white at tip, forming a band : tibix white on the 

 exterior side. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



This insect is of frequent occurrence in all the 

 middle states. There is a variety, of which the 

 abdomen is very slightly tinged with rufous. 

 Allied to nigratorius, Fabr. but may be dis- 

 tinguished by the band on the first segment of 

 the abdomen, and by the white spot behind the 

 tip of the scutel, and by the two between the 

 anterior wings. 



The lower right figure. 



ICHNEUMON CENTRATOR. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Black ; antennae annulate , scutel, and disk of 

 the thorax, ferruginous. 



PLATE XXII. 



