20 BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. 



possesses an example from Bury St. Edmunds. On the Continent, where 

 it is widely distributed, it has been bred from Acherotitia Atropos, Sphinx 

 li^ustri and convo/vu/i, Cluurocampa elpoior, Macroglossa stellataruin and 

 fiisifonnis^ CalliinorpJia dominula and Myselia oxyacant]iae. It is there 

 found not uncc^mmonly on umbelliferous flowers, on the margin of woods. 



5. disparis, Poda. 



Sphcx disparis, Poda, Ins. Mus. Graec. 1761, c5. S. crassicornis. Scop. Ent. Car. 

 n. 769. Ichiieiiinon Jlavatoriiis, Fab. E. S., Suppl. 220, 1775, i ; Panz. F. G. Ixxviii. 

 12, (J ; c. 12, $ ; Wesm. Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux. 1844, p. 88, i ^ . 1. ferrugiiieus, 

 Schr. En. 1781, ?. I. flaviceps, Gmel. S. N. 1788, 9. /• iclericits, Christ, Hym. 

 1791, (5 . /. citlpatoniis, Schr. E. B. 1798, ? . /. sociatorins, Panz. Schaef. Ic. 1804, 9 . 

 /. Schaefferi, Panz. ///'. cit. i. I. disparis, Berth. Ann. Soc. Fr. 1895, p. 287,(5 9. 

 Tragus /lavatoriiis, Gr. I. E. ii. 382 ; Ste. 111. M. vii. 271 ; Ratz. Ichn. d Forst. i. 

 130, 6 9. 



A handsome, rufescent species. Head testaceous ; orbits entirely whitish 

 in S , black in $ . Antennae setaceous, piceous ; scape of c? apically flavous 

 beneath ; of? white-banded with first six joints ferrugineous and the apical 

 ones piceous, paler below. Thorax stout, gibbous, ferrugineous ; paler, 

 with white humeral lines in S ; more or less numerously black-marked ; 

 areola semi-oval Scutellum flavous, sub-quadrate, slightly convex. Ab- 

 domen sub-fusiform, rarely entirely testaceous, usually with the ist and 

 5th-7th, or only the 7th, segments, black ; paler in S ; anus immaculate ; 

 post-petiole coarsely and often aciculately punctate ; gastrocaeli somewhat 

 large and deeply impressed. Legs normal, fulvous with hind femora 

 apically black ; scopulae flavous. AVings broad and flavescent ; stigma 

 orange; areolet deltoid. Length, 15-20 mm. 



So distinct is this species that it, at first sight, appeared to me to fall 

 into none of the sub-genera of Thomson, who makes no mention of it, 

 accurately, and I am indebted to Dr. O. Schmiedeknecht for pointing out 

 to me its true position, which is, undoubtedly, that here assigned to it. 

 Stephens, following Gravenhorst, included it in Trogus on account of its 

 large size, flavescent wings and convex scutellum. 



This grand insect is, undoubtedly, rare in Britain, w4ience I have 

 seen no examples. Stephens records it from Whittlesea Mere and the 

 neighbourhood of London, in June and July, rarely ; and Gravenhorst says 

 it is parasitic upon Sinerinthiis tiliae and Hypogym/ia dispa?: It has several 

 times been bred on the Continent, where it is widely distributed but 

 apparently uncommon, from Ocneria dispar, as well as from Liparis salicis 

 and L. motiaclia. The ? is said to hibernate among moss, &c. 



6. laminatorius. Fab. 



Ichneumon laminatorius. Fab. E. S. Suppl. 220; Piez. 60; Gr. I. E. i. 218; Ste. 

 111. vii. 150, i . Aniblyteles laiiiinatoriiis, Wesm. Bui. Ac. Brux. 1854, p. 132 ; Holmgr. 

 Ichn. Suec. ii. 276; Berth. Ann. Soc. Fr. 1895, P- 5^3) i ?• Pt'otichnetimon laminatorius, 

 Thorns. O. E. xviii. 1901, c5 9 . /• Proteus, Christ, Hym. 347, pi. xxxv. fig. 2 ; Gr. I. 

 E. i. 217 ; Ste. 111. M. vii. 150; Ratz. Ichn. d. Forst. i. 136, 9. A. Protaeus, Wesm. 

 Nouv. M6m. Ac. Brux. 1844, p. 137, 9 . 



A large, robust species, closely punctate, somewhat dull black, variegated 

 with white. Head black, stouter in 9 5 frontal orbits and mark at vertex 

 white ; $ also has part of the palpi, the mandibles, clypeus, sometimes a 



