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Ichneumon paludator, described by Desvignes in Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond.,* 1854, 

 p. 44, is rightly ascribed by authors to I. QU.ffislTOKirs, Linn. Fifteen species are 

 described in 



Desvignes' " Catalogue of British Icuneumonid^; in the Biutish 

 Museum," 1856. 



P. 5 — I. maculiventris. This is Ctenichneumon cckkuleatok, Zett., ? , from 

 the type form of which it differs only in having the areola subquadrate ; the palpi, 

 frontal orbits and lateral circular dots on the clypeus, flavous. The space between 

 the gastroca:li is as broad as the central of the accidentally impressed postpetiole ; 

 the abdomen is dull with the 4th and 5th segments nitidulous; the wings and 

 venter r.re flavidous, the latter being broadly fuscous marked. This specimen is 

 from Stephens' collection, and bears a label "fasciatus" in his handwriting. 



P. 5 — I. obator. This is rightly ascribed by Berthoumieu to Platylabus 

 tedatoeius, $ , Fab. 



P. 10— J. crassorius. This is rightly ascribed by Marshall to Ichneumon 

 inquinatus, "Wesm., S ? . 



P. 11 — I. relucens = Amblyteles indocilis, Wesm., $. This species has 

 recently been recorded as new to Britain in Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., January, 1902. 



P. 15 — I. culicularis, $ ? . This is Spilichneumon Fabeicii, Grav., of 

 wbich the $ is unknown. The broad gastrocseli of this $ appear to ally it strongly 

 with species of Ctenichneumon, but its large apical, and plicate 4th, ventral segments 

 justify its position in the former genus. It is closely allied to Amblyteles trunci- 

 cola, Thorns., Ann. Soc. Fr., 1888, p. 115, but differs primarily therefrom in the 

 larger gastrocteli, complete mctanotal area, immaculate scape, &c. 



P. 18 — 1. lautatorius. This is a good species, allied to but abundantly dis- 

 tinct from Ichneumon sarcilorius, Linn. The ? may at once be known by the 

 unicolorous bright fulvous basal flagellar joints, the remainder being abruptly deep 

 black above ; by its paler legs, prominent eyes, sabobsolete femoral band, deeper 

 and more coarsely striolate gastrocseli, ilavous markings and more ample flavescent 

 wings; from Amblyteles pallidicornis, Grav., it differs, beyond the generic charac- 

 ters, in its immaculate 7th segment, &c. The abdominal coloration of the $ appears 

 to be quite unlike that of /. sarcilorius, Linn. It is also larger, varying from 

 13 — 15 mm. Desvignes described it from specimens in Curtis' collection, and the 

 types are consequently probably in the Victorian National Museum in Melbourne. 

 I have not seen the J 1 , but the ? was taken on the coast of Suffolk (where Curtis 

 often collected) in 1898 ; and there was another, mixed with /. sarcilorius, in the 

 British Museum labelled " Whittlesea Mere; H. Squire; named by Desvignes," 

 probably before he detected its distinctness. There are two ¥ ij> Ichneumons in the 

 General Collection from Nova Scotia and New York which differ from the above 

 species only in having the 5th and 7th segments also pale banded and the internal 

 orbits red. 



P. 19 — /. ancipiterus. This $ is certainly very closely allied to, and perhaps 

 identical with, Amblyteles unidentatus, Berth., ILev. Sc. Bourb., 1894 ; Ann. Soc. 

 Fr., 1895, p. 602. 



* Desvignes is also said to have described Ichneumon, crassicornis in the Trans. Ent. Soc. 

 Lond. ; this Berthoumieu synonym iaes with Protichneuraon pisorius, Linn., <j> ; I know nothing 

 of it.— C. M. 



