ICHNEUMON-FLIES OF AMERICA: 1. METOPIINAE 105 



part of mesopleurum, tegula, basolateral appendage of scutellum, 

 apex of scutellum (sometimes interrupted medially), apex of front 

 and middle coxae in front, lateral stripe on middle coxa, trochanters 

 except posterodorsally, front and middle femora except behind, front 

 and middle tibiae except for a brown stripe behind, front and middle 

 tarsi, all tibial spurs, basal 0.5 to 0.8 of hind femur in front, subapical 

 spot on hind femur in front, most of hind tibia behind and below, 

 under side of basal one or two segments of hind tarsus, apical 0.3 ± of 

 first tergite but interrupted medially, apicolateral corners of second 

 tergite, narrow apical band on third to fifth tergites (narrowed or 

 interrupted medially or sometimes reduced to apicolateral corners), 

 genitalia, much of subgenital plate, and broad apex of sternite in front 

 of subgenital plate, white; under side of flagellum brown; wings sub- 

 hyaline, tinged with brown. 



Female: Black, the abdomen tinged with dark metallic blue. 

 Margin of facial shield, space between facial shield and eye, inter- 

 antennal process, side of face, small spot on under side of scape, mark 

 along upper edge of pronotum, spot on subtegular ridge, apex of scutel- 

 lum, stripe along upper front edge of front femur, front tibia except 

 behind, front basitarsus except toward base and apex, second tro- 

 chanter of middle leg in front, apex of middle femur in front, middle 

 tibia except behind, middle basitarsus except above, hind first tro- 

 chanter apically above, hind second trochanter except behind, basal 

 half of hind femur in front, stripe on basal 0.4 of hind tibia in front, 

 apical 0.4 of first tergite (interrupted in the middle), apical 0.2 of 

 second tergite (interrupted in the middle), apical 0.15 of third and 

 fourth tergites (narrowed medially), and apical 0.1 of fifth tergite, 

 white; flagellum tinged with brown beneath; wings subhyaline, 

 tinged with brown. 



Type: 9, Nerepis, N. B., August 22, A. G. Leavitt (Washington, 

 USNM 63626). 



Paratypes: cf, Wellington, B. C, Sept. 27, 1946, R. Guppy 

 (Townes). 9, Dryden, Maine, Aug. 22, 1952, G. Heinrich (Heinrich). 

 9, reared from Saturniidae, Vermillion Bay, Ont., emerged July 20, 

 1942 (Ottawa). 



This subspecies is transcontinental in the Canadian zone. 



4b. Metopius (Tylopius) basalis basalis Cresson 



Metopius basalis Cresson, 1879, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, vol. 7, proc. p. xxvii; 



? . Type: ? , Florida (Philadelphia). 

 t Metopius medianus Morley, 1912, A revision of the Ichneumonidae, based on the 



collection in the British Museum . . ., pt. 1, p. 78; c? (new synonymy). 



Type: d\ Georgia (London). 



Female: Black, the abdomen with a faint dark metallic blue tinge. 

 Margin of facial shield, space between facial shield and eye, inter- 



