94 BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. 



above host, in Devonshire. It would appear to be unknown on the 



Continent. 



II. semirufus, Grav. 



Ichueiiiiion seniiriiftts, Gr. Mem. Ac. Sc. Torin. 1820, p. 338 ; I. E. i. 488, excl. 

 var. ; Ste. 111. M. vii. 191 ; Wesm. Nouv. M(5m. Ac. 15rux 1S44, p. 100 ; Berth. Ann. 

 Soc. Fr. 1895, p. 278, c5 9 . 



? . Head black ; clypeus sub-rotund in front ; frontal orbits sometimes 

 reddish. Antennae sub-filiform, white-banded. Thorax entirely black ; 

 areola sub-quadrate, laterally emarginate. Scutellum at least partly white. 

 Abdomen oblong-ovate, black, segments one to four red ; post-petiole 

 punctate ; gastrocaeli nearly wanting ; terebra exserted. Legs black ; tibiae 

 and tarsi red, hind ones apically fuscous ; femora stout ; hind coxae nude. 

 Areolet sub-deltoid. 



$. Head black; labrum, angles of clypeus, sides of face, external 

 narrowly and occipital orbits, flavous. Antennae black ; reddish, including 

 scape, beneath. Thorax black, sometimes with humeral dots and post- 

 scutellum white ; areola transverse, sub-quadrate. Scutellum almost always 

 apically white. Abdomen sub-cylindrical, black, segments two to four and 

 apex of post-petiole red ; the latter shining, punctate ; gastrocaeli distinct, 

 longitudinal. Legs as in female. Length, 9-12 mm. 



Stephens says it was not very common, near London, in June and July. 

 There are two males under this name in Marshall's collection (Mus. Mason), 

 one of which is from Botusfleming, Cornwall. It would appear to be some- 

 what local on the Continent, and has not been bred. 



12. pulchellatus, Bridg. 



Ichneumon piikhellattis, Bridg. Trans. Ent. Soc. 18S9, p. 411 ; Berth. Ann. Soc. Fr. 

 1895, P- 276, S 'i ; cf. Bui. Soc. Fr. 1899, p. 136. 



Head transverse, scarcely narrowed behind eyes ; black, mandibles, 

 frontal orbits, and vertical lunulae, flavous ; S has the whole clypeus, palpi, 

 with centre and sides of face also flavous ; clypeus apically truncate. 

 Antennae shorter than body, sub-filiform ; piceous, red-banded in ? , 

 scape flavous beneath in <$ . Thorax shining, strongly punctulate ; black, 

 lines at radix, and in S marks on the propleurae, flavous ; metanotum 

 somewhat coarsely rugose, upper areae complete ; areola strongly trans- 

 verse and very narrow; spiracles ovate, longer in c^ ; petiolar area discreted. 

 vScutellum somewhat rotund, flavous ; post-scutellum of $ flavidous. Ab- 

 domen cylindrical, black ; segments two to four entirely, apex of first 

 and part or whole of fifth, red ; anus immaculate ; post-petiole centrally 

 obscurely rugulose, apically glabrous with the lateral areae roughly punctate; 

 gastrocaeli moderately shallow, deeper in S , the intervening space as broad 

 as centre of post-petiole ; terebra exserted. Legs red ; coxae and tro- 

 chanters black, the anterior flavous-marked in $ ; femora and tibiae partly 

 piceous, the anterior flavous in front in S ', hind coxae simple, their tarsi 

 apically fuscous. Wings hyaline ; stigma piceous, tegulae black ; areolet 

 pentagonal. Length, 7-8 mm. 



Berthoumieu (Bui. Soc. Fr.) describes a 9 variety from Switzerland with 

 the antennae entirely black, the base of the mandibles and the post- 

 scutellum white, and the second segment only red. He remarks (loc. cit.) 



