390 DIPSOSPHECIA. By M. Bartel. 



distally narrowly bordered with yellow. Antennae black, relatively much longer than in Par. tabaniformis, 

 with short pectinations. Vertex black, mixed with yellowish towards miderside. Frons glossy silver-grey. 

 Palpi with very long hair, pale yellowish grey, blackish on outside. Thorax and abdomen black, the former 

 with some light colouring. Abdomen with rough hair, segments 4, 5 and 6 with distinct yellow belts and seg- 

 ments 2, 3 and 7 posteriorly mixed with yellow; the yellow belts more obsolescent beneath. Anal tuft black, 

 with shghtly pale admixture. Legs dirty yellowish grey, mixed with blackish. The smaller $ is entirely dif- 

 ferent from the cj, being almost completely black. Forewing deep black, entirely opaque. Hindwing likewise 

 black, but the scaling rather tlunner on the disc. All other parts of the body deep black, only the frons is glossy 

 silver-grey in front of the eyes. Palpi not so rough-hairy as in ^, above and on inside pale greyish yellow. ■ — 

 South Algeria (Biskra) and Tunisia (Gafsa). The species has been bred in October from larvae which were 

 found in April in the roots of a Papilionaceous plant. 



barbara. D. barbara spec. nov. Expanse 12 mm. Although I have before me only a single defective ,^, I de- 



scribe it as a new species, because the characters present are sufficient to distinguish the insect from all the 

 other species. This cj is stout and robust in build, black, with the antenna dentate and strongly ciliate, the 

 palpi yellow and very slender, with the third segment quite unusually long and pointed, the frons dusted with 

 yellowish scales, the vertex bearing long grey hair, and the hind margin of the head being yellow. Patagia 

 with a white spot near the wing-base and apparenth^ yellow imier border. On the metathorax a whitish tuft 

 of hair. Abdomen with the margins of segments 2, 4, 5 and 6 narrowly white, the belts not bsing closed on 

 underside, being here represented by lateral spots. Anal tuft black, beneath yellow centrally at the apex. 

 Legs black, with yellow rings; hind tibia with yellowish middle spot. The forewing have large vitreous patches, 

 the longitudinal patch being very long and the outer one consisting of 5 spots of which the 3 central ones almost 

 reach to the distal margin and bear yellowish scales distally, while the other two spots are somewhat short. 

 The broad median band is black, bearing a yellow sj^ot distally. The longitudinal patch is edged with yellow 

 posteriorly. The dark scaling of the margins slightly dusted with yellow. Hindwing with narrow brown border 

 and black base; cross-vein broadened anteriorly, thin like a hair posteriorly. Proboscis atropliied. ■ — In spite 

 of the belts not being closed on the underside this robust and dark species is best placed among the allies of 

 ichneumoniformis. It cannot be confounded with any other species. Algeria (Teniet-el-Had. M. Korb). Type 



in coll. PUNGELER. 



hymenn- D. hymenopteriforitiis Bell. (.52 b). The sexes very different. ^ somewhat recalling uroceriformis, 



plerlformis. (jyj clumsier. Forewing brown-bla^k, dusted with yellow atoms, the outer border golden yellow with a tliin 

 dark brown marginal line. Median band broad, dark brown, with a thin orange yellow outer border. Vitreous 

 areas distinct, the two proximal ones small, the outer one broader than high, composed of 3 spots. Cross-vein 

 of hindwing slightly incrassate anteriorly. Antenna black, extended j^ellowish before the tip, brown beneath. 

 Palpi white on inside, with rough black hair on outside. Eyes anteriorly bordered with white. Hind 

 margin of head yellowish. Thorax with dense yellow hair at the sides. Patagia with a white spot near the base 

 of the forewing. Abdomen covered with yellow atoms; the segments 2, 4, and 6 with thin wliite liind borders, 

 of which the second is continuous beneath and here very broad, while the following segments are spotted with 

 white laterally. Anal brush black, with whitish stripes at the sides and in the centre: beneath entirely yellow- 

 isch in the middle. Anterior coxa white, blackish on inside. Legs golden brown, ringed with white and black. 

 In the $ the forewing entirely dark brown, without pale soaUng. The proximal vitreous areas absent, the outer 

 one very small, rounded, composed of 3 small spots. Hindwing with the dark brown border much broader than 

 in (J. On the underside of the forewing the median spot has a thin yellow outer edge, otherwise the wing dark. 

 Antenna dark brown, somewhat paler beneath. Frons white. Palpi yellowish, with black margin. Patagia with 

 yellowish inner border; some yellow hairs on the metathorax. Segments 2, 4 and 6 of the black-brown abdomen 

 with white hind borders, the belt of segment 2 not c^uite complete on underside, 4 and 6 spotted with white 

 laterall}^ on the underside. Anal tuft quite dark. Anterior coxa yellowish wliite. Legs black, femora with 

 yellow streaks. — Sicily (July, at exceedingly arid localities), Algeria (neighborhood of Alger) and Tunisia. 



parihica. D. parthica Led. Recalls hymenopteriformis by the great difference in the Sexes. Forewing of S with 



brown costal border and black median band, the latter cUstally spotted with orange-red; hind margin pale orange. 

 Vitreous areas distinct; outer one large, traversed by 5 veins, pale golden yellow. Underside pale golden yellow 

 with the exception of the black median band. Body black. Collar and lower part of palpi white-grey, the latter 

 with black hair on outside. Antenna black, with long cilia. In front of the eyes a small white spot. Patagia 

 with white inner edge. Abdomen bordered with yellowish white on both sides of segments 2, 4, 6 and 7, the 

 belt of segment 4 the broadest. Anal tuft black, centrally yellowish above and beneath. Coxae yellow; femora 

 and base and apex of tibiae black; hind tibia with yellowish rings. Differs from the (J of hymenopteriformis in 

 the large outer vitreous patch, the black median band of the underside, the laterally not light-coloured anal tuft 

 and the yellow coxae. The $, hke the $ of hymenopteriformis. has the forewing almost entirely covered with 

 brown-black scales, the vitreous wedge-spot being a mere vestige and the outer patch indicated onl}' by thinner 



