232 BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. [Mctimus. 



3. agnatus, Gvav. 



Lissonota agitata, Gr. I. E. iii. 44; Holmgr. Sv. Ak. Handl. 1854, p. 92, ? . 

 Meniscus agnatus, Holmgr. lib. cit. ISllO, n. 10, p. 61 ; Voll. Pinac. pi. xiv, fig. 8, 

 ? ; Tasch. Zeits. Ges. Nat. 1803, p. 288 ; Schm. Opusc. Ichn. 1273, <f ? . 



A black species with red legs and strongly nitidulous abdomen. Head 

 densely punctate ; frons somewhat coarsely punctate throughout and only 

 slightly impressed ; palpi and clypeus ferrugineous ; a dot at the vertical 

 and usually the facial orbits narrowly flavidous. Antennae normal and 

 immaculate. Thorax densely punctate and somewhat shining with grey 

 pubescence and a flavous line on either side of the mesonotum in both 

 sexes ; metathorax scabriculously and somewhat finely punctate, the areola 

 indicated and parallel-sided with its apex distinct. Scutellum immacu- 

 late. Abdomen black and distinctly nitidulous throughout, subcylindrical 

 in both sexes and narrowed basally from the apex of the second segment ; 

 first segment elongately foveate and nearly smooth, second nitidulous and 

 subglabrous ; second and third sometimes with their apices, or lateral or 

 discal marks, badious and in J a little longer than broad ; terebra a little 

 longer than the abdomen (abdomen 6, terebra 7, mm.), black with the 

 spicula red. Legs red with sometimes the 9 coxae black-marked ; (J 

 with the hind coxae mainly, the anterior basally and the hind trochanters 

 partly, black ; extreme base of hind tibiae subflavescent ; hind tarsi fer- 

 rugineous ; tarsal claws sparsely pectinate. Wings hyaline with the stigma 

 and radius dull stramineous, the tegulae and radix flavidous ; areolet irre- 

 gular, sessile or subpetiolate. Length, 11 — 13 mm. 



This species is very like J/, catcnator in size and outline, but the frons 

 is only normally impressed and the abdomen is very much smoother 

 basally ; the very finely and sparsely punctate, strongly nitidulous second 

 segment will distinguish it from all its congeners. 



It is sparsely distributed through the north and centre of Europe, Bel- 

 gium, Sweden, Saxony, Thuringia, Prussia, etc. ; but has not been there 

 bred, though Gravenhorst notices its capture on Pinus sylvcstris and Vol- 

 lenhoven says it " seems to live in a caterpillar subsisting on down plants." 

 Buckler, however, tell us that it has been raised in Britain by Wellman 

 from Trochiliuni tipuliforme and Bridgman records it from Earlham, near 

 Norwich. It is certainly uncommon with us and 1 have onl}- a pair from 

 Felden, taken by Piffard, and a female from Shere by Capron. 



4. sulcator, sp.n. 



(?) Lissonota impressor, Grav. (part). 



Head evenly punctate throughout ; fruns not at all impressed, but unisul- 

 cate from the apical ocellus to between the scrobes ; both sexes with the 

 mouth and clypeus, but not the mandibles, testaceous ; (J also with the 



