68 BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. \Glyphicnemis. 



4. clypealis, Thorns. 



Stylocrypliis clypealis.. Thorns. O. K. ix. 870, i 9 . 



Black, abdomen and legs red ; clypeus, mouth and coxae testaceous ; 

 tibiae spinosc. Length, 4-6 mm. 



So similar to G. profligator as to need no detailed description ; there- 

 from it differs in its much smaller size, with the base of the antennae, 

 clypeus, mouth and coxae flavous ; and the $ tegulae, anterior coxae and 

 trochanters, and palpi, white, with the legs, mandibles, centre of abdomen 

 and base of antennae fulvous. 



The frons is finely punctate, with no trace of a central furrow ; the 

 areola sub -quadrate, not broader than long, with costulae obsolete and 

 scape of 9 clear fulvous. 



I am enabled to bring this very distinct species forward as British on 

 the strength of a single specimen in Dr. Capron's collection, probably 

 from the vicinity of Shere, in Surrey. On the Continent, it is found in 

 Germany and Sweden and was, consequently, very likely to occur with us. 



5. parviventris, Grav. 



Phygadetion paj-viventris, Gr. I. E. ii. 746 ; Ste. 111. M. vii. 305 ; Tasch. Zeits. Ges, 

 Nat. 1865, p. 39, (5 ? . Stylocryptus pm-viveut>is. Thorns. O. E. ix. 870, i ? . Var. 

 PhygaJeiioJi oieinargiis, Gr. I. E. ii. 734; Ste. 111. M. vii. 303, <J . Var. P. varipes. 

 Gr. I. E. ii. 747, 9 ; '/. Tasch. Zeits. Ges. Nat. 1865, p. 35. 



Head black, with the mandibular teeth of equal length and peristomium 

 not very broad ; clypeus discreted, of $ broadly rounded at the apex ; 

 palpi white. Antennae of $ setaceous, dark ferrugineous and paler 

 beneath, with the scape entirely black ; of $ filiform and slightly in- 

 crassate before the ol)tuse apices, with joints six to twelve white. Thorax 

 immaculate ; metathorax strongly rugose, areola basally contracted and 

 hexagonal though shorter in the $ ; petiolar area excavate, nearly vertical, 

 transversely rugulose and not discreted ; apophyses distinct and obtuse, 

 spiracles circular. Scutellum black. Abdomen shining and glabrous, 

 narrower than the thorax, of $ oblong-oval, of $ sub-ovate ; entirely red 

 or castaneous, petiole and anus of $ infuscate ; post-petiole transverse, 

 gradually dilated apically, glabrous and bicarinate ; second segment of S 

 punctate ; terebra nearly half the length of the abdomen. Legs stout and 

 black ; femora rufescent with their apices, except the front ones of the 6 , 

 black ; anterior tibiae ferrugineous and externally white towards the base, 

 hind ones black and externally white in the centre ; tarsi ferrugineous, 

 with the hind ones infuscate ; tibiae not strongly spinose, hind ones 

 simple. Wings hardly clouded ; tegulae black, radix piceous. Length, 

 7-8 mm. 



The $ variety cueinargus has the radix stramineous, the hind femora 

 and tibiae black, with the base of the latter ferrugineous, and the abdomen 

 with the basal segment, except its apex, black, with the fifth to seventh 

 laterally infuscate. The ? variety varipes has the metathoracic areation 

 more distinct, the coloration lighter, the antennae tricoloured, and is rather 

 smaller than the typical form ; it probably constitutes a distinct species. 



