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120. 

 ALOMYA VICTOR. 



Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Ichneunionidas Lat.^ Leach. 



Type of the Genus Ichneumon debellator Fab. 



Alomya Panz., Fallen. — Cryptus Fab. — Ichneumon Linn., Fab., Lat., 

 Jur. 



jintennce inserted below the centre of tlie face in deep fovese, 

 approximating, subfiliform, convolute, pubescent, shorter than 

 the head and thorax, composed of upwards of 30 joints, basal 

 joint robust, 2nd small transverse, remainder more or less trans- 

 verse, excepting the last, which is conic (fig. 1 a). 

 Labrum obtrigonate, rounded and ciliated anteriorly (2). 

 Mandibles large, strong, bent, bifid (3). 



Maxilla small membranous, with 2 lobes, external extending 

 beyond the internal and ciliated. Palpi long pubescent, 5-jointed, 

 basal joint the longest, 2nd robust, 3 following of nearly equal 

 length and more slender (4). 



Mentum elongate trigonate (5 a). Palpi long, pubescent, com- 

 posed of 4 joints of nearly equal length, of which the Jst and 2nd 

 are the most robust (b). Lip very short and obscure (c). 

 Clypeus broad short. Head orbicular, cheeks projecting. Eyes small 

 ovate, placed in the middle of each side. Ocelli 3(1, front view of 

 head). Thorax elongate ovate. Metathorax 7iot cancellated, rounded 

 with a spiracle on each side. Abdomen elongated, ovate, convex, 

 petiole short slender incurved. Oviduct not exserted? Wings 

 shorter than the body, the 2nd submarginal, cell small quinquangu- 

 lar. Legs short, posterior the longest. Coxae anterior long. Thighs 

 short robust. Tibiae, 4 anterior very short, \stpair having one spine 

 at the extremity, the remainder 2. Tarsi much longer than the tibice, 

 5-jointed, basal joint the longest, 4th the shortest. Claws simple. 

 Pulvilli distinct (8, afore leg) . 



Victor nobis. 



Black, shining, punctured, slightly pubescent. Antennae ferru- 

 ginous, 1st and 2nd joints black, terminal portion fuscous. Ab- 

 domen ferruginous, the 2 last joints and the posterior margin of 

 the antepenultimate black. Wings pubescent, slightly iridescent, 

 stained fuscous, nervures brown, stigma ferruginous. Trochan- 

 ters and thighs ferruginous at the apex. Tibiae and tarsi fer- 

 ruginous, the former pale in the middle. 



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