Fanargyrops.] BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. IO3 



basal flagellar joint red and four times longer than broad, the following 

 becoming gradually shorter, with second partly red, the a|)ical (juadrate. 

 'I'horax smooth and pubescent ; notauli distinct ; nietalhorax short, 

 declived throughout, with distinct areae ; areola hardly transverse and 

 apically angulated ; petiolar area broad, discreled, reaching beyond the 

 centre with a central longitudinal costa. Scutellum black. Abdomen 

 fusiform, red, ^ with the central segments sometimes laterally infuscate ; 

 basal segment elongate, longer than the terebra, black, of S linear, of $ 

 gradually explanate throughout and twice broader apically ; post-petiole 

 centrally canaliculate ; second segment not striolate, infuscate and 

 explanate towards its apex and hardly, with the following segments dis- 

 tinctly, transverse ; anus sub-infuscate. Legs slender, red ; ? with the 

 apices of the hind tibiae, tarsi and sometimes of their femora, infuscate ; 

 of 6 stramineous, with the hind femora except at base, tibiae, tarsi and 

 more or less of their coxae, piceous. Wings with the radix and tegulae 

 pale, stigma piceous ; areolet externally sub-incomplete, cubital nervure 

 divergent and nervellus antefurcal. Length, 4-6 mm. 



Thomson says P. ruficaudatus differs from all the rest of his genus in 

 its rather stouter legs and body, the divergent cubital nervure, apically 

 angulated areola and shorter post-petiole. The $, differs from that of the 

 next species in having the hind tibiae unicolorous, the face narrowed 

 towards the mouth, sub-glabrous with hardly any pubescence and the 

 notauli extending only to just beyond the centre of the mesonotum. 



\^Phygadeuon temiipes is thus described : — Head black with white facial 

 pilosity. Antennae very slender, sub-setaceous, shorter than the body. 

 Thorax immaculate ; nietanotum rugulose and pubescent, declived 

 throughout ; areae complete with areola foveiform, nitidulous and sub- 

 circular ; apophyses wanting, spiracles circular. Scutellum gibbulous, 

 black. Abdomen fusiform, narrower than thorax ; dark red with the 

 seventh, and first segment except its apex, black ; basal segment sub-linear, 

 with post-petiole broader and flatly aciculate, with slight fovea between the 

 tubercles ; second pubescent, with obsolete scattered punctures ; incisures 

 deeply impressed. Legs very slender, testaceous-red ; femora partly or 

 mainly, hind tibiae and tarsi, black ; hind femora slender, ^^'ings slightly 

 clouded ; radix whitish, tegulae infuscate or black. Length, 3 lines. 



It is obvious, I think, from the above description, that this $ is refer- 

 able to the present genus ; the pilose face, slender antennae and legs and 

 the absence of apophyses, all point to this conclusion. Moreover, no 

 doubt remains in my mind that it is synonymous with P. ruficaiidalus, 

 Bridg. It has been bred from Fumea nitidella (Entom. 1882, p. 276).] 



This is certainly a common species on the Continent and not uncommon 

 with us ; Dr. Capron took several females at Shere in Surrey, Bridgman 

 at ^^'roxham and l^arlham near Norwich in July, and Rev. T. A. Marshall 

 on one occasion captured both sexes in great numbers. Piffard has found 

 it at Felden in Herts., Beaumont at Blackheath in the middle of June and 

 Tuck at Tostock in Suffolk early in the same month. I have swept it 

 from the flowers of Sfnraea ulmatia on the banks of the Aide at Farnham 

 in Suffolk, in the middle of July, and in a damp meadow at Sea View in 

 the Isle of \\'ight in the middle of August. 



