198. 

 ANOMALON VESPARUM. 



Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Ichneumonidae Lat., Leach. 



Type of the Genus Ichneumon Icetatorius Fab. 



Anomalon Jurine. — Ichneumon Linn., Fab., Lat., Panz. — Bassus 

 Panz. — Cryptus & Ophion Fab. 



Antenna: approximating, inserted in front of the head sometimes 

 above the middle, not longer or so long as the body, fiUform, 

 pilose, composed of 18 joints and upwards, basal joint the most 

 robust, 2nd the smallest, 3rd the longest, terminal joint conical 

 (fig. l*a). 



Labrum transverse-ovate, the sides attenuated, very pilose ante- 

 riorly (2). 



Mandibles transverse when at rest, subtrigonate, bifid and acute 

 at the extremity, pilose externally (3). 



MaxillcB membranous, terminated by 2 dilated lobes, the inner 

 one the smaller, the external one pilose. Palpi rather long, 

 pilose, submembranous, S-jointed, 2 first joints robust, nearly 

 of equal length, the remainder slender, the 3rd being the longest, 

 the 4th the shortest (4). 



Mentum cup-shaped (5 a). Palpi rather long, pilose, robust, 

 4-jointed (b). Labium membranous, semicircular (c). 

 Head transverse, ( I* front view). Eyes lateral. Ocelli 3 in tri- 

 angle. Thorax subovate, sometimes elongated. Abdomen with the 

 basal joint forming a very short peduncle, angulated on the sides. 

 Ovipositor short, scarcely exserted. Wings, superior with one mar- 

 ginal and 2 large submarginal cells, the tittle one wanting, and a 

 large one between the disc and the posterior margin. Legs, anterior 

 the shortest, posterior the longest. Tibiae spurred. Tarsi b-jointed, 

 basal joint long. Claws simple. Pulvilli minute (8 afore leg). 

 Obs. the dissections were made from A. Vesparum. 



Vesparum Nob. 



Black slightly but thickly punctured. Metathorax deeply sculp- 

 tured. Abdomen very large and ovate, distinctly peduncled, 

 rather glossy, pubescent towards the apex, the 2nd and 3rd joints 

 dull ferruginous, fuscous in the centre. Wings pubescent, trans- 

 parent, iridescent, nervures and stigma dark brown, a transverse 

 nervure next the posterior margin nearly obliterated. Legs fer- 

 ruginous, posterior the most robust. Tarsi, posterior entirely, 

 the others fuscous only at their apex. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Wood and the Author. 



Although Jurine fell into error by servilely following his fa- 

 vourite system, and by that means has collected together, as in 

 the present instance, a mass of insects differing exceedingly in 



