ICHNEUMON-FLIES OF AMERICA: 1. METOPIINAE 83 



1941, H. and M. Townes (Townes). 9, Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 25, 

 1941, H. Townes (Townes). 9, Falls Church, Va., October 11, 

 N. Banks (Cambridge). 2cf, 19, Glencarlyn, Va., October 4, N. 

 Banks (Cambridge). 9, University of Richmond, Va., Oct. 25, 1936, 

 C. C. Waiton (Washington). 



Our collections have always been in overgrown fields, pastures, or 

 meadows, usually in dry fields containing broomsedge (Andropogon) 

 and scattered young pine trees, in mid-fall. The specimens were 

 flying among the tips of the broomsedge, about two feet from the 

 ground. 



This species is in the Carolinian fauna. Adults occur in fall and 

 seem to be found only in overgrown fields. 



5. Metopius (Cultrarius) consector, new species 



Figure 184,g 



Front wing 8 to 9 mm. long; facial shield about 1.3 as high as wide, 

 without a median carina, with coarse punctures of variable size, their 

 spacing varying from adjacent to a separation of 0.33 the punctural 

 diameter; wider segments of flagellum about 2.2 as wide as long; 

 galea and glossa as in M. ultimatus; second segment of maxillary 

 palpus of male very little enlarged, about 6.0 as long as wide; second 

 segment of maxillary palpus of female pyriform and a little flattened 

 and asymmetric, about 1.8 as long as wide; punctures on mesopleurum 

 and metapleurum coarse, their interspaces about 0.6 the punctural 

 diameter on mesopleurum and about 1.0 the punctural diameter on 

 metapleurum; prepectal carina complete; claws of front and middle 

 tarsi pectinate on their basal 0.3 to 0.4. 



Black, the front and middle legs light brown to ferruginous, the 

 hind leg dark brown. Face except for a medium vertical stripe from 

 near dorsal edge of facial shield to clypeus, interantennal process, side 

 of frons, under side of scape, second segment of maxillary palpus, 

 stripe along upper margin of pronotum, apical 0.5 of scutellum (but 

 usually with a narrow median black line), postscutellum, large spot 

 on metapleurum, moderate sized spot at apex of second lateral area 

 of propodeum, usually apices of coxae, longitudinal mark on upper 

 side of hind coxa, most of trochanters (the rest of trochanters brown- 

 ish), apices of femora, basal 0.1± of tibiae, apical 0.7 of first tergite, 

 often apicolateral corners of second tergite, often a small median spot 

 on second tergite, apical 0.33 of third tergite, apical 0.25 of fourth 

 tergite, apical 0.2 ± of fifth tergite, sometimes apical 0.18± of sixth 

 tergite, and apical part of male genitalia, yellow; antenna brown, 

 darker above; front and middle femora fulvous to dark brown; front 

 and middle tibiae and tarsi fulvous, the tibiae sometimes brownish 

 below; hind leg dark brown; wings dark brown, the stigma light 

 brown. 



