ART. 20. ICHNEUMON-FLIES OF TRIBE PANISCINI CUSHMAN. 35 



PANISCUS SUBFUSCUS Cresson. . 



Paniscus suhfuscus Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phila., vol. 4, 1865, p. 57, 



The inclusion of this West Indian species within the scope of this 

 paper is based on a single female specimen taken by H. S. Barber 

 on Paradise Key, Florida, February 22, 1919. 



It is paler in color than specimens from the West Indies, but is 

 otherwise identical. The densely and rather coarsely punctate pro- 

 podeum without transverse striae is very characteristic. 



I suspect immacuJatus Morley is synonymous with this species. 



PANISCUS COCKERELLI, new species. 



This species, suhfuscus Cresson, and ocellatus Viereck form a small 

 group characterized by having the sides of the thorax, especially the 

 metapleurum and sides of propodeum, very densely and rather 

 coarsely punctate. From suhfuscus the present species differs in its 

 transversely striate propodeum and from ocellatus in its broad tem- 

 ples, distinct ocell-ocular space and rather short and stout femora. 



Female. — Length 12 mm.; antennae 12 mm. 



Temples rather broad and strongly convex; ocelli distinctly sepa- 

 rated from the eyes; face slightly broader than long, faintly sha- 

 greened laterally and sparsely punctate, parallel-sided, about a third 

 wider than frons; clypeus weakly convex, rather short, arcuately 

 truncate, shining, sparsely punctate; antennae slender, middle joints 

 more than twice as long as thick. Thorax shining; pronotum ob- 

 liquely striate; mesoscutum sparsely and finely punctate, notauli 

 long; scutellum sparsely punctate, niargined to apex, space between 

 carinae long and twice as wide at base as at apex; mesopleura rather 

 densely punctate; the interspaces obscurely shagreened ; metapleurum 

 very densely and rather coarsely punctate; propodeum laterally 

 sculptured like metapleurum, dorsally transversely striate, apophyses 

 obsolescent, spiracles elongate; areolet sessile, subquadrangular, 

 second recurrent interstitial, curved throughout, more strongly so 

 above; nervulus postf ureal b}^ about half its length; postnervulus 

 broken at about upper third; nervellus broken at a right angle 

 slightly above upper third; hind femur rather stout, barely three- 

 fourths as long as tibia; apical tarsal joint of middle leg about as 

 long as third joint, claws moderate with about eight large teeth. 

 Abdomen rather stout; first tergite about three and one-half times 

 as long as wide at apex; spiracles slightly beyond basal third; second 

 tergite barely a half longer than wide at base; ovipositor sheath 

 distinctly shorter than first tergite. 



Pale testaceous; head, including vertex, largely yellow; antennae 

 ferruginous, infuscate toward apex; wings hyaline, venation dark 

 brownish, stigma and costa paler but brownish rather than yellowish; 

 legs concolorous, the tarsi stramineous; ovipositor sheath pale. 



