BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. I23 



A female of this doubtful species, which appears of rare occurrence in 

 Britain, taken by Piffard, at Felden, in Herts., is much smaller than the 

 two preceding species, with the flagellar pale band composed of but three 

 joints, the areola only slightly longer than broad, the post-petiole is 

 glabrous, but a microscope reveals central aciculation and a lens lateral 

 punctures, the basal three segments alone are red and all the tarsi are also 

 red, the apices of the hind tibiae only being black. It is said to hibernate 

 among moss. 



II. analis, Grav. 



Ichneumon analis, Gr. I. E. i. 621 ; Ste. III. M. vii. 205 ; Wesm. Bui. Ac. Bnix. 

 1848, p. 163 ; Berth. Ann. Soc. Fr. 1894, p. 584, 9 . ? /. delator, Wesm. Nouv. Mem. 

 Ac. Brux. 1844, p. 65 ; Bui. Ac. Brux. 1848, p. 164, S. 



5 . At once known from the remainder of the group by its red frontal 

 orbits. Head black ; palpi, mandibles, margin of clypeus and the frontal 

 orbits red. Antennae sub- filiform, though distinctly attenuate at the 

 extreme apex, white-banded, basal joints red, the apical piceous. Thorax 

 black, pronotum often red ; areola sometimes nearly glabrous, often twice 

 longer than broad. Scutellum black. Abdomen sub-obtuse, black ; seg- 

 ments one to three red, six and seven dorsally white ; post-petiole finely 

 aciculate ; gastrocaeli small. Legs red ; all the coxae, femora and apex of 

 the hind tibiae black. Stigma red. Length, 8 mm. 



Distinguished from the preceding by its aciculate petiole and attenuate 

 antennae. 



(?. The Rev. T. A. Marshall has assigned /. delator, Wesm., with 

 some hesitation to the present species ; although in the index, I find no 

 mention of it in Berthoumieu's " Monographie." It closely resembles /. 

 latrator, Fab., but differs therefrom in the entirely black first segment, 

 coxae and antennae ; the wings are larger and the clypeus laterally flavous. 



The female would appear to be scarce in Britain ; Stephens found it so 

 about London, in July. There is a specimen in Marshall's collection (mus. 

 Mason) from Sandown ; it is recorded from Essex ; and I have taken it in 

 tufts of Aim caespifosa, at Battle, in March. 



12. Walked, IVesin. 



Ichneumon JValheri,V\Q%\\\. Bui. Ac. Brux. 1S4S, p. 183 ; Berth. Ann. Soc. Fr. 1S95, 

 P 560, ? . 



? . Head narrowed towards mouth and behind eyes, black ; palpi 

 rufescent ; mandibles in part, clypeus centrally, facial, frontal and vertical 

 orbits, red. Antennae somewhat slender, hardly attenuate, white-banded, 

 basally red. Thorax black ; mesonotum red with three piceous vittae ; 

 areola sub-cjuadrate. Scutellum red. Abdomen black with segments one 

 to three and most of fourth red, apex immaculate ; post-j)etiole aciculate ; 

 gastrocaeli shallow and transverse. Legs black ; tibiae, excepting apices 

 of hind ones, and tarsi red. Tegulae and radix red, stigma pale flavous. 

 Length, 9-10 mm. 



c? has the facies of a large /. latrator. Head somewhat coarsely 

 punctate, black ; facial orbits partly flavous ; mandibles fulvous, extreme 

 apices black ; palpi and ligula pale flavous ; clypeus not discreted, 



