipectus Brulle. 



Ichneumon flavovarius, n. sp. 



Yellow; antennae, mesothorax, except two yellow lines, and tip of abdomen, 

 brown ; middle of metathorax, most of the 1st and base of 2nd and 3rd abdomi- 

 nal segments, black; wings yellowish-hyaline. 



