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BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. 



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(12). 



(3). 



(2). 



(5)- 



(4)- 

 (7)- 



(6). 

 (II). 



(10). 



(9)- 

 (8). 



(I)- 

 (14)- 

 (13). 



Table of Species. 



1. Tarsal claws closely and strongly 



pectinate; legs not white-marked. 



2. Size large, i6 — 20 mm. 



3. Size smaller, at most 13 mm. 



4. Frons deeply excavate and frontal 



orbits elevated 



5. Frons normal. 



6. Basal segments sparsely and finely 



punctate, nitidulous 



7. Basal segments closely punctate and 



somewhat dull. 



8. Second segment quadrate ; terebra 



not longer than body. 



9. Stouter ; hind tibiae red ; terebra as 



long as bodv 



10. Slenderer ; hind tibiae black ; terebra 



shorter than body 



11. Second segment elongate; terebra 



longer than body 



12. Tarsal claws finely setiferous ; tibiae 



basally and hind tarsi white. 



13. Abdomen strongly nitidulous and 



mainly red 



14. Abdomen dull and entirely black 



I. .SETOSU.s, Fourc. 



2. CATENATOR, Panz. 



3. AGNATUS, Grav. 



4. SULCATOR, Mori. 



5. PIMPLATOR, Zetf. 



6. IMPRESSOR, Grav. 



7. MURINUS, Grav. 



8. PLANTARius, Grav. 



1. setosus, Fourc. 



Ichneumon setosus, Fourc. E. P. ii. 395. Lissonota setosa, Gr. I. E. iii. 35, 

 <f ? ; Ratz. Ichn. d. Forst. i. 109, pi. vi, fig. 7, ? . Lampronota setosa, Curt. 

 B. E. 407, Meniscus setosus, Holmgr. Sv. Ak. Handl. 1860, n. 10, p. 61 ; Tasch. 

 Zeits. Ges. Nat. 1863, p. 188 ; Schm. Opusc. Ichn. 1272, ,i ? ; Voll. Pinac. pi. xiv, 

 fig. 5, ? . Var. Lcx)iif>ronota fulvipes, Desv. Cat. 78, d ? . 



A ver}- large and entirely black species, with red legs. Head densely 

 punctate ; mouth sometimes dull ferrugineous ; clypeus discreted, convex 

 and apically subtruncate, mandibles arcuate with two equal teetli ; frons 

 slightly excavate. Antennae subfilitbrm and apically a little attenuate, longer 

 than half the body and in (5 nearlvas long as the body. Thorax gibbulous 

 and immaculate, densely punctate with the mcsonotum basally smoother 

 and strongly nitidulous ; metathorax very coarsely rugose, centrally sub- 

 canaliculate with the basal area sometimes entire and the petiolar basally 

 indistinct ; spiracles oblong. Scutcllum somewhat convex, distinctly punc- 

 tate and black. Abdomen black, a little longer and in J narrower than 

 the head and thorax, distinctly punctate with the two or three basal 

 segments dull and scabrous with their apices nitidulous and subelevated ; 

 the basal segment half as long again as broad, deeply sulcate; second and 

 third quadrate and the third occasionally badious ; hypopygium apically 

 incised ; ^ valvulae elongately exserted and large ; terebra as long as 

 body, black with the spicula castaneous. I-i'gs fulvous with the coxae 

 black and hind tarsi infuscate ; claws strongly serrate. Wings normal 



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