156 E. T. CRESSON. 



Iclinenmon ctertilens. 



Ichneumon caruhus, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii., p. 149. 

 One 9 specimen. (Belfrage.) 



lehneuinon zebratus. 



Ichneumon zebrattis, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. L, p. 299 9- 

 % . — Differs from the 9 ^s follows: — The entire face beneath antennse is pale 

 lemon-yellow; antennse entirely black, except scape beneath which is pale 

 yellow; posterior tibiae have the apical half black, and the basal half whitish, 

 as well as the bases of their tarsi. 



One % specimen. (Boll.) A very handsome species. 



Iclineunion coniptus. 



Ichneumon comptus, Say, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist, i., p. 229. 



One % specimen. (Boll.) 



leliueuinon insolent. 



Ichneumon insolens, Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. i., ]i. 302. 

 Two % specimens. (Boll; Heiligbrodt.) 



Ichneumon Belfragei, n. sp. 



'^ . — Deep black, shining ; sides of face and of clypeus, dot on tegulse an- 

 teriorly, short line beneath, and the scutellum, white ; mesothorax with rather 

 close, deep punctures; scutellum subcouvex; metathorax opaque, with well 

 defined carinse, central area lunate; wings uniformly pale fuliginous, nervures 

 and stigma black, areolet triangular; anterior tibiae pale in front; abdomen 

 shining, closely punctured; second, third and base of fourth segments yellow- 

 ish-ferruginous. Length .50 inch. 



One specimen. (Coll. Gr. W. Belfrage.) Closely allied to electus, 

 Cress. 



Ichneumon trogiformis. 



Ichneumon trogiformis, Cress. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii., p. 175. 



Four % 9 specimens. (Belfrage; Boll.) 



Ichneumon propitius, n. sp. 



%. — Yellowish-ferruginous or honey-yellow; face, clypeus, mandibles and 

 anterior orbits, pale yellow; antennse long, pale ferruginous beneath, blackish 

 above, with a broad yellowish-white annulus above the middle, scape pale be- 

 neath ; jjrothorax blackish anteriorly, the anterior margin pale yellow ; mar- 

 gins of mesothorax blackish, as well as entire scutellar region and anterior and 

 posterior margins of pleura and centrally beneath; scutellum yellow, convex, 

 shining; metathorax blackish at apex, carinse sharply defined, a short sub- 

 acute siJine on each side, central area quadrate, extending to base; wings 

 hyaline, iridescent, nervures and stigma fuscous, areolet triangular; legs slen- 

 der, four anterior coxae yellowish beneath, apices of posterior pair, tips of their 

 femora, apical half of their tibise and tips of their tarisi black, basal half of their 

 tibise yellow; abdomen opaque, densely sculptured, base of first segment and 

 extreme apical margins of second and third segments black and shining. 

 Length .30 inch. 



One specimen. (Coll. G. W. Belfrage.) Closely resembles some of 



