252 t April, 



lines reaching from the base of the anterior wings, converging to the scutellura, a 

 line before on each side, and a dot before, and beneath the wings, yellow. Scutellum 

 and post-scutellum yellow, metathorax coarsely punctured (as seen under an inch 

 objective), with two raised lines enclosing a space in the form of a Jew's-harp, with 

 the narrow part directed towards the post-scutellum, a raised line also borders the 

 metathorax, the whole of which is rather thickly pubescent with pale hairs. Wings 

 broad, iridescent, and rather thickly set with short black hairs, which are bulbous at 

 the base. Stigma and radius black, the front yellow, squamula and base of 

 nerves yellow, intermediate and internal nerves yellowish. Posterior wings : 

 nerves testaceous yellow, the recurrent nervure issuing from below the middle 

 of the angulated transverse nervure. Legs fulvous, the anterior and medial 

 coxse and trochanters pale yellow, the posterior fulvous ; base of the femora with a 

 narrow black ring, the apical half and the tarsi of the posterior pair black, the ungues 

 of the others testaceous. Abdomen one-fourth longer than the head and thorax, 

 depi*essed, the sides nearly parallel, a little wider in the middle, the apex obtuse, the 

 first segment and base of second and three apical segments black, the apical half, the 

 second, third, and fourth, entirely fulvous-yellow, the basal segment with a rather 

 widish groove along the centre, the edges of which are raised and rounded off ; 

 there are also two raised obtuse prominences, one on each side of the groove, about 

 one-third from the base, and two yellow elliptical depressions, one on each side of 

 the base of the second segment. The whole thickly punctured, and clothed with 

 short depressed hairs. 



I captured this species in a field of wheat near Exeter, in July, 

 1881, and have named it, as a slight mark of esteem and appreciation 

 of the work done in this neglected group of British insects, the 

 Iclineumonidce, by Mr. J. B. Bridgman, of Norwich. 



LlMNEEIA AFFLNIS, 71. Sp. 



Length, 5 mm. Exp. 7 mm. Ovip. 1 mm. Antenna?, 4 mm. 



Niger, abdomen elongato-clavatus sub-compressus, palpis et mandi- 

 bulis stramineis, pedibus rufo-testaceis, coxls et trocJtanteribus anticis et 

 mediis stramineis, posticis nigris, femoribus posticis fuscomaculatis, 

 tibiis albis, ad apicem et basin fuscis, tarsisfuscis. 



Black, head transverse, buccated behind the eyes, thickly punctured, mandibles 

 and palpi straw-coloured, the apices of the former ferruginous. Antenna? black, the 

 basal joint yellow or testaceous, beneath. Thorax shagreened, black ; scutellum 

 black ; metathorax coarsely punctured, divided into six areas, bordered by smooth 

 raised lines. Wings iridescent, and rather thickly set with short black hairs, radius 

 black in front, testaceous, base yellow, intermediate and internal nerves testaceous- 

 yellow, scale straw-colour ; stigma dull white, or, in some, pale testaceous ; areola 

 with a short petiole, or, in some, sessile. Legs fulvous, claws of the anterior and 

 intermediate tarsi ferruginous ; coxae and trochanters of the anterior and inter- 

 mediate pairs straw-yellow ; posterior black, or with a black patch above ; posterior 

 femora (in some) with a black spot above ; tibiae pale yellowish-white, with the base 



