133. 

 EULOPH.US DAMICORNIS. 



Order Hymenoptera. Fam. Cjnipsidse Lat.^ Leach. 

 Type of the Genus Ichneumon pectinicornis Linn. 



EuLOPHUS Geoff., Oliv., Lat., Kirhy. — Diplolepis Fab. — Cleptes Fab. 

 — Ichneumon Linn., De Geer. 



Antenna inserted between the eyes, below the middle of the 

 face, not longer than the thorax, geniculated, 9-jointed in the 

 male, 1st joint long robust, 2nd minute obovate, 3 following- 

 filiform, each having a slender, very pilose branch, arising from 

 the base, 6th filiform, the remainder forming an ovate, acute club 

 of 3 joints (fig. 1 ) j simple and 8-jointed in the female, 3rd joint 

 oblong, 4th and 5th oval, 3 following forming a conical elon- 

 gated club (la). 

 Labriim very minute ? 



Mandibles with 3 or 4 teeth. Lat. Gen. Crust. 

 MaxillcE membranous, dilated below the palpi (4), forming a 

 concave lobe above (4 a). Palpi with a few bristles at the apex, 

 3-jointed (4 b). 



Mentum dilated in the middle (5). Palpi 3-jointed, terminated 

 by a few bristles (5 b). Lip short, ciliated (5 c). 

 Head triangular vertical, as broad as the thorax, with 2 oblique grooves 

 uniting above to receive the basal joint of the antennce. Eyes lateral. 

 Ocelli 3 in a depressed triangle. Thorax large ovate, prothorax 

 rounded, jnetathorax sloped off'. Scutellum suborbiculate. Abdomen 

 subovate, narrowed at the base, depressed, concave above, margins 

 elevated, apex mucronate in the male unarmed in the female. Wings 

 large, transparent, pubescent; superior with an abbreviated costal 

 cell, the costal nermire branched towards the middle; inferior small 

 sublanceolate, nerveless. Coxae posterior very large corneous. Legs 

 subcoriaceous, simple. Tibiae with a spine at the apex. Tarsi 4- 

 jointed, basal and 3rd joints short in the 4 posterior, 2nd and 4th 

 longer, terminated by Pulvilli. Claws arising behind the apex (8, a 

 foreleg). 



D.iMicoRNis Kirby Linn. Trans, v. 14./). 1 12, 



Male. Antennae with the 1st and 2nd joints pale yellow, re- 

 mainder dull ochre. Eyes black. Head and thorax deeply 

 punctured, aureous green. Abdomen smooth, violaceous, black, 

 with an ochraceous spot near the base. Wings iridescent. Coxae 

 posterior punctured, aureous green. Legs very pale yellow. 

 Pulvilli brown. 



Female. Abdomen with the apex and a large spot at the base 

 ochraceous. Wings slightly fuscous in the middle. Thighs, 

 ])Osterior fuscous near the middle. 



In the Cabinets of Mr. Kirby and the Author. 



