﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  No. 
  4. 
  3 
  

  

  Ichneumon 
  taproban^, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Niger, 
  pedihus 
  flavis: 
  coxis 
  trochanteribusque 
  nigris, 
  alis 
  

   fulvo-hyalinis, 
  stigmatc 
  fusco. 
  6. 
  Long. 
  11 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Ceylon 
  (RotJincy). 
  

  

  Head 
  bearing 
  a 
  white 
  down 
  ; 
  closely 
  punctured, 
  the 
  

   clypeus 
  with 
  the 
  punctures 
  widely 
  separated 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  

   testaceous. 
  Thorax 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  depression 
  at 
  

   the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum 
  wide, 
  deep 
  ; 
  the 
  scutellum 
  finely 
  

   punctured, 
  shining 
  ; 
  the 
  centre 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  its 
  apex 
  finely 
  

   longitudinally 
  striated; 
  the 
  post 
  scutellum 
  finely 
  rugose; 
  

   the 
  median 
  segment 
  rugose 
  ; 
  there 
  are 
  two 
  straight 
  keels 
  

   at 
  the 
  base, 
  forming 
  an 
  almost 
  square 
  area 
  ; 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   keels 
  end 
  in 
  stout, 
  blunt 
  spines 
  ; 
  the 
  apex 
  oblique, 
  with 
  

   two 
  straight 
  keels 
  down 
  the 
  centre. 
  The 
  propleurae 
  

   finely 
  longitudinally 
  striated 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  the 
  mesopleurse 
  

   punctured, 
  an 
  oblique 
  band 
  of 
  fine 
  striations 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurse 
  longitudinally 
  striated, 
  indis- 
  

   tinctly 
  at 
  the 
  base, 
  much 
  stronger 
  at 
  the 
  apex. 
  The 
  

   front 
  coxae 
  on 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  are 
  thickly 
  covered 
  with 
  

   fulvous 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  middle 
  femora 
  are 
  fuscous 
  on 
  the 
  under- 
  

   side 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  At 
  the 
  top 
  the 
  areolet 
  is 
  narrowed, 
  

   being 
  there 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  space 
  bounded 
  by 
  the 
  second 
  

   transverse 
  cubital 
  and 
  the 
  recurrent 
  nervures. 
  Abdomen 
  

   black; 
  the 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  finely 
  rugose, 
  keeled 
  dow^n 
  

   the 
  sides; 
  the 
  gastrocoeli 
  finely 
  striated 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  

  

  Ichneumon 
  intaminatus, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Niger 
  ; 
  fcmoribus 
  posticis 
  rufis 
  ; 
  alis 
  hyalinis, 
  nervis 
  

   stigmateque 
  nigris. 
  6. 
  Long. 
  9 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Mussouri 
  (Rothncy). 
  

  

  Head 
  entirely 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  vertex 
  very 
  shining, 
  

   sparsely 
  covered 
  with 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  clypeus 
  

   almost 
  impunctate, 
  covered 
  with 
  long 
  white 
  hair 
  ; 
  the 
  

   mandibles 
  and 
  palpi 
  black. 
  Antennae 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  body, 
  

   black, 
  the 
  scape 
  with 
  longish 
  pale 
  hair. 
  Thorax 
  shining, 
  

  

  