ICHNEUMON BREVICINCTOR. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Black ; scutel and the very short band on the 

 antenniE, white. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body black : head immaculate : antmnx with 

 the white annulus beginning at the seventeenth 

 joint, and extending to the twenty-first: thorax 

 immaculate : scutel yellowish-white : wings a 

 little dusky : knees and tibiae of the anterior pair 

 of feet, dull rufous. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



In form and general appearance, it resembles 

 unifasciatorus, Nob. but the different individuals 

 correspond in having the annulus of the antennae 

 very short, and commencing at the seventeenth 

 joint; in having no spot beyond the tip of the 

 scutel, in having the head immaculate, &c. It 

 also resembles nigratorius, Fab. but is much 

 smaller, and is altogether destitute of orbital lines. 



The upper left figure. 



PLATE XXII. 



