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wild animal driven from its lair. These sheep are frightfully 

 fearless of the precipices ; they appear to have excellently safe 

 feet, and no idea of the extreme danger that surrounds them. 

 That the danger is not ideal is proved by their skeletons, seen 

 bleaching on the sides of the mountain in every direction. 



(To be continued.) 



Art. XI. — Essay on Parasitic Hymenoptera, 

 By A. H. Haliday, M.A. 



(Continued from p. 59.J 



Sp. 17. R. Col. decorator. Fem. Testaceus antennis basi, 

 palpis pedibusque silaceis ; puncto verticis thoracisque 

 lituris metathorace abdominisque seginento 1™°. nigris ; tere- 

 bra f abdominis longitiidine. (Long. corp. 2 ; alar. 41 lin.) 



Caput latum, pallide testaceum, puncto vertices nigro, mandibulis 

 apice fuscis : ocelli protuberantes : antennae corpore longiores, gra- 

 ciles, 38-articulatse ; fuscse, basi subtus, articulis l"*". 2'^°.que totis 

 pallide flavis : thoracis dorsum fuscum aut nigricans, plaga media 

 testacea antrorsum bifida : sulculi impunctati ante scutellum in 

 depressionem la^vem efFusi : scutellum apice rufescens metathorax 

 niger subnitidus, vage punctulatus, pubescens, linea media elevata 

 parum conspicua : pectus testaceum puncto fusco sub alis : 

 abdomen oblongo-ovatum, segmento 1"^°. nigro, 2'^°. 3*". basi, 

 7™°. 8^°. ferrugineis, reliquis subfuscis. Segmentum 1™^. fere 

 duplo longius quam latius, antrorsum sensim attenuatum, niti- 

 dum, vage punctato-rugulosum ; reliqua laevissima : pedes pallide 

 flavescentes, tarsis apice, posticis totis tibiisque iisdem apice sub- 

 fuscis : alae longae, hyalinge radice et squamulis flavo-ferrugineis, 

 stigmate fusco : stigma elliptico-lanceolatum cubitum perpaulo 

 ante medium excipiens : alae posticse areola brachialis-posterior 

 i anterioris brevior. 



Habitat inter quercus cseduas mihi lectus in convalle Cartland Craigs 

 dicta, prope fiuenta Cluthae. 



Sp. 18. R. Col. hariolator. Fem. Testaceus antennis basi, 

 palpis pedibusqtw silaceis ; capite thoracis lituris, meta- 

 thorace abdominisque segmento 1™°. nigris ; terebra f abdo- 

 minis longiiudine. (Long. corp. 1| ; alar. oj. lin.) 



