﻿Manchester 
  Memoirs, 
  Vol. 
  xli. 
  (1897), 
  ^'^- 
  1^« 
  7 
  

  

  The 
  head 
  and 
  thorax 
  may 
  have 
  brassy 
  tints 
  ; 
  the 
  

  

  relative 
  proportions 
  of 
  the 
  blue 
  and 
  green 
  in 
  the 
  

   abdomen 
  varies. 
  

  

  ICHNEUMONID^. 
  

  

  ^ 
  JrJ- 
  '^ 
  

  

  Ichneumon 
  ardates, 
  sp. 
  nov. 
  

  

  Niger, 
  scutello 
  flavo 
  ; 
  ahdomine 
  rufo, 
  flavo- 
  et 
  nigro' 
  

   halteato; 
  pedibus 
  rujis 
  ; 
  alis 
  fere 
  hyalinis, 
  stigmate 
  flavo. 
  ?, 
  

   Long. 
  13 
  mm. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  South 
  India. 
  

  

  Head 
  coarsely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  inner 
  orbits 
  in 
  the 
  

   middle 
  broadly, 
  and 
  a 
  mark 
  immediately 
  below 
  the 
  

   antennae, 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  palpi 
  pale 
  yellow. 
  Antennae 
  short, 
  

   thick, 
  the 
  13 
  — 
  14 
  basal 
  joints 
  pale 
  yellowish-testaceous, 
  

   the 
  apices 
  deep 
  black. 
  Thorax 
  black, 
  except 
  the 
  scutel- 
  

   lum 
  which 
  is 
  pale 
  yellow 
  ; 
  closely 
  punctured 
  ; 
  the 
  pro- 
  

   pleurae 
  closely 
  obliquely 
  striated 
  except 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  The 
  

   lower 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  mesopleurae 
  coarsely 
  punctured; 
  the 
  

   upper 
  shining, 
  irregularly 
  shagreened 
  ; 
  the 
  metapleurae 
  

   closely 
  coarsely 
  irregularly 
  striated. 
  Median 
  segment 
  

   closely 
  rugose 
  ; 
  only 
  the 
  supramedian 
  area 
  clearly 
  

   defined 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  little 
  wider 
  than 
  long, 
  slightly 
  narrowed 
  

   from 
  the 
  middle; 
  the 
  apex 
  in 
  the 
  middle 
  a 
  little 
  dilated 
  

   inwardly. 
  Legs, 
  including 
  the 
  coxae, 
  rufous. 
  The 
  narrow 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  petiole 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  broad 
  apex 
  with 
  a 
  

   yellowish 
  band, 
  the 
  sides 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  raised 
  central 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  apex 
  closely 
  longitudinally 
  striated. 
  The 
  sides 
  of 
  the 
  

   gastrocoeli 
  stoutly 
  striated. 
  The 
  second 
  segment 
  is 
  

   entirely 
  rufous 
  ; 
  the 
  basal 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  segment 
  and 
  

   the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  fourth 
  black 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  third 
  

   yellow, 
  with 
  a 
  reddish 
  tinge 
  ; 
  the 
  apical 
  segments 
  pale- 
  

   yellow. 
  

  

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