Phygadetion:\ BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. 85 



Antennae l)lack, with the post-annelliis not shoitc-r than the scajjc ; of ^ 

 nearly as lont,' as the body, witli the flagellar joints distinctly pubescent 

 and the scape sub-globose and red ; of 9 incrassate towards the obtuse 

 apices, with the four basal joints red and the seventh to ninth white, the 

 third nearly twice longer than the first. Thorax immaculate ; metathorax 

 rugulose throughout and very dull, laterally distinctly transcostate ; areae 

 complete, areola regularly hexagonal and in $ emitting the costulae 

 before its centre ; petiolar area discreted, apophyses obsolete ; spiracles 

 small, circular and obscure. Scutellum black. Abdomen nitidulous, 

 black, with the second, third and base of the fourth segments pale red ; 

 basal segment not curved laterally nor broadly ex[)lanate apically, carinate, 

 strongly aciculate, centrally canaliculate and elevated \ ? with the anus 

 dull white and the terebra very shortly exserted, about one third the length 

 of the basal segment. Legs red, with tt)e femora somewhat stout ; hind 

 jiair of 9 usually, of $ broadly, with the apices of the femora and tibiae 

 lilack, and the tarsi infuscate. Wings clouded, with the basal half of the 

 small and infuscate stigma, which emits the short and curved radial nervure 

 from beyond its centre, white as also is radix ; tegulae black ; discoidal 

 cell inferiorly rectangular ; stigma of $ somewhat broad. Length, 

 4-5 mm. 



This species somewhat resembles P. varialn/is, but the petiolar area is 

 sufficiently clearly discreted, and the tricoloured antennae of the ? will 

 instantly distinguish it from all our other indigenous species oi Pkygadeuon ; 

 the broadly white stigma is very distinctive of both sexes, though Kriech- 

 baumer has thrown doubt upon the true connection of Thomson's J, here 

 described. 



I can find no notice of this species' previous record from Britain. The 

 only examples I have seen are a female, which I captured at the roots 

 of Statice /imo/iium, in the salt marshes on the banks of the Blyth, at 

 Walberswick in Suffolk, on 26th August, 1898 ; and a second of the same 

 sex taken at INLithon in Worcestershire, on 29th August, 1S96, by the late 

 Mr. Alfred Beaumont. 



14. nanus, Grav. 



Crypttis iiantis, Cr. I. K. ii. 585,?. F/iys^aJeuoii nainis, Tasch. Zeits. Ces. Nat. 

 1865, p. 25 ; Brisch. .Schr. Nat. (Jcs. Danz. ibS2, p. 343, ? ; Tlioms. O. K. x. 954, i 9 • 



Head very slightly narrowed behind the glabrous eyes, black, with the 

 pal[)i and cheeks testaceous ; epistoma prominent ; cly[)eus narrow and 

 distinctly discreted, with two apical teeth, granuliform in 9 ; mandibles 

 a[)ically narrowed ; (^ face with whitish pubescence. Antennae with post- 

 annellus not shorter than the scape ; of 9 stout, half length of body with 

 the four basal joints pale red ; scape of S citrinous beneath. Thorax 

 immaculate ; metathorax sub-rugose, with com[)lete and sharjily defined 

 areae ; areola regularly hexagonal ; petiolar area transversely wrinkled and 

 not discreted ; apophyses small and acute, spiracles circular. Scutellum 

 black. Abdomen nitidulous, black, with the apex o( the long and slender 

 first segment, the .second excepting sometimes discally, and the basal half 

 of the third, testaceous or dull red ; following segments picecnis, with their 

 apical margins paler; post petiole aciculate, terebra hardly longer than the 

 basal segment. Legs stout ; of 9 entirely pale red ; of 6 with the 

 anterior trochanters white, and the hind coxae with their tarsi and apices 



