'268 MonrRN =;Y<;TrM. 



and 1\vo ';uiimar2;inn,l, the last incomplete: oviducL capillary, hidden 



in a longitudinal groove. 

 Sp. 4. 07-ys. coronatus. 

 Oryssus coronatus. Fcihr., Latr., Coquchcrt, Leach. Oryssus Vesperti- 



Ho. Khtg, Fanz. Sphex abietina. Scopoli. 

 Inhabits sandy places : taken by Dr. Leach in Darent wood in July. 



Genus 420. UROCERUS. Gcof., Oliv., Lam., Latr., Leach. Si- 

 rex. Linn., Fuhr., Jurine, Panz. 



Mandibles dcntated on their internal edge : maxillary palpi very small : 

 Inhiul palpi terminated by a very thick, hairy joint : antenna gradu- 

 ally narrowing externally, inserted in the front, longer than the tho- 

 rax : superior ivings with two marginal and two submarginal cells 

 com})lcte : abdomen terminating in a point : oviduct exserted, com- 

 posed of three parts, the outer ones valviform. 



Sp. 1. Uro. Gigas. {PI. 8. Jig. 3.) 



Sirex Mariscus. I^«i7'.(Male). Sirex Gigas Linne. Fabr., Za^r. (Female). 



Inhabits Europe : is rare in Britain. 



Division II. — Abdomen united to the thorax by a peduncle. 



Fam. IV. EvA>"iAD.E. Leach. 



Evan I ALES. Latreiile. 



inferior wings with very distinct ncrvures : antenna: with 13 or 14 joints. 



Genus 427. EVANIA. Fuhr., Oliv., Lam., Jurine, Panz., Leach, 

 Si'iiF.x. Linn. Ichnkumox. De Gcer. 

 Abdomen very small, much compressed, triangidar or ovoid; abruptly 



pedunculated and inserted behind the mctathorax. 

 Sp. ]. Ev. appiudagaslcr. Fabr., La' r. 

 Found near Bristol and Swansea, but is very rare. 



Genus 420. FOiNUS. Fabr., Lair., Jurine, Panz., Leach. Icii- 

 NEUM0>'. Linn., Geoff'., De Gecr. GASTERUrxiON. Latr. 

 (obsolete). 



Neck elongate : hinder lihicc clavate : abdomen a lengthened club. 



Sp. 1. Fa-n. Jaculator. 



Fc:nus Jaculator. Fabr., Panz., iMlr., Leach. Ichneumon Jaculator. 



Linn. 

 Inhabits woods and hedo-es. 



Fam. V. IciiNEUMOMD.£. Leach. 

 IciiNEUMONiDES. Latreiile. 



Abdomen attached to the thorax by a part of its transverse diameter : 

 ithfcrior wings with very distinct ncrvures: antenna: with 21 joints or 

 more: mandibles bidcntatC; or notched at their extraiiiity.' 



