BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. I93 



also been bred from Polia po/yt/nia, Agrotis cofnes, Trip/iaena inierjec/a 

 and T. pronuba. 



9. monitorius, Fanz. 



Ichneumon vwnitoriiis, Panz. F. G. Ixx. 13 ; (Jr. I. E. i. 373 ; Ste. 111. M. vii. 175, 

 cj 9. Aniblyteles !>ioii!to?-ius, Wesm. Nouv. Mem. Ac. Biux. 1844, p. 114; Berth. 

 Ann. Soc. Fr. 1895, P- 622, 6 9. I nicrcatoriits. Fab. Piez, 62, ? {nee E. S.). /. in- 

 terriiptorius, Trentep. Isis, 1826, p. 80, ? . 



Head strongly narrowed behind the eyes, black with internal orbits 

 flavous ; $ also with palpi, the bidentate mandibles, sides of labrum, 

 clypeus and face, flavous. Antennae setaceous, black ; of ? not white- 

 banded, but with the third to the thirteenth flagellar joints usually rufes- 

 cent, and the scape of the $ flavous, beneath ; the S rarely has the 

 flagellum mainly fulvescent. Thorax black with a flavous dot at the radix ; 

 apophyses wanting. Scutellum flavous. Abdomen black with segments 

 two and three at the sides broadly, and the fourth to seventh with apical 

 margin, flavous ; apical segment of $ sometimes immaculate ; post-petiole 

 aciculate ; gastrocaeli sub-obsolete ; ventral segments two to four plicate, 

 flavous ; genital valvulae black. Legs flavous ; coxae, base and apex of 

 hind femora, hind tibiae towards their apices and their tarsi, black. 

 Wings a little flavescent, stigma fulvo-flavous ; areolet of ? sub-deltoid, of 

 (J deltoid. Length, 14-17 mm. 



As far as I am aware, the inclusion of this species in our fauna is based 

 entirely upon Stephens' record : " Very rare, taken near London, in June." 

 In central Europe it occurs, in July, and extends to Russia ; it has been 

 bred from Smerinthus popuii ^x\6. Perigrapha J-cincta. 



10. glaucatorius, Fab. 



Ichneumon glajieatorius^ Fab. E. S. ii. 136 ; Gr. I. 433 ; Ste. 111. M. vii. 185. Am- 

 hlyteles glaucatorius, Wesm. Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux. 1S44, p. 122 ; Bui. Ac. Brux. 1854, 

 p. 99 ; lib. cit. 1855, p. 407 ; Holmgr. Iclm. Suec. ii. 227 ; Thoms. Ann Soc. Fr. 18S8, 

 p. 117 ; Berth, lib. cit. 1S95, p. 631 ; Thoms. O. E. xix. 2096, cJ ? . /. albiventris, 

 Gmel. S. N. i. 2708. 



Head very slightly narrowed behind the eyes, black ; mandibles biden- 

 tate, rarely white-marked ; $ has the angles of clypeus and facial orbits 

 usually pale. Antennae setaceous, black with the flagellar joints towards 

 the base ferrugineous, at least beneath, with the tenth sub-quadrate ; scape 

 of S sometimes pale beneath, its flagellar joints sub-cylindrical. Thorax 

 black, callosity beneath the radix stramineous; areola sub-quadrate or trans- 

 verse, the lateral areae short with the costulae sub-obsolete ; apophyses 

 tuberculiform; spiracles elongate or sub-oval. Scutellum somewhat flat, stra- 

 mineous ; rarely entirely black or with an apical dot. Abdomen oblong- 

 ovate, black with the third segment sometimes laterally dotted, fourth to 

 seventh apically margined laterally, more rarely throughout, with glaucous- 

 white, the apical sometimes immaculate ; the ,$ rarely has the second 

 segment also laterally, or only the last or last two, glaucous-margined ; 

 post-petiole aciculate ; gastrocaeli somewhat small and striate ; ventral 

 segments two and three only plicate, the ultimate in ,$ elongately acu- 

 minate with genital valvulae black ; terebra ferrugineous. Legs normal, 

 clear red ; coxae, trochanters, and apices of hind tibiae and their tarsi, 

 black. Wings very little clouded, stigma fulvous or piccous ; areolet 



