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415. 



ZELE ALBIDITARSUS. 



Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Ichneumonidae 



Alysiidas Curt, 

 Type of the Genus, Zele testaceator Curt. 

 Zele Curt. 



AntenncE inserted at the upper part of the face between the eyes, 

 longer than the body, setaceous and pubescent, composed of 

 numerous joints, basal joint the stoutest, ovate-truncate, 2nd 

 small subglobose, 3rd long, the remainder decreasing in length 

 to the apex, the last joint conical (1, a few joints of the base and 

 apex). 



Labrum inserted under the clypeus, membranous, semicircular 

 and pilose (2). 



Mandibles closing transversely, curved and rather slender, bifid 

 near the apex, the external tooth being the longest ; externally 

 pilose (3). 



Maxillae small, terminated by a large pilose lobe with a small 



one on the inside. Palpi very long, pilose and 6-jointed, basal 



joint short, 2nd and 3rd nearly of equal length, the latter the 



stoutest and very convex on the inside, the remainder slender, 



4th and 6th the longest, 5th a little shorter (4). 



Mentum obovate, pilose. Palpi rather long, stout pilose and 



4-jointed, basal joint not short, obovate-truncate, 2nd a little 



longer, elongate-ovate, 3rd subglobose, 4th as long as the 2nd 



but narrower and subclavate. Lip large subcylindric, pubescent, 



truncated obliquely, the anterior margin notched (5). 



Head rather broad. Eyes oval rather prominent. Ocelli 3 in triangle, 



devated on the crown of the head. Thorax rather long and narrow. 



Abdomen rather short, subfus form, striated at the base, attached by 



a short stout peduncle; clavatein the female and, slightly compressed 



at the apex, and truncated obliquely, with 2 minute appendages 



towards the apex. Ovipositor exserted, robust, considerably shorter 



than the body (6). Wings very ample; iridescent, superior with 1 



marginal, 3 submarginal and 2 discoidal cells, the stigma large ; 



inferior with 2 basal, one costal and 4 external cells. Thighs simple. 



Tibiae, anterior with a long spine at the apex, the others furnished 



with 2 long spurs. Tarsi 5 -jointed, basal joint the longest. Claws 



small; puWilli distinct. 



Albiditarsus Curt. Guide, Gen. 551. 4. 



Piceous, shining: antennae beneath brown, the 2 basal joints 

 ochreous : head ochreous, the whole crown piceous ; eyes black : 

 thorax inclining to castaneous, margin of scutellum ochreous : 

 abdomen subcastaneous towards the base and apex, the base 

 vermiculated. Wings stained yellowish brown, squamulae pale 

 ochre, nervures and stigma brown, the latter pale in the centre. 

 Legs testaceous ; posterior tibiae (except at the base,) and pul- 

 villi piceous J posterior tarsi yellowish white. 

 In the Author's Cabinet. 



