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striped with black ; hind tarsi whitish. Wings dark 

 cinereous ; stigma and veins black ; discal areolet pen- 

 tagonal. Length of the body 3 lines. 



2. Ichneumon diversvpes. 



Male. Black, shining, thickly and very minutely punc- 

 tured. Head as broad as the thorax ; front white. An- 

 tennae piceous, a little shorter than the body ; first joint 

 with a white spot beneath. Metathorax with a slight 

 longitudinal furrow. Abdomen fusiform, nearly smooth, a 

 little longer than the thorax. Four anterior legs pale 

 luteous except the coxae. Hind femora red towards the 

 base ; hind tibiae red, black towards the tips ; hind tarsi 

 white, first joint and tip of fifth joint black. Wings 

 blackish ; stigma and veins black ; discal areolet pen- 

 tagonal, small. Length of the body 4 lines. 



3. Ichneu7non lanceolatus. 



Male. Black, slender, shining, very finely punctured. 

 Antennae somewhat shorter than the body. Al)domen 

 more than twice as long as tlie thorax, clavate from the 

 base to half the length, lanceolate, and thence com- 

 pressed to the tip ; hind borders of the segments luteous ; 

 under-side white. Four anterior legs pale testaceous ; 

 coxae and trochanters black ; femora partly black, whitish 

 at the base. Hind tibiae whitish at the base. Wings 

 dark cinereous ; stigma and veins black ; discal areolet 

 pentagonal. Length of the body 3 lines. 



4. Ichneumon insolitus. 



Female. Black. Head and thorax finely punctured. 

 Clypeus ferruginous. Antennae stout, much shorter than 

 the body, joints 7-11 white. Mesothorax rather flat. 

 Metathorax witli distinct areas, abruptly sloping hindward. 

 Abdomen very finely punctured, a little longer than the 

 thorax, dingy testaceous at the tip and beneath, fusiform 

 excepting the petiole which is rather long and slender. 

 Legs short, stout. Four anterior legs whitish ; femora, 

 except at each end, tarsi and tips of tibiae blackish. Hind 

 legs with the tips of the coxae, the trochanters and the 



