GLTPTA. 211 



marked. Abdomen sessile, dorsally deplanate and somewhat 

 shining, linear or sublanceolate, \\itli the three apical segments 

 becoming gradually narrower ; often centx'ally, or with the 

 central segments apicallj', red; basal segment a little curved, 

 laterally margined, with more or less elongate and evident discal 

 cariiise, and spiracles close to its base ; second to fourth segments 

 with epipleurae inflexed and always with two oblique and linear 

 impressions, rising from the apical angles and coalescing at or 

 converging towards the centre of the base ; apical ventral segment 

 incised apically and not retracted ; terebra varying from a little 

 shorter tlian the abdomen to much longer than the body ; valvulae 

 of (S incrassate and apically obtuse, rarely narrower with the 

 apex subacuminate. Legs somewhat slender, nearly always with 

 the hind femora red, their tibise very often black, and white at 

 the base: hind calcaria of unequal length; fifth tarsal joint 

 usually longer tiian the fourth, their claws generally sparsely and 

 finely but distinctly pectinate, sometimes simple. Wings some- 

 what narrow and not large, with no areolet ; first recurrent 

 nervure of hind wings intercepted below the centre. 



Range. Europe, North and South Afi'ica, Malay Archipelago, 

 Japan, North America, Chile, Himalayas. 



This genus is instantly known by the very conspicuous oblique 

 abdominal impressions, a feature found also only in Lycorina, 

 Holing., and the following genus Ajtophua, among Ichnkumonid.i:. 

 Similar linear impressions are found in the genus Bassxis, etc., but 

 in that case they are directly transverse and not duplicated as in 

 the present genus. 



Table of SiHcies. 



1 (2) Second aud third abdominal segments not 



discally cariuate nigrina, Desv. 



2 (1) Second and third abdominal segments discally 



carinate tricarinata, Cam. 



146. Glypta nigrina, Desv. 



Glypta ni(/rma, Desvigne^, Cat. p. 74 ( $ ) : Bridgman, Trans. 



Norfolk Soc. v, p. 71 ; Morley, Ichn. Brit, iii, p. 161 ( J 5 ). 

 Glypta Jiavipoi, Desvignes, Cat. p. 75 ( J ) ; Bridgmau, Ent. Mo. 



Mag. 1890, p. 208 (?). 

 Glypta ntirsei, Cameron,* Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. xiv, 



i902,p. 425(c?). 



<S 2 • An entirely black species, with the legs, clypeus, and 

 anteradical callosities pale. Jlead constricted behind the eyes, 

 black, with the clypeus, mandibles, and palpi bright flavous ; face 

 with long and dense, clypeus with very short, silvery pubescence ; 

 fronss imple; epistoma not prominent, nor clypeus discrete; 

 cheeks as long as width of mandibles at base. Antennc as long 

 as the body, shorter in $ ; scape infuscate, of d" sometnnes 

 flavous beneath ; flagellum black, fulvous or rufescent, and often 



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